Just a quick thought-prodding idea for today, from something I’ve found myself doing, lately. If you have a writing schedule, then it’s likely your brain knows exactly when you’re supposed to start. For me, that’s 5.30 am to get into yesterday’s edits, and I should be writing new manuscript by 6 am. But when you […]
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I’m pretty savvy with technology. I had the first computer out of everyone I knew–a for-gosh-sake Commodore 64, complete with printer and floppy disk drive. I ran a resume service using that computer. Yeah, really. Then I switched to an MS-DOS PC with a whole 20mb on the hard drive! Ooooh! I wrote stories using
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Many years ago, I learned that many professional, full time writers have workstations dedicated ONLY to writing. All the other business of writing — bookkeeping, promotion, post production, etc — all that business was kept on a separate computer. Or computers. Kristine Kathryn Rusch and Dean Wesley Smith, in particular, are well known for have
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I’ve tried standing desks. I’ve used sitting desks. And I’ve even used a device that would turn my sitting desk into a sit/stand desk, which only lasted for about a year before I gave it up and went back to sitting. In the last year, thanks to that global event we’re all so sick of
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Do you use BookFunnel (BF)? As a prolific author, you should consider this service, and not just because it will save you a ton of time (which it does). I pay a hefty annual subscription to BF, as I’m now in the small publisher bracket. I consider BF to be worth every penny. But the
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I tripped over this one a few weeks ago. Lifehacker, among other respectable sources (here, here and here) and even a Reddit thread, have reported that switching your manuscript to the Comic Sans font makes your words flow unbelievably faster. The much reviled Comic Sans font is apparently very easy on the eyes, especially for
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Hitting the Mattresses
Because sometimes, I’m behind
…very behind…
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A writer friend of mine asked me this question a few weeks ago, and I found myself answering in great detail. Just in case you were wondering the same thing, here’s my (modified for public access) answer. —- Is the indie fiction market oversaturated? If you look at the whole publishing industry as a monolithic
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I came across a journal entry from 2018 recently that made me nod even more fervently than I did when I wrote it. I’ve cleaned it up and add it below for you to ponder upon. About using the time you have, now. I wish, I wish, I wish I had understood this when I
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As I write this post, I’m looking back at a week of writing that just didn’t happen. Oh, I got a few words down, and I have been focused upon getting the writing done, including a new switch up in routine to keep it fresh. But the first half of the week was a disaster.
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