by Michael La Ronn | Dec 3, 2020 | Uncategorized
I had to record this week’s episode of The Writer’s Journey FIVE TIMES. Five times. Oh, technology… That ruined my evening’s productivity, but the day wasn’t bad overall. Wrote about 2000 words, cleared out a few emails, and didn’t miss my weekly deadline. Ads are...
by Michael La Ronn | Dec 2, 2020 | Uncategorized
Lot of ad work today. Now that it’s a new month, it’s time to try to get cleaner clicks and implement lessons learned. I did a lot, lot, lot of mind-numbing work today, creating new ads, honing my negative targeting, setting portfolio budget caps, etc. I focused on my...
by Michael La Ronn | Dec 1, 2020 | Uncategorized
You're either shrinking or expanding, so they say. I was watching a video interview with Arnold Schwarzenegger, and the Governator was talking about his workout routine. Interestingly, it made me think of my WRITING ROUTINE. What's the typical workout routine? Leg...
by Michael La Ronn | Nov 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
This might sound hard to believe, but most of us are born with gifts. Some are damned amazing writers. Some are damned good marketers. Some, like me, are blessed with a superhuman work ethic. What’s your gift? I happened upon a podcast where the guest was talking...
by Michael La Ronn | Nov 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
I wrote 1400 words today and finished my next book and got it shipped off to my editor. Good stuff. LESSON LEARNED & EXECUTED Alright, I finally hit 100 clicks on my short story collection ads. My official conversion rate is 1:25. For every 25 clicks, I sold a book....
by Michael La Ronn | Nov 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
First things first, I’m participating in an amazing Black Friday sale that has a ton of great resources for authors: The Writer’s Craft Super Stack 2.0. Get it at https://authorlevelup.comwc2. Just $49 gets you a bundle of books, courses and resources to help you...
by Michael La Ronn | Nov 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Wrote 1000 words today. Felt good. Also got some good reading time in. I suffered another ad blood bath today, but it’s all good. Just wanted to say how much I appreciate all of you for reading this and for following me over the years. If you celebrate Thanksgiving, I...
by Michael La Ronn | Nov 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
When I was in the sixth grade, I took a stand. A neighborhood bully was picking on a friend of mine on a bus ride home. The kid wet his pants. I told the bully to back off. The bully proceeded to kick my ass. Every day. In fact, he took the “same time, same place”...
by Michael La Ronn | Nov 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
In high school, people called me a wimp. I couldn’t run a lap around the football field without nearly passing out. I couldn’t lift more than 30 or 40 pounds without having to go to the doctor. My physical pain tolerance is very low, even to this day. But my mental...
by Michael La Ronn | Nov 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Wrote around 1000 words today. I have a home improvement project going for the next couple of days so my productivity will definitely suffer. It’s all good—remember the law of averages. Also, I'm looking at my third straight day of losses for my ads. I can no longer...
