Dean Wesley Smith and Kristine Katherine Rusch call life derailing events “life rolls”. It’s a useful name for a whole host of troubles: Sickness, death of loved ones, disasters, accidents, divorces, getting fired… We’re writers of fiction; we can easily imagine what life rolls might look like. When you’re hit by a serious life roll, …
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This is a four-part series. Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four I promised to step fully onto this smoking lava bed of a subject when I wrote the two parts of Why Bother Writing Lots of Books Quickly? So, I’ve rolled up my sleeves today. Does Fast = Crap? In a word, no. …
I can’t begin this productivity experiment in earnest until after Christmas, because I was gung-ho and recklessly promised (to myself) to handmake as many Christmas gifts this year as possible. I’m on track to a 90% success rate, but the downside of artisanal gifts is that they take time. In other words, all my spare time …
