A Day in the Life of an Author

Day in the life of author S. A. Crow

I’m sure by now, you’re wondering what an author does all day. Where do ideas for books come from? How long does it take to write a book? How many rejections before I get published? Is my manuscript ready? The is series is meant to answer all those questions and more in a humorous way.

Let’s start with Monday when I outline my blog posts and tackle the most of my weekly items.

Waking up early can be tough, but it’s definitely doable with a bit of effort. I set my alarm for 7am and getting out of bed as soon as it goes off. Once I’m up, I’m excited about the start of a new week or new day. I’m one of those rare souls that doesn’t mind Monday mornings. I work from home as a full-time caregiver, author and Writing Coach and I start my workday at 8 am. After I’ve made a mug of English Breakfast tea. Then, you can head to your desk and get started on the day.

There’s nothing quite like starting your day with a cup of tea and some time for journaling. I find it helps me to clear my mind and get ready for the day ahead. Plus, it’s always nice to add a little of magic to your morning routine! I share weekly inspiration and magical ideas for the day with my writing group, pull an Attracting Abundance card from Jane Struthers deck, and share the card of the day with my writing group On the Wings for Writers.

Work starts at 8am with writing and productivity sprints for 2 hours, often with a YouTube live writing sprint. I break weekly tasks into daily chunks of work. For example, I outline my blog post on Monday, draft it on Tuesday, and post on Wednesday. Thursday I check to see what next week’s blog post will be. I do the same with my Coffee Read a serial story for my Bronze Cup members on buymeacoffee.com/sacrow subscribers.

It’s tough to say what the priorities are for each item on your list without knowing more about what each item entails. However, a good general rule of thumb is to start with the items that are due the soonest. After that, you can prioritize based on importance or personal preference.

There are many different types of writing sprints. Most live writing sprints either on Twitch, YouTube, Rumble, etc. Run 20 minute sprints and 5ish minute breaks. Some viewers use every other sprint for movement and productivity instead of writing. From someone who just recently had carpal tunnel surgery, it’s important to stretch, get up and move around, and give your eyes a break from screen time.

Next, I tackle admin items for all my business emails and more. I’m a full-time author, writing coach, writing group owner, co-owner of the Writing Buddy Program and The Authorworks Creative Mastermind group. These all have their own email addresses, marketing, and task lists.

The last items I can get to before my Tea Time Videos. I started an Author Tea Time vlog on YouTube. Where I chat with you about author things, what’s coming up for me, and I read from my books.

Get ready to go live on YouTube. This entails getting the camera read, turning on my video camera, pulling up Stream Yard.

“What is Streamyard and how does it work?

StreamYard is a live video clip streaming and recording software program that is getting appeal among online content developers. It enables users to share real-time video web content with their followers and communicate with them in real-time. StreamYard also makes it very easy to record and save real-time programs for later playback.”

www.mythtvcast.com/streamyard-app-download/

Tea Time with S. A. Crow Live chat. Playlist

Social lunch, including puppy snuggles. It’s a good idea to step away from the computer and be sociable even if you have a packed to do list. I know some of you are screaming at me. What are you talking about, Shirley?

There are many benefits to taking a sociable lunch. Networking and building relationships with the people around you are just a few benefits. Besides writing full time, I’m also a full-time caregiver. I love to spend my lunch with my Jenn Haun and my adorable puppies.

Back to work on the last items for the day. It’s important when you work at home and/or for yourself that you set a clock out time. Mine is usually 3pm sometimes 4pm. I might have an event at 5pm online but I do clock out and walk away from my desk for a while. Work on household items, spend sometime out in nature if it isn’t Dante’s Inferno outside.

Journaling and end of work items is the last act of my day before I clock out. I journal about how the day went. I look at what I have going tomorrow so I can prepare myself before bed for the next day’s agenda.

Next, is time with the roommates and dinner. I love the act of eating together and showing everyone my undivided attention.

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