Have you ever tried to gather all your writing and content into one location, such as a website or a collection of Microsoft Word or Google docs? Maybe you were trying to build up a portfolio of your work for prospective clients or just trying to put as much of your writing into one place as possible.

If you’re like me, you were probably trying to pull from some combination of blog posts, podcasts, articles on various websites, YouTube videos, and more. And you probably gave up after a while.

My guest today is here to help writers solve this problem of having your online content scattered all over the internet. His name is Eric Hauch and he is the Founder and CEO of Authory.com.

Authory is the first automated platform to bring together all the content you create. You can take control of your content by having your articles, videos, podcasts and more in a single place, no matter where you publish them. You can back up your articles automatically, turn your readers into email subscribers, and find out how your pieces perform on social media.

This is a genuinely fascinating and helpful resource for writers, and I’ve been using it for a couple of months now. In this conversation, Eric shares how and why he developed Authory and how you can use it to consolidate your online content and build your author platform.

Eric has graciously made a special arrangement available to Daily Writer listeners, where you can get a special 30-day free trial of Authory instead of the standard 14-day free trial. Visit https://dailywriterlife.com/authory.

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This is not a trick question, but a serious one. Why? Because it’s easy for us to fall under the spell of doing writing-related activities while secretly avoiding the hard work of writing.

There’s that course to take, that writing group to be involved in, that new writing craft book to read, that movie to watch so you can analyze the story structure, that fellow writer to have coffee with…

The list of things that help our writing is endless. But they don’t actually constitute writing.

The writer Matthew Kelly hit the nail on the head when he wrote, “Writers will do anything to avoid writing, and do it all in the name of writing.”

Can I get an Amen?

The joy and the temptation of being a writer is that we love what we do. We love talking about our craft, reading about it, and learning more about it.

And while all those things are helpful, even necessary, they don’t actually create the words.

What does produce the words, however, is sitting down to write. It’s getting the words down however you can. Whether it’s dictation, writing it out by hand, writing at lunchtime, getting up early, staying up late, or whatever it takes to get it done.

All those tools and resources for writing can be like the Sirens from Homer’s Odyssey. The hero Odysseus was tempted by the beautiful singing of the Sirens, but he stayed the course.

It’s tempting to spend all your time on writing-related activities without actually doing the writing. Yes, we must learn, connect, and grow as writers. But when you spend time on those activities, it’s helpful to ask, “Is it helping me get the writing done?”

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