Complaining is not a business strategy ~ Jeff Bezos I love that quote. That doesn’t mean folks should never express dismay, fear, or frustration. It can sometimes be very helpful to voice it. Name it. Pin it to the wall. And then move forward. So Amazon changed how they approach paying authors with Kindle Unlimited
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If you write poopy-slow like me, you will finish 500-700 words of your draft in an hour. Let’s see what that means for various novel sizes. 25,000 words: 50 hours 50,000 words: 100 hours 75,000 words: 150 hours 100,000 words: 200 hours 200,000 words: 400 hours And those requirements don’t count time you might need
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I promised the audiences that I would post the PowerPoints and handouts to the website. Well, here they are. For those wondering, we do not have any recordings of the events. How to Build an Action Plot How to build an action plot How to Build an Action Plot Handout How to Build A Romance
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The last slot was filled just a few minutes ago, almost exactly 2 days after the announcement. Ten hardy souls have joined me for this journey. The goal is to finish 10 novels that are crackling with zing. I’ll report progress as we go. But now it’s heads down again because I’ve got my own
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I am developing an online novel writing course and am looking for folks to pilot it with me and give me feedback. I’m thinking I want to limit it to 10-12 folks. It’s free and will probably take two or three months to complete. If you join, your job will be to do the work.
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