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Happy February! The beginning of the new year is a time for setting goals, but also completing them.
The most important thing to complete these two things is time management. Without it, it is extremely difficult to meet one’s writer goals. There are many ways to keep yourself on track, including apps, calendars, and even rewards for yourself when goals are met. What is important is to find what method works for you and stick to it. Below we talk about some suggestions for time management:
Reality Bites
January is full of predictions and goal setting for the coming year. Writers enjoy marking off their new wall planners with book goals and organising their writing desks. Then reality sinks in as they note the first deadline is coming up fast. Productivity tool posts start filling up the internet. Writers In The Storm have a good blog post for the writer’s greatest challenge- Time Management. You may need to select from one of these useful collections of tools and tricks.
Every year The Write Life blog collects their 100 best websites for writers. Regular readers of my blog will see familiar names in the list. However their are some nifty new names in the different categories. (They
also have a great post on writing residencies – in case you were thinking if it is worth it.)
Victoria Strauss has collected a list of Writer Beware posts from 2015. Writers should be regularly dropping into this site and getting familiar with the scams and dodgy contract language that is directed at them.
Writer Beware has direct support from many writer associations.
Susan Spann is doing guest posts on what to watch out for in Contract Clauses- This month is the Out Of Print Clause.
Kris has seen some absolute nightmares in the last few weeks. Last week she wrote a great post – Whining is not a business model! Writers you must carefully look at your contracts. This is your work, your future earnings…you need to read the small print and walk away if it is not fair.
In the Craft Section,
In the Marketing Section,
Authors often struggle with Book Marketing. It is out of the comfort zone of the introverted garret dweller who talks to imaginary people.
To Finish,
Digital Book World has an interesting post today from Jason Illian on the real future of digital publishing. Jason looks at a few company results which journalists didn’t cover and then started asking questions. This
is a must read! In the comments SCBWI blogger Lee Wind referred to Enthrill (a company I have been watching for a few years.) They are about to ramp up their eBook gift cards after a long time developing and testing. I have a feeling that 2016 will be an interesting year in the digital book world.
Maureen Crisp
@craicer
About Maureen Crisp
Maureen Crisp has been writing her weekly publishing roundups for over seven years. She is a traditionally published children's author as well as indie-published. She lives in New Zealand and is heading the team organising the 4th National Conference of Children's Writers and Illustrators. She is currently trying her hand at writing a children’s book series if she can drag herself away from forever tweaking her Mars novel or obsessing over space.