It's a bumper episode with 2 months' worth of updates, including:

 

• Initial development work on a new series of shorter books. I talk about this more in an interview with Jon Cronshaw on Stop Booking Around, episode 32 - http://stopbookingaround.libsyn.com/032-long-novels-with-clare-sager
• Dictation struggles and wins, including my best ever writing speed and most words ever written in a day.

 

The podcast is also officially changing to a monthly show, rather than fortnightly. I'll also be trialing having quarterly goal episodes. Because, the writing has to come first.

 

My question for you this episode:

• What are your tools and processes that help with the admin tasks in your author career? For example, using Google Forms as a timesaver for newsletter swaps. I'd love to hear your tips for how you organise those admin jobs and keep track.

 

Links for the tips for this episode:

• Episode 327 Smart Podcast Trashy Books. The perfect pep talk ahead of setting your 2019 goals: https://smartbitchestrashybooks.com/podcast/327-give-yourself-permission-to-be-successful-productivity-and-self-honesty-with-scarlett-cole/
• The One Thing book by Gary Keller & Jay Papasan: https://www.the1thing.com/
• Passion Planner - a great journal/planner for setting goals and keeping track of your day-to-day: https://passionplanner.com/

 

 

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/