While I don’t advise everyone to track their daily word count, for me it has been enlightening. With the exception of the times when I take a deliberate break from writing, such as what I’m doing the rest of this month to catch up on to do list things, it...
A couple of weeks ago I received a newsletter from a BNA (Big Name Author), you know the kind who sells courses for $497 (or more!) who promise to tell you all the secrets to being a successful author(TM). And usually those secrets come with a good, solid kick of...
I don’t talk a lot about productivity very often because I don’t feel that it’s an end-goal in and of itself. However, there is something that I’ve learned over the past year that has really helped with my productivity and the way I feel about...
I subscribe to a lot of newsletters, in part because a lot of individuals are doing some amazing things within the writing community. It’s innovative; it’s interesting, and as someone who has been both on the publisher and on the author side of this...
The more I write and pay attention to my own creative nervous system and mental health, the more I realize that stress and the outside world, including the emotional toll it takes, plays a large role in how much I write, what I write, and when I write. This week is a...
