Writing Should Be Treated as a Business

Before I go too far into this post, I want to explain something about the title. The post is intended for those people who want to make a living as a writer. For those of you who write for the pure enjoyment of it, you can ignore most of what I’m about to say. For the rest of you… well, read on. The first thing we writers need to realize is that publishers, editors and agents are people just like us. They love, they have lives and, most importantly, they need the same essentials we do in order to survive. That usually means a requirement for money of some type. If they are professional publishers/editors/agents they must earn money through […]

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NaNoWriMo – Day 16

I’m sure glad I’ve given up on planning what and when I’ll write. I would simply be disappointed and you know how I get when I’m disappointed. What? You don’t? Hmm, probably best that we leave it that way. So, we had our first snow of the winter season (or close facsimile) and it was a doozy. I believe we probably had four inches (approximately 9 centimetres) by this morning. I looked out my window and realized I couldn’t in good conscience write and leave the snow lying on the sidewalk. So, I reluctantly (and will much grumbling) went put on my winter gear and went outside to clean sidewalk. Since I live on a corner lot, I have a […]

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NaNoWriMo – Day 15

So, according to the date, I should now be at 25,000 words to be on track. I’m happy to report that I’m significantly ahead of that number. I finished the day with xx,xxx words to my credit. Believe me, it feels awesome to be in control of my NaNoWriMo. I got some writing done this morning and what a difference plotting makes. I was able to knock off about 150 words despite only having ten minutes to work on the story. Obviously 150 words is a drop in the bucket towards hitting my daily total, but they are words I didn’t have to write later on. So, I had Scouts tonight and the boys were being somewhat trying. That’s alright, […]

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NaNoWriMo – Day 14

It is clear that NaNoWriMo is hogging all my available brain power. Case in point, I was reminded this morning that I had an episode of “Get Published” due for release today. I knew it was coming up, but for some reason I thought it was next weekend. Fortunately, I had my guest interview already done so the amount of effort was considerably less. Still, for me to forget the weekend for release is kind of a big deal for me. I’ve only been doing it for the last 22+ months with fail. You might think it would be top of mind. Apparently it wasn’t today, but I did manage to get the episode completely recorded, produced and uploaded. Show […]

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