Fast Does Not Equal Crap…but here’s what does. 2020 Edition. I received yet another review the other day, marvelling at the high standard of writing, which surprised them, given how fast I write books (and they don’t know about the other pen name, either). I sighed and moved on…I thought. Only, my brain kept […]
Fast Does Not Equal Crap…but here’s what does. Read More »
It’s one of life’s bizarre anomalies. I stopped writing blog posts, and traffic shot up when I did. I won’t read the obvious into that. 😊 But it has been an interesting few weeks “off”. I have been doing a lot of other stuff in the meantime—some seismic scale shifts in direction and focus
Taking Time For Yourself. Read More »
The indie publishing industry has provided for indie authors a great many of the benefits that were once the province of traditional publishing only. There is very little these days a traditional publisher can give an indie author that his indie career is not already providing in spades. In many respects, indie publishing imparts even
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I’ve been forcibly reminded, lately, of just how fast I write. And just how fast everyone else writes. I’ve been spending some time mixing with real live writers (as opposed to hanging out on-line), and that is where the reminders have popped up. The inevitable question that is raised, when mixing with writers, is “and
You’re NOT Slow. (You’re Not Fast, Either). Read More »
On the weekend, I ran a two hour presentation on how to write lots of books quickly, and why you might want to. Because I was teaching and got immediate, in-person feedback on some of the concepts I have been speaking about here on this blog for a very long time, it was a good
Anyone Can Write Faster. Even You. Read More »
Just in the last few weeks, economists and financial experts have been throwing around the dreaded “R” word. Recession. To be clear, they’re speaking of the USA heading toward a recession. However, it doesn’t really matter where you sit on the globe, a recession in the USA tends to reach out and clobber a whole
Is Your Business Recession Proof? Some Prolific Strategies Which Will Help. Read More »
One of the earliest prolific authors to inspire me was Isaac Asimov. In particular, his Opus. I can only link to the book on Goodreads, as it’s very difficult to find. The edition I had when I was in Australia was an omnibus that included Opus 100 and Opus 200. Even the introduction to Opus 100 is an ode
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An author’s lot has never been easy. Historically, very few authors out of the millions who have attempted to write for a living ever reached that ambition. The explosion of the indie publishing industry, which really hit its stride around 2010/2011, made it much easier for far more authors to made decent money. All it
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If you’re not already addicted to journaling, then you are probably like me: You can’t figure out why on earth you’d waste the time. Why not use the time dedicated journalists waste, and write fresh manuscript, instead? For me, writing fiction often helps me resolve issues in my own life, as my characters sort
Journaling. Why bother? Read More »
It’s likely this post will be late, because… well, let me explain that one. Yesterday was a day from tech hell. In this era of app integration, I’m still somewhat amazed that disparate apps can talk to each other and automate some amazingly complex processes. Yesterday, though, two of them decided to not play nicely
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