ASP 02: Writing Habit: How to Write on a Daily Basis

Quote of the Day:

Amateurs sit and wait for inspiration. The rest of us get up and go to work.

– Stephen King

A Few Ground Rules for Productive Writers

When it comes to accomplishing goals and forming habits that lead to success, one of the biggest hindrances is ego depletion. We all draw from the same reservoir of willpower, but that reservoir is not bottomless. Making choices and sticking to them is not always easy, so it is important that we avoid the pitfalls of ego depletion by limiting the number of choices that we have to make. In doing so, we will save more creative energy for writing.

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ASP 00: Welcome to Authority Self-Publishing

Quote of the day:

Once, if you told people you were self-published, they’d look at you like you were a smelly old jobless hobo just come off a dusty boxcar with soup can shoes and a hat made from a coyote skull.

– Chuck Wendig

The Self-Publishing Questions podcast is currently on hiatus for a number of reasons. First of all, Steve was overwhelmed with running his book business on his own. Secondly, he recently got married and his wife is expecting, so there is a lot going on in his personal life at the moment. So he has decided to do a team podcast with Barrie Davenport and Ron.

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