Motivation of the Indie Author

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An interesting question was asked about indie authors and motivation.�� Without a boss of any kind, we make our own deadlines that are about as flexible as an overcooked noodle. It gets even harder when the person is a full-time author.�� So how does one stay on track as a solitary organism operation?�� Cloning?�� Train mice to do your bidding?�� Extra wives/husbands?�� Removing all feasible distractions from TV to ceiling fans to any length of string?�� Let���s see some ideas.

A blog can help by making public goals that are either weekly or monthly.�� This creates a sense of accountability since you, hopefully, have people reading your blog.�� They will know if you slack off or aren���t writing at all.�� I would call this the ���forging of guilt and shame��� path.�� At least you try to avoid those two things.
Make a personal deadline for things.�� This���

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