The Power of Habit

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The Power of Habit by Charles DuhiggOne of the best books I read back in 2012 was The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg. You can see my review here. It’s now out in paperback, and I have a copy.

More importantly, I have decided that it’s time to change one habit.

ONE.

Why just one?

Habits have enormous power in our lives. And Duhigg explains that “A huge body of research has shown that small wins have enormous power, an influence disproportionate to the accomplishments of the victories themselves.”

Why is this? Because one small win often precipitates a cascade of other small wins and changes.

It’s time for a series of small wins.

Over the next few weeks I’m going to be re-reading THE POWER OF HABIT and applying the insights.

What am I going to change?

Saying no to all the things I want to do at 9:30 PM and getting my keister into bed. So I can enjoy a full night’s sleep. And all the benefits that flow from that.

Please feel free to join me in a quest for one small change.

Curse Update

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CurseV2FinalV1A number of weeks ago life happened at my day job. I had just started a rewrite of the final battle of CURSE, but life put that on hold. Life got back to normal a few days ago. And a few days ago I began to work on that final battle sequence again. So you’ll notice that delivery targets have changed on the books page. I’m moving under a good head of steam now, and unless life happens again, we should meet those dates 🙂 More than anyone else, I want to get this book into your hands.

LTUE presentation materials

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On Friday night I’m going to be part of a panel on RULES FOR WRITING MAGIC, and then I’ll be presenting VIVID & CLEAR to a bunch of SFF romancers. On Saturday I’ll be following that up with a presentation on STORY TURNS. Every time I present folks ask for the presentations. So instead of making them wait until I get home, I’ll just post them now.

Enjoy!

Some thoughts on inventing magic to go along with Friday’s panel.

Presentation slides: Vivid and Clear v2

Presentation slides: Story Turns v2

And here is the fine car chase clip from the Story Turns presentation.

Orson Card’s Literary Boot Camp

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Just apply already!

Orson Card has just announced the dates and location for this year’s literary boot camp. This one is in North Carolina. Card usually usually holds a session in the west every other year. But here’s the deal: east or west, if you are a new writer, this is THE workshop to attend. It is hands-down THE best workshop I have ever attended.

If you want to learn how to write fiction from one of the masters, you will apply (the boot camp is limited to 12 people) and then do whatever it takes to attend if you’re selected.  The two day writing class is also great. I don’t know that I would spend hundreds of dollars to fly in for that, but I would and did spend hundreds to attend the boot camp (way back in ye year 2002).

For more information, go here: http://www.hatrack.com/misc/bootcamp2014/