Scheduling & Tracking

From the Mailbag:  How do you organize yourself?

/ Planning, Project & Task Management, Publishing & Production, Scheduling & Tracking, Work Processes / 7 minutes of reading / Leave a Comment

Juggling multiple pen names, a production pipeline, and the occasional bout of procrastination takes more than just caffeine and stubbornness—though those help. In this post, I break down exactly how I manage my writing and publishing schedule, from rotating pen names to keeping six+ books in postproduction at once. I also explain why I never write more than one book at a time and how I use a 300-step checklist to keep my head (mostly) attached.

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Puzzle-Piece Scheduling: A Writing Model for the Non-Marathoner

/ Scheduling & Tracking / 2 minutes of reading

What if, instead of waiting for those rare marathon writing sessions, you fit your writing into the cracks of your day—one or two hours at a time? Puzzle-Piece Scheduling is about breaking your writing into smaller chunks that still add up to real progress. It’s not about being perfect—it’s about being consistent. Even short sprints can keep your story warm and moving forward.

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Why Indie Authors Need Downtime (And How to Actually Get It)

/ Creativity, Indie Health, Longevity & Wellness, INDIE PUBLISHING, Scheduling & Tracking / 5 minutes of reading

As an indie author, you’re not just a writer. You’re a marketing department, an editor, a publisher, a social media manager, and possibly the person who has to remember to water the plants. All this juggling means burnout is more than a risk—it’s almost a guarantee if you’re not actively carving out downtime. And yet, downtime isn’t laziness or time wasted. It’s the fuel that keeps the creative engine running and prevents that ugly beast called burnout from knocking on your door.

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A Productive Indie Book!

/ Discipline & Motivation, Habits, INDIE PUBLISHING, PRODUCTIVE INDIE BOOKS, PRODUCTIVITY & ORGANIZATION, Prolificacy, Publishing & Production, Scheduling & Tracking, The Productive Indie Fiction Writer, Work Processes / 3 minutes of reading

A Productive Indie Book! Last month, I took a bit of a break, and also mentioned that I was working on something that I would tell you about soon. As the image, above, has probably told you, that something is the first PIFW book. I’ve been getting back to a more productive writing schedule, and

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5 Powerful Reasons Why Indie Fiction Writers Should Keep Work Logs

/ INDIE PUBLISHING, PRODUCTIVITY & ORGANIZATION, Publishing & Production, Scheduling & Tracking / 6 minutes of reading

5 Powerful Reasons Why Indie Fiction Writers Should Keep Work Logs They’re not sexy, but essential if you want to get more written Is there anything more geeky than a fiction writer keeping a word count log? I mean, we know when the novel is finished when we reach the end of the story.  At

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Four Ways to Efficiently Maintain Your Backlist, No Matter How Long It Is

/ Publishing & Production, Scheduling & Tracking, Work Processes / 4 minutes of reading

I’ve spoken about Backlist Maintenance being a “thing” that productive indie fiction writers must worry about. It is an invisible non-issue for newer indie authors with only a handful of titles. If you have a dozen or more titles, then you know what a time sink it is to, say, scramble to update your bio

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