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Follow Science Fiction author James S. Aaron on his writing-publishing journey. He's thirteen novels into a writing career while chasing a toddler and making the creative life work. We talk about productivity, business of art, personal finance, consistent creativity, family, interviews with authors and other creatives doing the work. Sleep mostly optional.
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Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
Tuesday Jan 05, 2021
The retrospective episode you've been waiting for.
When I ask myself what I learned in 2020, my first impulse is to start laughing.
Sometimes you have to strike out into the hills, only to find out you ended where you started... but I learned a lot along the way, and I'm going into 21 with a good game plan and the experience to make it work.
My big goal for 2021: 1 million words of fiction. If I make that happen, I'll be well on my way to bringing my income up where it needs to be to make this a sustainable career.
That's 2740 words a day or 19,178 a week. Seems crazy in aggregate, but I can easily write a 1000 words an hour as long as I know the story I want to write. I bet you can too.
I hope you're looking forward to 2021 as well.
Thanks for listening,
James
Monday Dec 31, 2018
Monday Dec 31, 2018
Everybody loves a goals show! Let's throw down the gauntlet for 2019 so I can look back and either be pleased with my progress or shed tears in my beer.
I talk about production, health and financial goals for 2019, as well establishing a strong author brand.
Mentioned in this podcast:
Word Count Tracker (excel doc download)
Thanks for listening!
Monday Dec 24, 2018
Monday Dec 24, 2018
Here's a reading from the Proteus Bridge (2018). This is the first chapter in the novel. (Warning, a very frustrated parrot drops an F-bomb.)
Sunday Dec 23, 2018
Sunday Dec 23, 2018
(from The Expanse, Season 2)
Episode 004 - I take a look at my writing in 2018, accomplishments and changes. I wrote about 600k words, published five books, became an admin with 20Booksto50k and my daughter arrived. That's some stuff!
Books Mentioned in this episode:
This is Marketing by Seth Godin
The Revolt of the Public by Martin Gurri
The Future of Violence by by Benjamin Wittes and Gabriella Blum
Perennial Seller by Ryan Holiday
They Thought They Were Free by Milton Meyer
The Book of Dust by Philip Pullman
Sunday Dec 16, 2018
Sunday Dec 16, 2018
Episode 3 - In this episode I talk about some strategies I've used to not feel so overwhelmed when taking on a new project. I focus mostly on writing a novel, but these techniques apply to any project.
As always, if you have any questions, shoot me an email at james@jamesaaron.net. Thanks for listening!
Saturday Dec 08, 2018
Saturday Dec 08, 2018
Episode 2 - A bit more on resistance, series plotting, character-based plots, using templates and learning from other genres.
Books mentioned in the podcast:
Monday Dec 03, 2018
Monday Dec 03, 2018
James S. Aaron reading from the latest Legends of the Sentience Wars book, Vesta Burning, available now on Amazon and Kindle Unlimited (https://amzn.to/2PbPMu4)
Saturday Dec 01, 2018
Saturday Dec 01, 2018
Episode 1 - Getting my feet wet, talking about creative resistance, getting a jump on the new year, accomplishments for November 2018 and goals for the next week.
Full notes at Speculative.Work