While Chris Baty drives thousands of would-by novelists batty by encouraging them to write 50,000 words in one month, those wacky kids at On The Media have come up with something a little less taxing for those of us with somewhat shorter attention spans. Their Novel Challenge has just one rule: write a novel in [...]
One of the first rules of just about every personal productivity plan is to avoid constantly checking your email. It’s part of the GTD credo, it’s mentioned about a dozen times a week on Lifehacker, and I recently caught the latest iteration of it in Michael Hyatt’s blog, courtesy of (of course) Lifehacker: “Unless you [...]
Must read: Paul Boutin’s How to coast to a writing career in Valleywag. Paul, a veteran journalist and blogger, lays down the law in a series of hilarious and dead-on points, including this classic for bloggers who want to make the move to what Paul calls the “real” media:
“Don’t troll other bloggers for links, or [...]