by Michael La Ronn | Jul 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
1121 words. Had a great power hour today! Thanks for everyone who attended. There were TONS of questions. I spent around 30 min at the end answering a bunch of them. I wrote around 1100 words (of fiction) during the livestream, so that was a phenomenal way to get me...
by Michael La Ronn | Jul 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
0 words. Doing prep for my workshop next week so the next few days may be a little painful, but I’m in a good spot with the story and can pick up easily. I’m looking forward to the power hour tomorrow—hope to see you there! PROGRESS SO FAR: Rat City (Chicago Rat...
by Michael La Ronn | Jul 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
100 words. New book announcement below. Today was unusually long. It started with an international conference call at 5:30 AM, followed by a busy day at work and family stuff after dinner. Combined with being tired after vacation, I just didn’t have much energy today....
by Michael La Ronn | Jul 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
1168 words. I did 1411 last night and an extra 1133 before bed after my blog post went live. I think I’m at a point where I’m back to normal cruising speed on the novel. 2500 words of fiction followed by 1200ish words is a GOOD SIGN. Today’s count is a little low...
by Michael La Ronn | Jul 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
1411 words. I discovered an ugly, ugly issue with authorlevelup.com today. Many of you have been asking me for months to install Secure Socket Layer on my website. I know I needed to do it but needed to sit down and do it. Well, I did it, and it broke my site...
by Michael La Ronn | Jul 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
500 words. I hit a wall today—physically and figuratively. My day started at 5:30 sharp because I did a live podcast with ALLi. So much for getting rest after vacation! Plus, I’m on shuttle duty getting my daughter to school this week so my mornings are shot. I got...
by Michael La Ronn | Jul 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
500 words today (so far). Stay tuned for a confession………. Since Wednesday, I’ve omitted a very important detail about my writing sessions. But hey, it was kind of fun withholding it just to give myself a mini challenge. Since Wednesday, I’ve been on...
by Michael La Ronn | Jul 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
1000 words today. Not only did I hit the target I set (500), I exceeded it. You all know that I don’t like to set quotas, but this is one time I’m breaking that rule. Right now, I’m in a very vulnerable spot. I wrote 25K toward this novel, I had no idea what I wrote...
by Michael La Ronn | Jul 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
500ish words today. The votes are in: my next book will be…Rat City (The Chicago Rat Shifter, Book 2!) Thanks everyone for voting. Beast Mode now transitions to novels!!! Here was the scoreboard in order of votes: Rat City (The Chicago Rat Shifter Book 2) Cold...
by Michael La Ronn | Jul 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
1300 words today. It might sound like a low day, but I finished the first Beast Mode book. I spent the rest of the day reviewing what I wrote and filling in spots here and there. Now I need to gather the images for the book I won’t be able to do that until the start...
