Today, we’re continuing our series on upgrading or moving your office. So far, we’ve talked about the factors of pricing and location. Now let’s dive into something hard to define, but still important when you are considering the quality of your office space: the environment. I’m referring to two things: the physical environment, as well … Read more
Today, we’re continuing our “Clear the Clutter” series. If you listened to Tuesday’s episode, hopefully, you followed through and cleaned the dust and dirt from your workspace. Today, we’re tackling knick-knacks, odds and ends, and random junk that find their way into our lives. We all hang onto certain things longer than we should. I … Read more
Today, we’re continuing our “Clear the Clutter” series. We’ll begin with a step that might seem unnecessary, even a little juvenile, but it’s vital if you’re going to have a neat workspace. It begins by facing the truth that your office or work area is probably a lot dirtier than you realize. All you need … Read more
Here on this podcast, as well as in my daily emails and our Daily Writer Club membership group, we talk a lot about strategies to be more productive as a writer. After all, if you don’t find ways to get the writing work done, you won’t have any books to publish, market, or sell. But … Read more
Today’s tip is directed toward all the perfectionists out there… and when I say that, I’m talking squarely to myself as well. Here’s writing habits practice #4: Don’t wait for the perfect conditions to write. We writers dream of writing in a beach cabana with the wind softly tussling our hair. Or we dream of … Read more
We’ve just started a series on writing habits here on the podcast, and yesterday we talked about writing habits practice #1, which is establishing a goal for your writing. If you haven’t listened to that episode, I encourage you to check it out. Today we’re going to talk about practice #2: Set up a dedicated … Read more
Everyone who has ever planted anything knows that you can’t just throw seeds on the ground. You must prepare the soil. Otherwise, the soil won’t be ready to receive the seeds. The seeds will die and all the effort and future potential will have been wasted. Your creative mind works the same way. It can’t … Read more
A few months ago, I left my job as a full-time college professor after doing that work for 17 years. Even though I had a fair amount of discretionary time in that job, and I also worked from home during the summers, it has been a big switch to go from having a college office … Read more