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Evaluating Apps for My Next Book
I wrote a few years ago [https://www.cjchilvers.com/blog/new-book/] about the apps I was using to build the A Lesser Photographer book. The challenge was compiling the 400 or so blog posts into one book. Since then, I've posted another 500-ish blog posts. That makes
The Ad Model Reckoning Is Upon Us
Newsweek editor Gersh Kuntzman [https://www.thedailybeast.com/newsweek-editors-blast-executive-to-his-face-what-youre-doing-is-bullshit-you-dont-understand-journalism/] to Newsweek Media Group interim Chief Content Officer Johnathan Davis: > “So you should be honest with everybody in this room: Are we running a money laundering operation? Are we evading taxes? You need to tell us that because we can’
In the Unlikely Event of Whitespace
I'm learning to schedule better. One of the things I've learned is to build in enough space to compete a task and then add a little padding. I should almost never be surprised by something taking longer than I thought, and often be surprised by something
"We Need Publishers"
Seth Godin in his other blog, The Domino Project [https://www.thedominoproject.com/2018/01/shift-real-forever-books-numbers.html] : > “As always, books have always been a long tail business, but now more than ever. The bestselling book of the year will likely be read by fewer than 1% of the people
IBS Saved My Life
I’m a mess. I don’t know anyone, who’s honest, who isn’t a mess. It’s the mess that forms us far more than any successes. Like about 10% of males my age, I have IBS [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Irritable_bowel_syndrome]. I’ve been
You Don't Need to Start a Podcast
With all [https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/podcasts/starting-a-podcast/] the [https://www.inc.com/paul-jarvis/podcasting-for-entrepreneurs.html] cheerleading [https://www.wired.com/story/apple-podcast-analytics-first-month/] for podcasting, including some I've done myself, it can seem like you're really missing out if you haven't started one. Which
An Update on My Most Important Daily Writing Assignment
I'm still doing it [https://www.cjchilvers.com/my-most-important-daily-writing-assignment/]. And I'm not alone [http://jorgeq.com/jorgeqfolio/2017/12/19/my-most-important-daily-writing-assignment] .
Welcome Back Blogging?
From the iA blog [https://ia.net/topics/web-trend-map-2018/] (I really wish they had included the writer’s name): > “There seems to be a weak undercurrent of old and young bloggers like us that feel sentimental or curious and want to bring back blogging. Blogging won’t save the
Schedule Your Creativity
Author/entrepreneur Joanna Penn [https://overcast.fm/+PM0kwT6M/37:02] on scheduling: > "When people ask me how I get everything done my answer always involves scheduling. I schedule my time way in advance, and that includes my writing time as well as business meetings, social events, holidays and
The Continued Rise of Indie Magazines
I really love the business model Offscreen magazine has built for itself. They've taken the book publishing model and married it to the magazine model in a tasteful and profitable way. Their idea (introducing you to the people who build great stuff on the web) could have been