Last week, I came very close to finishing Vanguard #14. In fact, I was less than a thousand words from the finish line. I'm already behind schedule on completion of season three, thanks in part to some unexpected computer repairs. But still, I realized what the problem was. It wasn't the stress of…
Answer the following questions: When is the deadline for your current writing project? What is your next project going to be and when will it be due? When will your next book be published? If you can't rattle off the answers to these questions right away or if you don't have…
Stephen King recently wrote an opinion piece for The New York Times entitled "Can A Novelist Be Too Productive?" In it, he addresses the myth by many in the literary community that being a prolific writer equals being a bad writer. This is one of those myths that just won't die and…
Productivity is something I struggle with. Pretty much all my life, I've been a procrastinator. In high school, I did a lot of my homework assignments in homeroom the period before I had to turn them in. In college, I would get a month to read a book and put…
I've seen a few people lately push the idea that the quality of writing is all based on the speed at which you write. Specifically that the longer it takes you to finish a book, the higher quality it is. This is a silly bit of nonsense that I think…