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Last week was a good week, wordcount wise. I always like getting into the actual writing of a book, because it feels like real progress is being made. Mostly, the speed is an illusion, because plotting just doesn’t have any benchmarks to show things are progressing–you can mull in your head for days and have […]
Weekly Log – February 13, 2018 Read More »
This week’s newsletter came out this morning, and in it I talked about how to “Fool Your Perfectionist Tendencies and Increase Your Effectiveness.” Check your inbox!
Insidious Perfectionism And What To Do About It Read More »
What I learned this week: If you can just hang in there, regroup and knuckle down, good things come. After the panic last week when we faced losing one of two monthly incomes, things have settled down a bit. We won’t be completely without income (insurance and vacation pay will fill in some
Weekly Log – February 4, 2018 Read More »
This week’s newsletter came out this morning and includes a discussion of how a review process can help you write more/better/faster. Check your in-box! t.
We’re talking about reviews (and not the kind you think). Read More »
Just as I set out to write this post, I got a phone call that wiped out every skerrick of my attention and interest in writing it. It looks like my husband will be forced to take three or more weeks off work to recover from long term effects from a traffic accident he was
Weekly Log – January 30, 2018 Read More »
If you read this week’s log post, then you’ve already been acquainted with one aspect of living well in relation to being the most productive indie fiction writer you can be. What is “living well”? It’s not just about making sure you hit the gym regularly and eat clean as much as possible, although exercise
This week was a solid week of work, but I have no real word counts to add because it was all concept and plotting work. The next book isn’t due to be started until Monday. However, I adjusted the schedule and will actually start it on Friday, giving me a bit of leeway. That left
Weekly Log – January 23, 2018 Read More »
We all want to sell more. Even the purest literary snob appreciates selling more than before because that is a sign of growth, that their art is maturing and they are reaching more people and speaking to them. Selling more is a measure. of growth of acceptance of the size of your audience of your
I’m going to hop straight into last week’s word count sheet, so you can see what happened. Date | Word Count | Weekly Word Count | Daily Deficit | Weekly Deficit | Blog posts |
Weekly Log – January 16, 2018 Read More »
We’re moving toward the end of the original definitions and will be able to move on to specifics in a few more posts. I’m looking forward to that! For now, why “Write more”? The Bipolar Indie Scene Recently, David Gaughran has written a number of posts about the Wide/KU debate that rages in the indie
