by Michael La Ronn | Sep 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
I got Project Confidential Vol. 2 ready for my editor. It'll go to her as soon as she finishes Project Atlas. That was the big victory today. I'm breaking up the log jam of books that I've been sitting on for a few weeks. I also syndicated my podcasts to Google Music,...
by Michael La Ronn | Sep 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
I got Project Atlas off to the editor. It'll be done Sunday. My illustrator will need some more time, which is fine. I also recorded & uploaded this week’s episode of the Writer’s Journey and a week of Writing Tip of the Day. I also found cover art for Project Atlas...
by Michael La Ronn | Sep 22, 2020 | Uncategorized
I’ve heard from so many of you that you like my daily updates about how I’m making progress on my writing, so I decided to syndicate this to my blog as well as my YouTube community. It’ll be easier to follow for those of you who prefer RSS feeds, and also good for...
by Michael La Ronn | May 7, 2020 | Uncategorized
In this time, things are pretty uncertain. I've had my ups and downs, and I've talked about those publicly. It's OK not to be OK during these times—no one's going to hold it against you. But when it's over, what will you have done? Even calling a friend to give...
by Michael La Ronn | Apr 30, 2020 | Uncategorized
Yesterday was a gigantic victory in this experiment. I can't overstate how BIG it was. Click a macro. Fix your royalty reports. Import them CLEANLY into Access without any fuss. Is it really that easy? Well, click here if you're new here to start reading Part 1....
by Michael La Ronn | Apr 29, 2020 | Uncategorized
The rubber finally meets the road. One author who just learned VBA four days ago…versus complicated royalty statements!!! Ready, FIGHT! But before you watch the brawl, click here to read Part 1 of this series if you're new. (Totally anti-climactic, I know). This...
by Michael La Ronn | Apr 27, 2020 | Uncategorized
Progress feels slower right now, but that's because I'm having to learn VBA for Excel. Once I get this step done, this project is going to move much, much faster. Click here to read the first part of the series if you're new here. Last time, I talked about currency...
by Michael La Ronn | Apr 26, 2020 | Uncategorized
I'm back on the progress train, which is a beautiful thing after where I was a few days ago. I'm humming along with getting royalties to display properly. But first, click here to read the first part of the series if you're new here. To recap from the last post, I...
by Michael La Ronn | Apr 25, 2020 | Uncategorized
If the last post was lucky number seven, this post is unlucky number eight. WOW–just WOW am I amazed at how truly complicated royalty statements are. The deeper I got into this, the more I realized why no one has ever tackled this. It's time-consuming, goes...
by Michael La Ronn | Apr 24, 2020 | Uncategorized
Lucky number seven, baby! I’ve got a GOOOOOD feeling about this. In this post I’ll detail out the steps I followed so that I can keep a log of what I’ve been doing to track sales and import them into the database. But before we begin: Part 1 Part 2...
