I just finished my eighth novel. Yes, I've only published one. No, you'll never see the earlier ones. It would be more charitable to call them novel-shaped objects. But they sure taught me a lot about getting things done. This is not about the writing, particularly. There are some universal truths about work I've learned through this process that I hope you'll find at least interesting if not helpful. (That should be the new tagline of this newsletter! Hopefully, this is interesting if not helpful…) 1. THERE IS NO SUCH THING AS PROCRASTINATION Don't get me wrong, I am a master procrastinator. Witness eight novels. It took active work to not publish after a while. But the more I work, the more I realize delaying work, writer's block, fear, and all of these tactics are rooted in good instincts in my brain. It usually means something is wrong with the work itself and if I resist writing something, it shouldn't get written. Sometimes it means I'm terrified of the marketing side … [Read more...] about 8 Sanity-Saving Hacks I Learned Writing 8 Novels