To Write and Have Written: A Writer's Guide To The Business Side

How did a war for natural resources in Korea lead to a ubiquitous American college food? Let's talk about how in real life everything is connected, and how we can use that to make our fictional worlds more robust, cohesive, and fascinating.

This is an episode from my weekly show on the business of creativity, from craft and development to marketing and entrepreneurship. Join us for live discussion on Twitch, or catch the replays here on YouTube. Find the schedule of topics and guests here: https://go.lauravab.com/1rsV

Let's talk about Procrastination! (Spoiler: You're probably not just lazy.) Speaking generally, writers procrastinate. A lot. But why, and what can we do about it? Here are five primary reasons why creative people procrastinate on their projects, and what to do about it. Plus a lot of fun chat.

That Discord link 💻 https://discord.gg/DUMQhm2v

Women's Work: The First 20,000 Years Women, Cloth, and Society in Early Times (Elizabeth Wayland Barber)
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Morgan Donner, medieval hem video

Get Sendy, self-hosted mailing software.

(After the show, I got my monthly email bill, and it was—are you ready?—$0.31 USD. Not the $80 I would have spent at Mailchimp. That was for January's mailings. 

For December, when I sent more to promote holiday sales and a new release, plus a newsletter for my day job (no need to split accounts!), I spent all of $0.65. So I just wanted to say that yes, Sendy really is cheaper.)

Links mentioned in the stream:

World Anvil: http://worldanvil.com
Tutorials for a free account: http://www.twitch.tv/davinaandrawyn
Follow Amy Winters-Voss: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/liminal-chronicles-shyredfox/
Follow Diane Morrison: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/toysoldiersaga
Follow Laura’s Shard of Elan world: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/shard-of-elan
Zapier: http://zapier.com
Shard of Elan map: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/shard-of-elan/map/ce8e4469-ddcb-4ea3-bf91-23f899255480
Hacks & Help: https://www.worldanvil.com/w/hacks-and-help-shyredfox

Hurstwic Viking iron smelting:  http://www.hurstwic.org/history/articles/manufacturing/text/bog_iron.htm
Haunted scrambled eggs:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHkMSHbdSJU
Emi on Twitter: https://twitter.com/ivorivet
Emi on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/ivorivet
Emi on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxr98SjSqK7pxkSf2MYZhxA

It's hard to get negative feedback! Let's talk about how to handle it -- and it's more than "just grow a thicker skin" -- and how to filter criticism and negative feedback for useful aid.

LastPass | Authy | Dropbox | Onedrive | MS Sculpt ergonomic keyboard |
cheap vertical mouse | Trello 

For today's field trip, we travel to Isla Floreana to explore the murders which may or may not have taken place.