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June 13, 2021
Checking In On Goals Halfway Through the Year
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
Around this time of the year, I like to take a look at my goals that I've made and evaluate how much progress I've made on them. I'm actually usually right on target because I try to make my goals really easy to meet. I figure it's better for me to have the “slow and steady wins the race” mentality than try to set a really lofty goal and struggle to meet it (and lose confidence in the process).
Here are some tips for figuring out your progress and possibly tweaking the goals you've made.
A Few Questions to Ask:Are you on track with your goals? And…are you tracking your progress toward your goals? Take some time to assess where you are and make sure to count everything you've done so far toward your project.
If you're not meeting your goals, are they too big? Can you make them S.M.A.R.T. (specific, measurable, actionable, realistic, time-sensitive) goals instead? Try breaking big projects into small tasks.
If you're not meeting your goals, what's the chief impediment? Sometimes it's us, sometimes it might be an outside factor that's contributing to the problem.
What seems to be working and what isn't? What can easily be changed? (Ideas for changes could be altering the time of day you work on your goal, changing where you're working, trying mini-outlines of a sentence or two so you know exactly what you want to write during the next session, etc.)
Is there someone in your life who can help keep you accountable if you need it? Another writer, a family member, a friend?
If you are meeting your goals, are you also making time for work/life balance? What can you do to correct the imbalance, if there is one?
If you are meeting your goals, are there any production-minded tasks you need to do? (Reach out to an editor or cover designer and get on their schedule?)
My main tip here would be: don't try to catch up. There's just nothing more discouraging than trying to make up for lost time. Just jump in right where you are and treat every day as a blank slate.
How are you doing on your 2021 goals?
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June 12, 2021
Twitterific Writing Links
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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June 6, 2021
Writing a Mystery Series
by Mike Martin, @mike54martin
Somebody recently asked me how did one write a mystery series? That was a good question. Safe Harbour, the latest in the Sgt. Windflower Mystery series is Book #10. There was even a Windflower Christmas book in there, too. Christmas in Newfoundland: Memories and Mysteries. How did I do it? Kind of the same way you eat an elephant. One bite, one story, one book at a time.
The truth is that I didn’t set out to write a series, even though it does help with marketing and promotion. My goal was to simply write a book of fiction. I didn’t even know it was going to be a mystery. And I had no idea where to start. So, I started looking around. I noticed my partner was reading mysteries. Mostly cozies, but a scattering of others, including Elizabeth George and Donna Leon. I loved Donna Leon, especially. Her Commissario Brunetti mysteries are set in Venice, a fabulous location, and featured great Italian meals.
I like to cook, but I love to eat more. So now I had two elements. It could be a mystery book and it could include food. Now for location. I always wanted to write a book set in Newfoundland, my home province on the east coast of Canada. But where in Newfoundland? My partner helped me out again. There’s a theme here. It turns out that her father is from Grand Bank, a small community on the southeast coast of the island. We end up visiting and staying longer every year.
One year I am walking on a foggy night in Grand Bank when Sgt. Windflower comes to me and starts telling me his story. I start writing it down and the next thing you know I have something that starts looking like it might be a book. My problem now however is that I can’t seem to find an ending to the story. I finish 3 times and each time have a niggling sensation that there’s more to tell. Back to my partner…
She says why don’t you make it a series? And that was it. I finished off The Walker on the Cape and haven’t stopped writing since. Someone once said that the story only ends when the writer dies. I hope that it true and that I can continue to write my series for a long time to come.
Mike Martin is the author of the Award-Winning Sgt. Windflower Mysteries. The latest book in the series is Safe Harbour. You can buy it on Amazon all over the world, Chapters/Indigo in Canada and fine independent bookstores like Sleuth of Baker Street in Toronto.
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June 5, 2021
Twitterific Writing Links
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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May 29, 2021
Twitterific Writing Links
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
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I'll be offline tomorrow in observance of Memorial Day. Hope everyone has a great week…see you back here next Sunday. :)
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May 23, 2021
5 Good Habits for Writers
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
There are so many different aspects of being a writer these days. We have to be more outgoing online than many of us might want to be. We have to think of ways to increase visibility for our books. And we have to write the books.
