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June 1, 2023
Livestream/AMA: Publishing Outside Amazon, Focusing Curiosity, and Mind Management – Love Your Work, Episode 303
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If you missed last month’s AMA/Livestream, I’m delivering it right to your ears. In this AMA, I answered questions about:
What’s the best self-publishing platform, and how did I publish 100-Word Writing Habit, non standard-sized, outside of Amazon?
Buenos Aires versus Medellín, which is better for m...
May 26, 2023
April 2023 Income Report
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April’s income was $10,063, up from March’s $8,960. Profits were $6,211, up from March’s $4,750.
This impressive-looking $10k+ month is more or less ordinary by recent standards. Nearly $3,000 of that revenue is from an unusually large payment from ActiveCampaign.
100-Word Writing Habit a flop?
It’s beginning to look like the 100-Word Writing Habit short read is a flop. I’ve spent $5,471 on a des...
May 18, 2023
Digital Zettelkasten 99 cents
Just wanted to let you know the ebook of Digital Zettelkasten is available at retailers for the lowest price ever: 99¢.
Zettelkasten is an age-old note-taking method that helps you organize what you read and think about into a network of ideas. It was originally developed on notecards, but with digital tools, you can truly turn the computer into “a bicycle for the mind.”
In case you’re wondering, note-taking is even more relevant in the age of AI. AI can help you find and make sense of small pi...
The Four Sources of Shiny Object Syndrome – Love Your Work, Episode 302
Shiny object syndrome can be evidence of a problem, or it can be a normal part of the creative process. If you can identify the four sources of shiny object syndrome, you can tell the difference between being lost, or simply exploring.
The first three of the four sources of shiny object syndrome hold you back from fini...
May 4, 2023
1,500 Words on Writing a 5-Word Tweet – Love Your Work, Episode 301
Writing a tweet is a microcosm of writing a book. If you think deeply and carefully about every word in a tweet, and what the tweet as a whole communicates, you can extend those skills to all your writing. In this article, I’ll break down how to think about every word in a tweet, nearly tripling its performance.
The tweet ...
April 27, 2023
March 2023 Income Report
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March’s income was $8,960, up from February’s $7,973. Profits were $4,750, up from February’s $4,514.
For the first time in a long time, I have no records to report. That shouldn’t be a big surprise, as I haven’t had a new full-length book come out in nearly three years.
After a long period of sharp inclines, book profits are starting to decline.
This certainly has me thinking about how to m...
Coffee w/ Kadavy #4 (Bonus Patreon Preview)
Here’s a bonus preview of a new podcast I’ve brewed just for Patreon supporters. It’s Coffee w/ Kadavy. In this episode, #4, I talk about:
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April 20, 2023
The Mechanics of Media – Love Your Work, Episode 300
Every message is shaped by the mechanics of media. Whether it’s a tweet, a TikTok video, a news article, or a movie, the characteristics of the medium determine how it’s made, how it’s consumed, and whether it spreads. If you understand the mechanics of media, you can more effectively communicate in a wide variety of mediums, and protect yourself from being manipulated by media.
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April 6, 2023
Why Make Predictions? (and How) – Love Your Work, Episode 299
Making, recording, and evaluating predictions is a simple way to improve your thinking and decision-making. But the way to properly make and record predictions isn’t obvious. In this article, I’ll share some predictions I’ve made, what I’ve learned, and how you can improve your thinking by making predictions.
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Making predictions has grown m...
April 4, 2023
Submit your questions for the Livestream/AMA
I’ll be holding a live AMA on May 3rd at 11 a.m. Central Time. Add it to your calendar (the event has the YouTube link).
Feel free to submit your question(s). Some good ones from the previous livestream:
How should I start marketing my books?How can you pick a creative project when you have too many ideas?How can you cope with burnout that gets in the way of creative work?How do you hack learning a new language?Submit your questions for the AMA here »
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