I think we’ve all been there. Especially in day jobs where we’re showing up only for the pay cheque; on days where you just don’t want to be there, you find ways to look busy that don’t actually tax your brain too much. That’s busywork. When you are working for yourself, though, there is zero […]
Busywork versus Actual Work. How to figure it out. Read More »
Book #18 for the year was finished on Saturday, and this was the one tripping me up because of the unfamiliar genre. Once I got over myself, it zoomed along.
Weekly Log – December 24, 2019: Put down the keyboard and enjoy your family! Read More »
“When jarred unavoidably by circumstance, revert at once to yourself and don’t lose the rhythm more than you help. You’ll have a better grasp of the harmony if you keep going back to it.” – Marcus Aurelius Have you ever been on a roll–everything is clicking along smoothly? You’re writing regularly and when you should,
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Book #18 for the year was finished on Saturday, and this was the one tripping me up because of the unfamiliar genre. Once I got over myself, it zoomed along.
Weekly Log – December 17, 2019: Read More »
Last week I spoke at length about stashing your time–well, stashing anything you can, actually, as a hedge against the vagaries of the publishing industry. Stashing time is a matter of deliberately working ahead of your production schedule. (And if you don’t have a production schedule–a timetable of releases–then you’re missing the backbone of
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Book #18 for the year was finished on Saturday, and this was the one tripping me up because of the unfamiliar genre. Once I got over myself, it zoomed along.
Weekly Log – December 2, 2019: Nailed It. Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: 7,218 words Tuesday: 5,999 words Wednesday: 5,573 words Thursday: 0 words Friday: 7,163 words. Saturday: 7,616 words. For a total of 33.569 words for the week. My week had a bit of a stumble in it, but I recovered and finished well. For the last few weeks I have persisted with
Weekly Log – November 26, 2019: Even more progress… 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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This week’s log: Monday: Plotting Tuesday: Plotting Wednesday: Plotting Thursday: Plotting Friday: 4,561 words. Saturday: 4,707 words. So, after the flurry of the last few weeks, and me very (not so) smartly trying to juggle two books at once, I’m back to one at a time, and thoroughly enjoying myself. The words are flowing. It
Weekly Log – November 19, 2019: Calm Waters At Last Read More »
You know when they say “Don’t Multi-task?” Yeah, don’t do what I did. The last few weeks have been…interesting. You may remember I changed my production schedule around because I felt like I was in a rut, creatively speaking. I sorted things out so that I could dabble in another genre after I got my
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