Dec 14, 2015 | focus, Goals, Joy in the Writing World, Why I Write, Word Count, Working on Writing, Writing Process
I find myself struggling with this a lot, especially lately, when I work.Trying to balance between marketing, promotion, sales, building graphics, links, social media posts, and all the other things, I forget sometimes, that I have to WRITE THE GODDAMN BOOK.So...
Nov 3, 2015 | Coffee, Deadlines, Goals, NANO, Word Count, Working on Writing, Writing Process
Am I doing NaNo this year? Or writing 50K in a month? (If you don’t know what NaNo is, Sydney Bristol wrote a great post about it over at the Romance Authors Marketing Network )And the answer is, No.Not intentionally, anyway.But will I?Yep.Probably...
Jun 28, 2013 | Babblings, Best Intentions, Books, Do The Math, Guys and Godmothers, Life, Marketing, Scheduling, WIP, Word Count, Work
This summer has been already an adventure of time-management proportions.Not only are my kiddos home, and have things going on (My daughter especially has a very busy schedule this summer), but I’m trying to do something I’ve not ever done before.I’m...
May 13, 2013 | A.E. Rought, Do The Math, Editor, Finishing a Book, Joy in the Writing World, Plotting, WIP's, Word Count, Working on Writing, Writing
Myself? I was a “pantser” for a lot of years. I just wrote “by the seat of my pants” and let the story unfold as I went. It made me the first reader, the first person to know the story.This method also made me take FOREVER to write a book....
Nov 4, 2012 | Joy in the Writing World, NANO, Word Count, Working on Writing, Writing
Well, this year, I’m attempting, for the first time, NANO. Or National Novel Writing Month. NANO has been around forever. The plan? To get to 50K written in thirty days. Approximately 1700 words a day, for thirty days. I’ve never actually...
Feb 28, 2011 | Do The Math, Scheduling, uling, Word Count, Working on Writing, Writing
I was reading today one of my favorite blogs Bookends, LLC blog, where agent Jessica Faust made a post about writing in multiple genres, and this was one of the things she said:”Most publishers want you publishing at least 9 months apart, so if you can have two...
