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As last Tuesday’s worklog post indicated, I’m scrambling. So I’m going to take a couple of weeks away from long, thoughtful posts about being productive and actually be productive. Superproductive, in fact. I have some immoveable, iron-clad deadlines staring me in the face and I’m going to clear those. I will continue with the weekly […]
Taking Some Time Out Read More »
I presume that everyone who reads PIFW posts is a writer of fiction and, therefore, you would be interested in a new anthology calling for submissions. Ignore that the publishing company is mine, if you need to. 🙂 Thriller Digest 2021 In The Nick Of Time Call for Submissions Edited by Mark Posey Stories Rule
Stories Rule Press Thriller Anthology Call for Submissions Read More »
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This is Part 3 of an informal series about Pen Names. See Part 1 or Part 2 or Part 3 or Part 4. In the previous posts about pen names, I’ve stayed fairly theoretical; all the reasons you should (and occasionally, shouldn’t) use pen names. As I write this post in June 2020, my stance on the use of pen names
Pen Names – a Practical Perspective. Read More »
Creative careers are mercurial and uncertain (algorithm change, anyone?). Surviving over the long term requires strategic thinking, and not a little hard work.
Why Being Productive And Prolific Pays Off In The Long Term Read More »
Plotting Help For the Prolific I feel like I’ve been recommending books a lot lately.  Only, I’ve been reading some great how-tos, that I simply have to share. Bear with me a for a couple more mentions. A few months ago, I wrote a post about making your plotting more efficient, in response to a direct
Plotman To the Rescue Read More »
Do you have a fully developed Production Schedule, with release dates for the next year? Do you still find you’re skipping writing dates, and cramming an entire novel’s worth of writing into ten days before the deadline? Want to know a way around that? This was me up until a couple of weeks ago. The
How to Really Commit, and MAKE Yourself Write. Read More »
Last week’s log: MONDAY: 4,988 words TUESDAY: 6,399 words WEDNESDAY: Plotting (half-day only) THURSDAY:Â Â Family function FRIDAY:Â Plotting SATURDAY: Writers’ meeting SUNDAY:Â Plotting I anticipated this highly unproductive week. Family commitments on Wednesday and Thursday were going to take a chunk out of my day, if not all of my day. Â A meeting in my city for
Weekly Log – September 11, 2018 – Caught Inside. Read More »
Last week’s log: MONDAY Computer issues TUESDAY Computer issues WEDNESDAY Computer issues THURSDAY Computer rebuild. FRIDAY Computer rebuild SATURDAY 6,108 words …’nuff said. See, this is what I mean about never knowing what is around the corner. I had a 120Gb SSD for my root drive, which maxed out thanks to resource hog programs like Dragon
Weekly Log – August 28, 2018 – Wipeout. Read More »
Last week’s log: MONDAY 0 Plotting TUESDAY 0 Plotting WEDNESDAY 0 Plotting THURSDAY 3,082 words FRIDAY 9,090 words SATURDAY 6,212 words For a total of 18,384 words over three working days. Last week was a nice, steady week. I finished plotting halfway through Thursday morning and immediately rolled over into writing manuscript. The rest of the week
Weekly Log – August 21, 2018 – Holding Steady Read More »
