What I've been up to this month (other than having a cold, hence the lack of episode last time!), including discussion of: blurb/book description writing; crit groups; outlining; scheduling; writing mindset; Instagram; and setting ongoing goals/targets.

My tip this episode is to try out Bullet Journalling - further information in the links.

Links:

• Self-Publishing Journeys Podcast - my second interview with Paul: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/episode-121-clare-sager/
• The Best Page Forward (I've not used their description-writing service, but Bryan gave me feedback on my previous blurb and I've heard others have had great experiences): https://www.bestpageforward.net/
• My blurb spreadsheet example: http://www.claresager.com/?attachment_id=492
• My free novelette Mudlark is available here: https://dl.bookfunnel.com/h566xy8i7p
• This is the cover I made for Mudlark:

• Self-Publishing Formula's Cover Design Course: https://selfpublishingformula.com/design
• Epic Fantasy > Romantic Authors Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/915278855313426/
• My dining table hit by outlining here:

Bullet journalling info:

• Great guide from The Lazy Genius Collective: http://www.thelazygeniuscollective.com/blog/how-to-bullet-journal 
• Some pretty ideas for getting started: https://tealnotes.com/bullet-journal-ideas/
• Cheat Sheet from The Little Coffee Fox: https://littlecoffeefox.com/ultimate-bullet-journal-cheat-sheet/ 
• When you're ready to customise, here are some ideas: https://www.buzzfeed.com/nicolenguyen/genius-ways-you-can-customize-your-bullet-journal
• Minimalist and functional layouts: https://www.buzzfeed.com/rachelwmiller/minimalist-bullet-journals 
• Some other layout ideas: https://wonderfuldiy.com/bullet-journal-layout-ideas/ 
• And, of course, you know you can trust Pinterest to throw some beautiful ideas your way (just don't spend all your time pinning instead of doing!): https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/474215035752602151/?lp=true 

Credits:

Intro/Outro Music: "Inspired" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/