Hello, hello.
This is not a blog about Amazon, Konrath, or self-publishing. That blog is coming, but it is not todays.
Today I here to contemplate productivity.
Basically I have found myself, after book one of the Deacon Chalk series hit the bookstores, under the gun as far as deadline. Book 3 and e-novella 3 are due at the end of April. I have been working diligently, making words, which is why we have had a few guests round these parts lately. I have been plugging away. I am now on track to finish in the allotted time which means that I will have written, and revised, roughly 100,000 words in about 2 months.
I have been able to accomplish this because I have a fairly clear idea where the story is going and coffee.
But this makes me realize that I need to be doing close to this level of production regularly. It’s not been a strain or a real struggle.
At close to that pace I could write 3+ novels a year.
Or have 5 novellas in 2 months.
I could build a nice sized catalog of stories in a short time.
Regardless of what I decide to do with pursuing publisher or indie publishing there is no question that the more material you have in the marketplace, the more money you make.
So I must write more because, by God I can. It’s not like I don’t have a list of story ideas as long as my gorilla style, freakishly long arm.
Maybe I will invest in Caf’e Bustello, the best damn coffee in the world….or at Walmart anyways.
The best thing I learned from Jim Butcher and Brandon Sanderson is the acronym BICHOK. Butt in chair, hands on keyboard. The best way to have great productivity, is to just sit down and do it.
It can all be sorted out later.
The best thing I learned from Jim Butcher and Brandon Sanderson is the acronym BICHOK. Butt in chair, hands on keyboard. The best way to be productive, is to just sit down and do it.
It can all be sorted out later.