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The Business of Writing
Should Publishers Delay E-book Releases?
This was big story this week, as publishers reported that they would try to save paper publishing by delaying important e-book releases. Agent Nathan Bransford explains the flaws in the logic and looks at the issue from the reader’s perspective.
Digital ARCs Make Progress
Novelist L.J. Sellers [...]
Tags: craft·fiction·freelancing·platform·the business of writing·time management·writing roundup
On Monday, I talked about how to avoid taking on too much writing work, but what if you have already over-committed?
Prioritize
Lay out all of your projects and assign a numerical priority to each based on deadline and contractual obligations. Yes, this means you should work on the boring contracted piece before you dive [...]
Tags: time management·writers life
It is easy for writers–especially new freelance writers–to agree to too many projects. The result is either missed deadlines, shoddy work, or a really crabby and tired writer whose family can’t stand to be anywhere near him or her.
But what is it that leads to over-committing and under-delivering? There are usually a few reasons.
Lack of [...]
Tags: time management·writers life
I found the second time management post I mentioned on Monday: How to Keep Your Day Job from Killing Your Writing Career. I updated Monday’s post to include it, but I also wanted to post it here for those of you who keep up with me through subscriptions.
Enjoy!
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Tags: time management
I’m still feeling the Tori Amos after going to her show a few weekends ago, so I’m using one of the lyrics from her cover album Strange Little Girls as my title today. (As a side note, I’m also using the song “Rattlesnakes” from that album as character inspiration for a space opera I am [...]
Tags: day job·time management
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