Tag: writing life

  • Implications from Production

    Yesterday, I talked about the production cycle for a print book. Because we’re reviewing how to schedule your time, today we’ll talk about some implications from that production cycle – and its demands upon writers. Bear in mind that the chance to review the manuscript at each phase is a good, good thing. You just…

  • The Production Cycle

    I’ve probably talked about this before, but I have page proofs to read this week, so that makes me think about it again. One of the things that I try to get aspiring authors to do when I teach workshops is to figure out how many books they can comfortably write per year. This is…

  • The Escalator Myth

    My first assumption to debunk is the Escalator Myth. This is an idea that I have heard expressed many many times, although the escalator analogy is mine. (You know that I love analogies as much as theories!) There is a persistent idea in writers’ groups that all any given writer has to do is to…