Journal

  • How I Avoid Getting Derailed After an Unproductive Week

    How I Avoid Getting Derailed After an Unproductive Week

    Last week was not a productive week on this book publishing project. In fact, last week easily saw the least progress of any week since the beginning. Circumstances happen. Last week was the perfect storm. So, as a result, I made minimal progress. I didn’t figure out a solution for my children’s book that turned […]

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  • How to Tell When Your Work Actually Isn’t Good vs. A Distortion from Perfectionism

    How to Tell When Your Work Actually Isn’t Good vs. A Distortion from Perfectionism

    As per my plan, last week I finished a complete draft of my children’s book. And as I wrote its final line I paused, gave a slight nod, and said out loud, “Well, I sure do hate this.” I’ve always loved the first third of this book. I’ve always loved the second third. I’ve never […]

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  • Juggling vs. Hyperfocusing

    Juggling vs. Hyperfocusing

    My journey to publish 100 books has, thus far, meant a lot of juggling. For the past now five months I’ve been working on 5+ projects simultaneously. My brain works that way and thrive with the juggle. But coming off a week where I feel like I didn’t make enough positive progress on books — […]

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  • The Perils of Tool Overload and the Paradox of Productivity Apps

    The Perils of Tool Overload and the Paradox of Productivity Apps

    As I was publishing my second book, I found writing a post on this site, posting the book on my publishing site, sending an email announcement through a different app, publishing the files on Dropbox, adding those links to the welcome email for my other newsletter on yet another site, then setting up the print […]

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  • Book 2: Nonfiction and Published

    Book 2: Nonfiction and Published

    Today I published my second book. It’s called The Simpsons Season 1 Retrospective. I started writing it a few years back with the intention to offer it as an incentive for people to sign up for my ’80s and ’90s newsletter, The Retro. I’m still planning to distribute it that way, though now the book […]

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