This week’s log: Monday: Conference Travel Tuesday: Post Conference Wednesday: 9,852 Words Thursday: 5,299 Words Friday: Admin Catch Up Saturday: Admin Catch Up For a total of 15,151 words for the week. A scrappy week. Conferences always take up more time than the actual days they’re scheduled. Between travel, prep and recovery, they’re time hogs. […]
Weekly Log – August 20, 2019: Book 9 Finished 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
Writing Fast Is A Mental Game First Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: Conference Prep Tuesday: Conference Prep Wednesday: Conference Prep Thursday: Travel Friday: Day 1 of conference: 2,860 words Saturday: Day 2 of conference: 782 words For a total of 3,642 words for the week. It’s not the teeny word count for the week that is interesting. It’s that I got anything
Weekly Log – August 13, 2019: Networking Hangover Read More »
One of the most powerful techniques for increasing your word count is, simply, don’t click away. Avoid as much as you can alt+tabbing or clicking away from your manuscript. Interruptions chew up time, throw you out of flow and have the potential to divert you completely away from your story. BUT Particularly when you first start
Index Card & Notepad Hacks To Keep You Focused Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: 100th Book Giveaway Admin (ugh.) Tuesday: 13,656 words Wednesday: 10,815 words Thursday: 10,175 words Friday: 12,488 words Saturday: 0 words For a total of 47,134 words for the week. As I mentioned last week, Monday I was still sorting out prizes and other documentation and administration surrounding the 100 books giveaway.
Weekly Log – August 6, 2019: Massive Word Count Week Read More »
I picked up Sean Platt’s new productivity book last week, which he co-wrote with Neeve Silver. How to Write Fast didn’t hold any super big surprises for me except one, which I’ll get to in a minute. You might be thinking: “Oh no! Not another book on writing fast/writing more!!” Fair statement. I think I have
The More Things Change… Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: Plotting Tuesday: Plotting Wednesday: Plotting Thursday: 5,782 words Friday: 0 words Saturday: 0 words For a total of 5,782 words for the week. Note to self: Don’t ever again organize a giveaway with 124 prizes!! I’m actually stunned I wrote anything at all on Thursday, as that was the release day for
Weekly Log – July 30, 2019: …and then worse. Read More »
Yesterday was the release date for my 100th book. Over on my romance site, I’ve been raising hell, promoting like crazy and giving away thousands of dollars (not an exaggeration) in books and merchandise. I’ll also be celebrating in person with a few hundred other authors at the When Words Collide writers’ conference in Calgary
Insights From Writing 100 Books Read More »
This week’s log: Monday: 1,984 words Tuesday: 10,427 words Wednesday: 5,037 words Thursday: 2,743 words Friday: 15,035 words Saturday: 5,763 words For a total of 40,989 words for the week. Finished book #8 on Saturday and took Sunday off–sort of (I still did some production work). I think Friday’s 60 pages is a personal best
Weekly Log – July 22, 2019: Better. Read More »
From the mailbag: “Why experiment with anything? Hasn’t everyone done that already? I’m already so pushed for time, I can’t justify blowing more of it on doubling up the work someone else has done. What’s the point?” —name withheld. The emailer was responding in private to my post last week, “The Vital Cog In
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