Authors’ Notes

This might be interesting.

This is the first in a weekly series where I’ll be chronicling my efforts and endeavors as a working creative. Some of you are curious about what it’s like to be a (moderately) successful self-published author, and these entries will be a small peek into what my life consists of.

There’s an ulterior motive here… accountability. Writing it down like this means I can analyze my own work habits, and putting them on display will hopefully encourage me to be on my best behavior.

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What I did

That Which is Known is caught up through March and I began turning my notes into episodes for April. I’ll have a science-fiction audioplay release in April, so these episodes will come from the research I’ve been doing on artificial intelligence and space flight.
Speaking of which, the foam we ordered arrived, so we’ll be building the acoustic boxes for the mic, so we can move on with recording the audio for the play within the next week or so.
Did a whole bunch of research for the audio drama podcast we’ve got in the works. Started writing more scripts.
Finished preliminary research on the British Raj for the next Galvanic Century book, and started plotting out the book’s major milestones. The June deadline I’ve set myself will be tight, but I think I can hit it. Maybe. I’d like to have a draft complete by the end of the month.
Gave an interview with The Aravinda Show. It was a blast and we ended up with a ton of great material. I’ll throw up a link when it’s live. Going to add this show to my podcast rotation.
Got a rejection for a story I’d sent out. Dutifully sent it on to the next market on my list.

What I’ve Consumed

Binge-watched the SyFy series Alphas (affiliate link). Annoyed by the unresolved cliffhanger ending.
Caught the Downton Abbey (affiliate link) season finale.
Read Larry Brooks’s Story Engineering (affiliate link). Nothing super revolutionary, but a few tricks I can slip into my workflow. I’d recommend it to anyone who needs help with story structure.
Started to listen to the Once and Future Nerd podcast. Don’t know if I like the narration yet. Feels like there’s too much telling, not enough showing, but it’s early. And it’s a lot of fun.
Also started working through We’re Alive. I see why it took off the way it did.
Podcasts I’ve kept up with: Caustic Soda, The Smartest Man in the World, Audio Drama Production, The Rocking Self Publishing Podcast.

What’s Coming up:

Taxes. Self-employment taxes are harsh, and I’m terrible at planning for them. I really should be making quarterly payments.
Another podcast interview next week.
Starting writing the first draft of the next Galvanic Century book. Hopefully I’ll have the outline done Monday at the latest.
Producing audio dramas.

It’s been a busy week. All my weeks are busy weeks.

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