With all the different things we have to juggle, here's a post that goes back to the basics. These are five habits I've developed through the years that have made my writing life either easier or better in some way. I'd love to hear yours in the comments.
Exercising: This is one important thing I had to add to my list about five years ago. If you've ever suffered the consequences for sitting too much, you'll understand why it made the list. After spending far too many weeks in physical therapy, I realized it's better to prevent back problems from happening than to fix the problems after they've happened. I have an inexpensive ($300) foldable treadmill at my house that makes it easy for me to meet my goal of walking on it every day. Stretching multiple times a day helps, too.
Jami Gold has a great post on wrist exercises for writers.
Colleen M. Story offers us 8 stretches and exercises to prevent “computer hunch.”
Reading: I've always been a huge reader and I've always enjoyed reading mysteries most of all. For the last couple of years now, I've also tried reading more of a variety of different books. The different writers' voices and themes have really helped me grow as a writer and have helped inform my mystery writing.
Shannon Dittemore explains other benefits of reading for writers in this post.
Writing–Something: As long as you're writing regularly, you're in good shape. I think blog post writing is also a great writing warm-up for other types of work. I don't think it's important to set big goals or to write really quickly. Creating a writing habit is so much more important, whether that's daily or weekly. And never try to catch up to where you think you should be: there's nothing more discouraging.
Note-Taking: This can either be high-tech, low-tech, or a combination of both. The important thing is to always be ready to jot down random ideas: phrases, names, situations, story concepts . . . whatever pops into your head when you're out living your life. I keep a small notebook in my purse and another notebook in my car. I also jot down ideas on my phone using the free Google Keep app.
Jacqui Murray has other writerly uses for Google Keep.
There's no reason to curate what you stick in your notebook, either, as you're jotting things down. You can either develop your jottings into a great idea or you can scratch them out later. Writer and artist Austin Kleon loves notebooks. One reason is that he thinks notebooks are “a good place to have bad ideas.”
Refilling the Well: This is primarily to keep from burning out, but it's also to gain inspiration in a variety of different ways. Reading does help me refill my well, but so does listening to music, going for walks, and watching interesting television and movies (I try to keep a list going so I always have something good to watch. I want to refill my well, but I don't want to waste my time).
Those are the five habits on my list, but I'm curious to hear yours. :) What habits have made your writing life easier or better?
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May 22, 2021
Twitterific Writing Links
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 59,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers. While you're there, check out the Writer's Digest award-winning Hiveword novel organizer.
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May 16, 2021
Writers on their Biggest Business Challenges
by Hank Quense, @hanque99
When I revised my book, Business Basics for Authors, I decided to ask other authors about this idea of a business. I asked three questions and I got over a dozen answers. Some of the authors write fiction, others write non-fiction. Some have publishers, some are self-published.
Here are the three questions:
1) What is the most difficult part of managing your book business?
2) What do you think is the most important business issue you have to deal with?
3) If you could eliminate one business chore, what would it be?
The answer to question 1 was covered on April 26, 2021.
Question 2 is answered below and Question 3 will be answered next month.
What do you think is the most important business issue you have to deal with?
Elizabeth Craig: Sadly, reaching new readers, the most challenging part of my business, is also the single most important. I have a good number of readers now, but to maintain and increase readership, I have to commit to activities that expand my base.
Mark Cain: Handling the tax aspects, making estimated tax payments, maintaining receipts, preparing tax materials for the IRS. It’s not rocket science, but it’s tedious. And necessary.
Elaine Durbach: I suppose the most important business issue is finding a way to earn more than I lay out — and hopefully to justify the earning time spent on writing. That feels almost unattainable at the moment even though I write pretty fast!
Anna Faversham: Making sure that legalities are attended to, such as paying tax.
Mark Henderson: Arranging book signing and promotion evenings and manning book stalls at festivals etc. It's not something publishers do for authors; they expect us to be proactive — quite properly, of course.
