Writing sprints, as reintroduced by Chris Fox in his book, 5,000 Words Per Hour, is one of the most useful tools for increasing your hourly word count. I use them regularly to increase my words per hour rate. I don’t use them all the time, for a number of reasons. I will go back […]
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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
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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
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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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Here’s a simple experiment you can try today and it only takes 30 minutes. Open up the book you’re currently writing. Grab a timer — IOS, Windows and Android all have built in timers/clock functions that can act as stopwatches and timers. If you don’t have one installed, there are a ton of free apps
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This is Part 2 of an informal series about Pen Names. See Part 1 or Part 2 or Part 3 or Part 4. A reader emailed me the other day to ask: I want to juggle 3 pen names. I know you’re also juggling pen names and projects and was wondering if you’d done a blog post on how you handle
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If you’ve dropped into the middle of The Productive Indie Fiction Writer, and are working you way through archives, I’m sure your first impression is that the only thing that matters in getting ahead as an indie is more books, more books, more books. Unfortunately, that’s only half the story. What you write has as
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Ever reached a point of writing your book and think “This book sucks like there’s no tomorrow”? Do you do that with a lot of your books? Do you have a pile of uncompleted manuscripts, because they all stink up the room? I’ve got some good news for you, and some bad news. The
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I’ve been on a bit of a “down time” tear recently. That’s because I’ve had my nose poked by the marked difference in my mood and motivation to write after having six weeks off over Christmas. I’ve written one book since coming back to work in late January, and I’m just into writing the
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Anyone Can Become Productive, Including You. Productive and prolific writers don’t burst out of the egg pecking at their keyboards. Although, it’s possible Isaac Asimov asked for a second typewriter for his third birthday, but we’ll never know. Being productive is not a genetic trait you were either born with, or not (too bad). Writing
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