Wasted Three Hours Today

I had to record this week’s episode of The Writer’s Journey FIVE TIMES. Five times. Oh, technology… That ruined my evening’s productivity, but the day wasn’t bad overall. Wrote about 2000 words, cleared out a few emails, and didn’t miss my weekly deadline. Ads are...

Lot of Hard Work Today

Lot of ad work today. Now that it’s a new month, it’s time to try to get cleaner clicks and implement lessons learned. I did a lot, lot, lot of mind-numbing work today, creating new ads, honing my negative targeting, setting portfolio budget caps, etc. I focused on my...

Today is a Glacier Day

You're either shrinking or expanding, so they say. I was watching a video interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the Governator was talking about his workout routine. Interestingly, it made me think of my WRITING ROUTINE. What's the typical workout routine? Leg...

What’s Your Gift?

This might sound hard to believe, but most of us are born with gifts. Some are damned amazing writers. Some are damned good marketers. Some, like me, are blessed with a superhuman work ethic. What’s your gift? I happened upon a podcast where the guest was talking...

Time to Stop the Bleeding

I wrote 1400 words today and finished my next book and got it shipped off to my editor. Good stuff. LESSON LEARNED & EXECUTED Alright, I finally hit 100 clicks on my short story collection ads. My official conversion rate is 1:25. For every 25 clicks, I sold a book....