Most writerās donāt like deadlines. In general, they donāt like reporting in to anyone about whether or not they have met their quota of pages or words written per day or per week and they donāt appreciate having to complete a writing project by a certain dateāespecially since they have a hard time ever feeling like their projects are finished….
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Now that I have introduced the concept of blogging, Iāve opened up Pandoraās overwhelm box for many writers. Why? Because most writers donāt feel they can get their ārealā writing done if they also blog. Not only that, they lump blogging in with all that other social media āstuff,ā like social networking, they need to do to promote themselves and…
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Discoverability. It’s the most important word for an aspiring author to know and to master. The Internet is where everyone and everything gets found today. If someone searching for you, your book or subjects related to your book can’t find you on the Internet, you will remain obscure. Unknown. That’s not what any aspiring author wants. That’s not what a…
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This week I am continuing my series of posts on writer’s overwhelm. I will publish three posts that discuss the three areas I heard writers complain about most often: feeling overwhelmed about their actual writing projects, feeling overwhelmed about the need to start blogging and feeling overwhelmed about the need to spend time on social networking. Today we start with…
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Yesterday I wrote about the need to move big rocks first if you want to stop feeling so overwhelmed. Big rocks equal your prioritiesāthe things you need to get done first to achieve your writing goals. I have a confession to make. No, not the one I already madeā¦that I tend to move the small rocks first. Next to moving…
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