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A Year Ago Today…

December 17, 2010 by Christopher Gronlund 5 Comments

A year ago today, I was laid off from the longest job I  ever held. I planned to leave last summer; they unknowingly moved the date up 6 or 7 months. The year following every layoff I’ve ever had has always been productive and fun. This past year has been the best! The Year in […]

Filed Under: Inspiration, Miscellaneous

The Best Productivity Tip I Know

December 16, 2010 by Christopher Gronlund 7 Comments

There’s a huge industry based around productivity. I only have a couple productivity books, but I follow many blogs that discuss productivity in passing. I can see the allure of constantly revising one’s system for being productive. (It’s kind of like revising a story or article if you think about it.) I see reviews for […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous, Productivity

Head Over to Social Media Examiner

December 15, 2010 by Christopher Gronlund 2 Comments

I recently wrote about a LinkedIn traffic trick that helped get more traffic from my LinkedIn profile to The Juggling Writer and my other sites. In the last paragraph of the entry, I mentioned that I answer questions on LinkedIn when I feel I can help somebody or add to the conversation. I recently answered […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous, social media

What to Do When You Finish a Novel

December 15, 2010 by Christopher Gronlund 1 Comment

You’ve finished a novel. So what? Many people feel like creating something big is enough, that in finishing a novel they’ve done all they need to do. If you write for yourself — and I’d argue there’s no better reason to write — you really have done all you need to do when you complete […]

Filed Under: agents, Writing Tips Tagged With: Writing Tips

Does Writing Make You Happy?

December 14, 2010 by Christopher Gronlund 10 Comments

Does writing make you happy? Should writing make you happy? I’ve talked with other writers and the results are mixed. If It Makes You Miserable One thing I hear even more than whether writing makes writers happy is how miserable it makes them. I’ve encountered writers who talk about how they have to write, even […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous

The Tool in Your Head

December 13, 2010 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

I was hired at most of the jobs I’ve had for no other reason than I know certain programs or how to use certain tools. I’ve run lathes, made molds, drove forklifts, and used other machinery; I’ve taught myself billing systems, piles of Microsoft products, piles of Adobe products, and many other programs. The sad […]

Filed Under: Monday Motivation

Having a Writing Backup Plan

December 12, 2010 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

I’ve known writers who were bombarded with, “What’s your backup plan in case it fails?” when they made the leap to writing full time. People who say, “You need a backup plan,” to writers are right — we all need backup plans…including people in day jobs. Their Plan The funny thing — most people with […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous

The Effects of Hurrying

December 11, 2010 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

As a writer, I’d be lying if I said I didn’t sometimes worry about people’s lack of focus. People seem to rush about in a blur — I hear more and more people say they don’t have time to read. I see people reply tl;dr (short for “too long; didn’t read”) in comments on blogs […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous, social media

Words You Shouldn’t Use in a Writing Pitch

December 10, 2010 by Christopher Gronlund 3 Comments

Yesterday while working out, I listened to a podcast about business and work. Each time the interviewer asked a question meant to allow the interviewee the chance to talk about what he was selling, the interviewee said: “So yeah…it’s like blah blah blah. Basically, it’s a thing that will blah blah blah…” Those little lead-in […]

Filed Under: agents, Writing Tips Tagged With: Writing Tips

The Exceptions

December 9, 2010 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

People say stories like this one about a single father rising from poverty to e-book publishing success are exceptions. And they are. But bestselling novelists are also exceptions. If you aspire to becoming an exception, there’s more than one way there, now.

Filed Under: Ebooks, Inspiration, Miscellaneous

How To Get Things Done

December 8, 2010 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

How do you find time to write; how do you get things done? For many people, they buy a book about productivity. And another… And another… They read productivity blogs, and they attend productivity workshops. They buy new systems to keep them organized and decluttered. They buy books about organization and reducing clutter. They buy […]

Filed Under: Productivity

LinkedIn Traffic Trick

December 7, 2010 by Christopher Gronlund 3 Comments

I recently did one little thing that increased traffic from LinkedIn to my websites almost three fold: I customized my link descriptions. Before and After My link descriptions used to read “Personal Website” and “Blog” — the standard LinkedIn defaults (along with “Company Website”). Also, I never used the third slot LinkedIn allows for links […]

Filed Under: Miscellaneous, social media

Hooray for Failure

December 6, 2010 by Christopher Gronlund Leave a Comment

It seems that failure’s received a good rap lately. While there are still those who are terrified to take a step toward the things they want to do for fear of things not working out perfectly, most people in the creative community have come to accept that getting better takes some failing along the way. […]

Filed Under: Inspiration, Monday Motivation Tagged With: Inspiration

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