by Michael La Ronn | Jun 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
I was supposed to get these books off to my designer…but nope. Woke up this morning and discovered that raccoons had torn up my new sod. The worst part is that the roots were about 90% established. I think I can save it, but…that derailed my day. Not to...
by Michael La Ronn | Jun 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
1000 words today. Important announcement below. ANNOUNCEMENTS ONE. 2021 Beast Mode will officially begin on July 1st, 2021! It will run from July 1st to September 30. TWO. For this year’s Beast Mode, I will be writing both fiction and nonfiction, and I’ll let all of...
by Michael La Ronn | Jun 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
0 words, but I did format Indie Author Confidential Vol. 5 and the new ideas book. I also got them both back from the editor so I just need to go through edits tomorrow and order the cover design, which should put me at a Thursday publication date for both. Pretty...
by Michael La Ronn | Jun 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
3500 words today, AND…this post has a deep dive into my mind. You’ve been warned…. Before that, I finished another book today (Beast Mode warmup!!!). I went ahead and executed on the idea I had about repurposing my Indie Author Confidential (Ideas You Can Steal)...
by Michael La Ronn | Jun 12, 2021 | Uncategorized
I taught my penultimate insurance class today. It went pretty well. I’ve never taught classes on a Friday before so my brain wasn’t ready for that. Today feels like a Wednesday now. No writing today, though I may try to get a session in before bed. I’m probably going...
by Michael La Ronn | Jun 11, 2021 | Uncategorized
500 words today. I got Indie Author Confidential Vol. 5 off to my editor. Should be back next week. I’m making progress. I wrote some more toward Indie Author Confidential Vol. 6 to try to get ahead on it. I’m also teaching my penultimate insurance class tomorrow. I’m...
by Michael La Ronn | Jun 10, 2021 | Uncategorized
1000 words today. I was on the go quite a bit this evening and had a lot of downtime and waiting around, so I whipped out my handy dandy phone and started my new book—Indie Author Confidential Vol. 6… I started it because I had some ideas that didn’t fit in Vol. 5....
by Michael La Ronn | Jun 9, 2021 | Uncategorized
No words today, but I made hella progress. More on that in a minute. Last night, some of you asked me what I meant by my “automated editing engine.” I forget that many of you are new, so let me explain without (hopefully) getting too into the weeds. Give me feedback...
by Michael La Ronn | Jun 8, 2021 | Uncategorized
Had to do some adulty stuff today so I didn’t get a chance to run my manuscript through my nifty automated editing engine. Hopefully tomorrow. But I did find a great quote on The Passive Voice blog today that I really liked. I’ll leave you with it. Have a good night....
by Michael La Ronn | Jun 7, 2021 | Uncategorized
I wrote 0 words today, BUT!!! The 7200 words I wrote yesterday morphed into 10,000 and I finished Indie Author Confidential Vol. 5. I had a killer writing session after publishing yesterday’s blog post and I went ahead and finished the book. I wrote zero words today...
