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Writing is only part of a writing career -- no one warned us that we would need business acumen and entrepreneurship to be an author. Whether you're traditionally published or an independent self-publisher, it's good to have a leg up on accounting, marketing, time management, and other key skills.These recordings of live discussion on craft and development, on business best practices, on explorations of fascinating and inspiring real life cool stuff, and more will help you along your writing ...
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Or, "how equine influenza made your newfangled electric sewing machine run."Did you know the United States had a complex and efficient, electric train system that serviced most of the population? Did you know this train system brought electric power to rural communities? Let's talk about the interurban, and about how transportation affects your wor…
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You can find Rhonda Parrish doing ALL THE THINGS at her website, http://RhondaParrish.com Find Jacklyn and Tyler (Ademal and Barron) with their world Ethnis at https://www.worldanvil.com/w/ethnis Find Julie's art and comics at https://www.patreon.com/zjbickel/posts Find Ben's music, drama, poetry, and more at http://patreon.com/benasaykwee…
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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 …
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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.By Laura VanArendonk Baugh
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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 al…
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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/sh…
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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…
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(Note: Jon's audio is unbalanced for most of this episode, and I apologize. We did get it fixed at the end but that's late.)I get it: We're writers. Spreadsheets are from the other side of the office suite, and they're scary.That's why I'm bringing in a freakin' spreadsheet wizard to help you tame and embrace them, to simplify and organize your wri…
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After years of hearing uneducated opinions about National Novel Writing Month from people who have never tried it, I'm making NaNoWriMo the topic for this week's stream. Wear good boots, because I may step on a few toes as we walk through all the reasons you SHOULD try NaNoWriMo, even if -- especially if -- you think you can't, and then all the thi…
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