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Time for a bit of housekeeping. I’ve apologized all over the place about GDPR-related messages, because my own in-boxed has been stuffed with them for the last few weeks and last week was particularly bad. I’m forced to add to the blizzard, alas. Once the Regulation comes into force on Monday, I imagine there will […]
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Another steady week. I’ve just realized that if I do settle into a productive rhythm, then these work log posts will become utterly boring. But that’s actually a good thing. No drama, steady output–it’s what creativity feeds upon. Last week’s log: MONDAY 0 TUESDAY 0 WEDNESDAY 0 THURSDAY 0 FRIDAY 0 SATURDAY 6,048 I fought with
Weekly Log – May 22, 2018 Read More »
It was a nice, steady week. Last week’s log: MONDAY 8,599 TUESDAY 5,690 WEDNESDAY 6,327 THURSDAY 0 FRIDAY 0 SATURDAY 0 SUNDAY 0 I finished the book just before noon on Wednesday, so for the rest of the week I have been cleaning up that manuscript and plotting the next book. The next book is
Weekly Log – May 14, 2018 Read More »
Last week, I promised to talk about an eye-opener. Only, I’ve already shown my hand with Friday’s post. However, there’s more since then. Last week’s log: MONDAY 8,320 TUESDAY 8,161 WEDNESDAY 9,905 THURSDAY 6,206 FRIDAY 8,652 SATURDAY 0 SUNDAY 2,065 My weekend got shanghaied by domestic concerns, so I was very pleased to get
Weekly Log – May 7, 2018 Read More »
My DH pointed out to me yesterday that as of today, the year is a third done. That’s depressing in a way. Depends on how you look at it, I think. I started off shaking my head, wondering where the year had gone. Then I did a quick tote up: 4.5 books written Just
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This is Part 2 of the post. Click here to jump to Part 1. -t. Today we return to the myriad ways prolificacy benefits an author. There has been a fair amount of reaction to the first part of the post, especially on the social networks, much of it sliding into two ancilliary subjects: Fast
Why Bother Writing Lots of Books Quickly? – Part 2 Read More »
Absolute zero to report this week. I have been plotting the next novel, all week. Steady progress all around. We should all have weeks like this, over and over. It looks boring on paper, but it’s how real progress is made. See you here next week. Meantime, back to work — all of us.
Weekly Log – April 24, 2018 Read More »
This is Part 1 of the post. Click here to jump to Part 2. -t. If you’re not already a prolific author, and the whole idea of writing multiple books a year seems like way too much work, keep reading. If you’re already a prolific author, you might not have thought of all of
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As I hoped, I got a good word count down this week: MONDAY 8,095 TUESDAY 6,399 WEDNESDAY 5,338 THURSDAY 6,680 FRIDAY 8,489 SATURDAY 1,452 SUNDAY 0 Sunday sits at zero because I finished the book on Saturday and immediately rolled over into production and plotting the next book. This book ended up longer than I
Weekly Log – April 17, 2018 Read More »
Last week, I wrote 4,263 on the current book, and did a lot of production work, including writing all the interstitial material for the box set that has been suddenly dumped into the production schedule to make up for my lax ways. This coming week should see a heavy production of words on the current book,
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