Faceplanted Today

Faceplanted today. Not literally but figuratively. Woke up with my back all twisted, so I spent the day looking like a turtle and walking like Frankenstein. Strike 1. Also had a little snafu with my taxes that fortunately I rectified but would have been a really big...

Did a Speaking Engagement Today

I spoke at ProWritingAid’s Crime Writer’s Week. The topic was Writing in Hard Times, which was based on my course. I offered some strategies for people to think about their writing as a business and most importantly, how to protect it. Glad to get that done, and a few...

You Asked, and Now You Will Receive…

I did a video on that conference call issue I talked about last night. If you work from home or do a lot of conference calls but struggle with making eye contact with people, I found a hack that works wonderfully. I used it today and it made a world of difference....

Huge Progress Today

Started working on the material for my presentation at Crime Writer’s Week at ProWritingAid. Material is prepared, so I just need to design the small slide deck tomorrow. I also finalized my evil plan to eliminate the problem of “no eye contact” in conference calls. I...

The Day Got Away From Me

I made a lot of progress today: Started planning my presentation for ProWritingAid’s Crime Writers Week on Thursday Finally figured out a way to make eye contact with an interviewer while on a conference call. It was really bothering me that I couldn’t look people in...

Quiet But Productive Day

I did a YouTube thumbnail photoshoot so I can start refreshing my thumbnail game. I took around 75 poses but ended up keeping about 50, which is not bad. My thumbnails should look look much better. I spent today doing “happy” poses—so I got 50 happy face, smiling...