I had someone ask that question in a Facebook group I\’m in, earlier today. Here was the advice I gave. It\’s not new advice. It\’s old, but still sound and solid. Check it out: The steps haven\’t really changed. They\’re still the same as they were when Michael Anderle took off, a year and a …
My peak writing days give me 20-25 thousand words of fiction. I can kick out five thousand or more words in a day without really breaking a sweat. I’ve also found that the parts of my books where I wrote more words per day are cleaner, clearer, require less revision and get less critique from …
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Looking Back Taking a peek back at 2013 – well, it was a messy year. I had more than one thing explode on me over the months packed in there. Injured an ankle badly enough that I thought it was broken at first. Lost a job. Had more than one heartache, and more than one …
Up at 6am. Out the door by 6:30. Out of work at about 5pm, after an entire shift where I literally wasn\’t able to so much as sit down until the last fifteen minutes. I don\’t do well with no food for ten hours… Really need to find a way to grab a granola bar …
Technically, I think I should have written the \”halfway mark\” post yesterday, but I was so motivated to write the bit about motivation that it slipped my mind. (grin) I realized last night I was coming down with a cold bug – fever and all, last night – so I called in sick to work. …
Writing in Public, Too: Day 16 – Past the halfway mark. Read More »
Woke up this morning and spent a quiet morning, hanging with the kids and my wife. Watched a show with my wife, worked with D on her new computer, and came to the conclusion we were definitely going to need to get her a different machine. For a variety of reasons, it just wasn\’t working …
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Well, today was another work day… And was too tired upon getting home to do much of anything. Answered some emails, hung out with wife and kids, even tried taking a nap and then waking up again. Not a lot of luck. The 6am wake-up time is brutal for me, as I\’m more of a …
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Someone recently commented to me that publishing is in a state of crisis, and gave a list of various problems facing the industry. I looked at his list, and realized two things. First, he was right – publishing is facing a lot of problems. Second, that digital technology and distribution were on their way to …
Someone recently commented to me that publishing is in a state of crisis, and gave a list of various problems facing the industry. I looked at his list, and realized two things. First, he was right – publishing is facing a lot of problems. Second, that digital technology and distribution were on their way to …
I don\’t really feel like running out new predictions right now. Maybe tomorrow. Instead, I thought I\’d take a look at 2011, and then ahead at 2012, and set some goals. Dean\’s written some amazing articles on goal setting. He\’s done similar articles before, but these just rock. Excellent reading, and very timely – hey, …
