by Michael La Ronn | Feb 22, 2021 | Uncategorized
0 words today because I got the novel back from my editor. The verdict? Way different than I expected. The average amount of edits I receive per novel is 290 (for my main editor). Editor #1 found 243 edits. Editor #2 found 246 edits. WHOA… That’s a total of 489 edits...
by Michael La Ronn | Feb 21, 2021 | Uncategorized
7098 words today. Yowza! Lot of fun news today. First, I published a book. Indie Author Confidential Vol 4 is now live, but it’s still publishing in some places. Feel free to search for it tonight if you dare, but I’ll make the official announcement tomorrow. Book #54...
by Michael La Ronn | Feb 20, 2021 | Uncategorized
1500 words-is today. I’m moving along, slowly but surely on 250+ Writing Tips, Vol. 2. I’m happy with my progress as I’ve started weaving in my editing engine, running it after every chapter I write. This book is going to be a lot cleaner when it’s time to self-edit....
by Michael La Ronn | Feb 19, 2021 | Uncategorized
2000 words today. I’m getting restless again. I had a very good writing day today after a couple days off, but I’m back in the saddle again. I had another crazy idea, because you guys know what happens when my mind gets restless… Here’s the deal: my novel will be back...
by Michael La Ronn | Feb 18, 2021 | Uncategorized
0 words again today, but I realized that I crossed the published word milestone of 2,000,000 words. Crazy, and definitely an accomplishment. I got the cover ordered for Indie Author Confidential Vol 4. The designer will be done Saturday, which means I can hopefully...
by Michael La Ronn | Feb 17, 2021 | Uncategorized
0 words again today, but I got the novel off to editor #2! Now it's real. I also finally got the opportunity to run the novel edits through my new chapter scoring engine. I’ll share some of my original assumptions and what the data actually told me, because it’s...
by Michael La Ronn | Feb 16, 2021 | Uncategorized
0 words today, but LOTS of progress. And something very special at the end of this post. I spent the day testing my repeating word macro, and used my time today to eliminate embarrassing repeats. Examples: I used embarrass twice in the same sentence. I used the word...
by Michael La Ronn | Feb 15, 2021 | Uncategorized
1500 words today. My total is lower because I got blown up by all the people I’m working with…in a good way. First, my cover designer has finally finished the design for Book 1. I approved it today. Second, developer #1 sent me the first draft of the repeating word...
by Michael La Ronn | Feb 14, 2021 | Uncategorized
Around 2000 words. Just spent the day writing and doing paperwork for the business. I also worked with my developer on my repeating word macro. We’re just about over the finish line and should have some news to share on that hopefully tomorrow. My editor is supposed...
by Michael La Ronn | Feb 13, 2021 | Uncategorized
Today was the same old, same old for me. Around 500 words today. But more importantly, I stumbled upon a TED Talk that encapsulates almost every problem new writers have. In fact, it so neatly sums up the problems that I hear from writers on a weekly basis that I...
