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The Top 8 Productivity Sites That Help Writers Write More in Surprising Ways

/ Good Company & Good Examples, Habits, PRODUCTIVITY & ORGANIZATION

Indie writing is a peculiar profession.  We want to write more – always – but the roadblocks and self-sabotage we put ourselves through is unique.  General productivity sites don’t address our unique issues.  You must find sites like the excellent Prolifiko, run by Chris Smith and Bec Evans, to find productivity advice specific to writers.  […]

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What You Can Learn From Stephen King About Writing More Fiction

/ Good Company & Good Examples, Prolificacy

“I used to tell interviewers that I wrote every day except for Christmas, the Fourth of July, and my birthday. That was a lie. I told them that because if you agree to an interview you have to say something, and it plays better if it’s something at least half-clever. Also, I didn’t want to

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The Ultimate Lifestyle to Maximize Your Creativity – 2022 Edition

/ Creativity, Good Company & Good Examples, Scheduling & Tracking, Stoicism & Perspective

Continuing my review of the original posts on this site—today’s is an interesting coincidence, as I’ve spent some time in Mastermind groups lately, dealing with this issue.  Authors, particularly new authors, seem to feel that their muse must be constantly fed and watered with a diet rich in variety, experiences, travel, and that living a

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How to Woo Cumulative Advantage

/ Discipline & Motivation, Distribution, Good Company & Good Examples, Prolificacy, Scheduling & Tracking, Technology, Tools & AI

This post is a bit of an outlier, although it does have some relevance to productivity and prolificacy. I read Advantage: Harnessing Cumulative Advantage In The Winner Takes All Publishing Market in one sitting. It’s dense. It has charts and graphs and footnotes. It is not prescriptive (you have to deconstruct it carefully to figure

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You’re NOT Slow. (You’re Not Fast, Either).

/ Creativity, Good Company & Good Examples, Stoicism & Perspective

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

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Is There Such A Thing As Publishing Too Quickly?

/ Discipline & Motivation, Good Company & Good Examples

  Is there such a thing as too many published books?  Too much writing? I’ve been hearing a resurgence of comments and opinions heading in this direction lately, mostly aimed at very prolific authors like Bella Andre, who releases a novel every three weeks. Thanks to the #CopyPasteCris debacle, and the growing awareness of the use of

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