Joylene Butler: I’ve been told it’s marketing. Seriously, I understand why that is. But I am not comfortable marketing myself let alone my books. Best selling authors don’t have that problem. I don’t want that problem. I suppose that means I better write a best-seller.
Dale Lehman: This is a bit of a toss-up. Clearly (in keeping with #1), marketing is extremely important. But equally important is having a good product to market. I therefore consider both developing my craft and becoming better at marketing as equally important.
Rick Gualtieri: I like to think that a well written book will rise to the top, but the truth tends to be a bit different. Take a masterful piece, exquisitely written but poorly marketed, versus a work of lesser quality but with a well thought out marketing plan. 9 times out of 10, it's the latter that will dominate the charts. There is a luck element to becoming a bestseller, don't let anyone tell you otherwise, but via marketing we can affect how likely it is that lightning will strike.
Donna Baier Stein: juggling writing time v. book promotion time.
Stuart Aken: All ‘selling’ is tainted with dishonesty, and that is my biggest barrier. I promote my books from time to time with excerpts from the stories and from reviews I’ve received. But it’s not a task I enjoy or spend much time on.
Sarajane Giere: The most important issue I must deal with will come when I’m selling the book at local festivals and have to deal with the accounting side of marketing. If these Covid restrictions abate, I hope to be selling my book face-to-face with prospective readers at different venues such as book stores, libraries and literary festivals. So far, I’ve had some success doing this in small settings, such as two Zoom book-talks with sales following my presentation.
Stephanie Auteri: Being proactive about doing live events I can then tie back to my book. Back when my book launched, I found that people who saw me live at readings or workshops or conferences immediately wanted to buy my book. I guess I'm charming despite my crippling social anxiety? The thing is, my crippling anxiety holds me back from actively pursuing new and similar opportunities.
Also, being proactive about pitching new stories I can tie back to my book. I'm a journalist but, in the two years after my book pubbed, I felt depleted, and I leaned heavily on a part-time editing job. As a result, my byline stopped appearing everywhere… and my byline is one of the things that keeps my book in front of people's eyeballs.
Diane Wolfe: The most important thing for any book is reviews. More reviews mean more sales. It’s just the most effective marketing tool. We send out review copies 5-7 months before a book’s release, both print and eBook. If a book can hit release date with a lot of reviews, then it will hit the ground running with momentum. Reviews are also needed for the back of the book and the interior of the eBook. Plus a good selection of reviews opens up more marketing options. Sending out review copies is simply the most cost-effective way to promote a title. Authors who skimp on this step are really doing themselves and their book a disservice.
Peadar Ó Guilín: Quality control. Editors are expensive and deserve to be too.
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Business Basics for Authors has a wealth of information you can use to develop and manage your book business.
You may find more valuable information on my Writers and Authors Resource Center.
Hank Quense writes satirical fantasy and sci-fi. Early in his writing career,
he was strongly influenced by two authors: Douglas Adams and his
Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy and Joseph Heller’s Catch-22. Happily, Hank
has never quite recovered from those experiences.
He lives with his wife in northern New Jersey, a mere 20 miles from
Manhattan, the center of the galaxy (according to those who live in
Manhattan). They have two daughters and five grandchildren all of whom
live nearby.
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May 15, 2021
Twitterific Writing Links
by Elizabeth S. Craig, @elizabethscraig
Twitterific writing links are fed into the Writer’s Knowledge Base search engine (developed by writer and software engineer Mike Fleming) which has over 59,000 free articles on writing related topics. It’s the search engine for writers. While you're there, check out the Writer's Digest award-winning Hiveword novel organizer.
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May 9, 2021
Keeping Book Production on Schedule
Hi everyone! Just wanted to send you over to my guest post today at the Insecure Writer's Support Group. I'll be giving tips for keeping your book production on schedule…that includes everything from the draft, critiques, editing, cover design, promo, and getting started on the next project. Hope you'll pop over to say hi. :)
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