Progress Report 2026 Week 40: Progress Report 2026 Week 40: Do you have techniques to keep your head in the game? What do you do?

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 40: Celebrating posts from Beneath the Tangles, Confessions of an Overage Otaku, and more!

I’ve spent the last few weeks trying to improve my marketing game. Between building an inventory of slideshows for AuthorScale to post and trying to refine the keywords for my Amazon ads, I thought I ...

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 39: Celebrating posts from Anime Evo, Anime Hanabi, Annieme, and more!

Progress Report 2026 Week 38: How do you deal with the morale impact of not having enough time? Are there tricks to keeping yourself motivated?

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 38: Posts from Anime Hanabi, Merlin's Musings, Phoenix Talks Popular Culture Japan, and more!

Progress Report 2026 Week 37: Does writing help you get through real life family events? Or do you find yourself unable to write?

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 37: Posts from Anime Evo, Confessions of an Overage Otaku, MIB's Instant Headache, and more!

Progress Report 2026 Week 36: Do you have any tricks that you can share for getting your brain into blurb-writing mode?

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 36: Celebrating posts from Anime Evo, DoubleSama, Merlin's Musings, and more!

Progress Report 2026 Week 35: What audio software do you use to create audiobooks? Do you prefer commercial software or open source?

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 35: Celebrating posts from All About Anime and Manga, Anime Evo, and more!

Progress Report 2026 Week 34: Do you find it easy to compartmentalize major life events from your writing? Or does it vary by event?

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 34: Celebrating posts from The Afictionado, Anime Evo, Anime Rants, and more!

Progress Report 2026 Week 33: Are you against generative AI? Is that opposition absolute, or is it okay for things like marketing?

Progress Report 2026 Week 32: Have you had to write through significant real life family events? Has your writing helped you help your family?

Progress Report 2026 Week 31: Do you have a technique for overcoming mental blinders? Or a technique to know when you need to?

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 31: Celebrating posts by Anime Evo, Confessions of an Overage Otaku, D&A Anime Blog, and more!

Progress Report 2026 Week 30: How to you identify comps? What criteria do you use? Do you have a checklist?

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 30: Celebrating posts from Analog Housou, GetMoreXP, Hanime on Anime, and more!

Progress Report 2026 Week 29: Was there some kind of perspective you had to adopt to figure out marketing?

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 29: Celebrating posts from Anime Evo, Arum Journal, Lit Retreat, and more!

Progress Report 2026 Week 28: Do you have a structured launch plan for your ebooks? What are your favorite promo sites?

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 28: Celebrating posts from Anime Evo, Arum Journal, Confessions of an Overage Otaku, and more!

Progress Report 2026 Week 27: What's the biggest disaster a word processor has inflicted on you? How did you recover?

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 27: Celebrating posts from Anime Evo, Anime Feminist, Anime Hanabi, and more!

Progress Report 2026 Week 26: Have you tried publishing using pre-orders with Amazon? How has that worked for you?

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 26: Celebrating posts from Anime Feminist, Chug Tek Ming, The Land of Obscusion, and more!

Progress Report 2026 Week 25: Do you have a favorite audio processing program (Digital Audio Workstation)? If so, what is it?

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 25: Celebrating posts from Confessions of an Overage Otaku, Kvasir369, Okazu and more!

I made a sobering discovery about my house this week, and it affects my goal to record two sample chapters from Wayland’s Hammer Book 1: Duty of Prisoners. Did I meet the goal of recording those two c...

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2024 Week 24: Celebrating posts from Arum Journal, Calxylian, Confessions of an Overage Otaku, and more!

Progress Report 2026 Week 23: Do you think that people using generative AI to produce novels threaten indie success?

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 23: Celebrating posts from Arum Journal, Hexa Blog, Japan Powered, and more!

Progress Report 2026 Week 22: How do you maintain motivation and dedication with constant interruptions or real life events?

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 22: Celebrating posts from Hanime on Anime, Kvasir369, Merlin's Musings, and more!

Progress Report 2026 Week 21: If your book earns disappointing ratings, how do discern the reason? Or do you not worry about it?

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 21: Celebrating posts from Arum Journal, Confessions of an Overage Otaku, Kvasir369, and more!

Progress Report 2026 Week 20: Do you think it's business as usual for indie authors? Do you think the environment has changed?

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 20: Celebrating posts from Arum Journal, Confessions of an Overage Otaku, Hanime on Anime, and more!

Progress Report 2026 Week 19: What software do you use for ad graphics or audio processing? What would you recommend?

Progress Report 2026 Week 18: How do you know when you're ready to start writing? Does the experience change from book to book?

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 18: Celebrating posts from AngryAnimeBitches Anime Blog, Anime Feminist, Arum Journal, and more!

As I worked on plotting The Fissure Kings Book 1: Semele’s Lament, I realized that some of my processes had strayed into non-productive territory. What did I realize, and how did I fix it? Speaking of...

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 17: Celebrating posts from Arum Journal, Merlin’s Musings, MIB’s Instant Headache, and more!

Progress Report 2026 Week 16: If you're not graphically inclined, besides resources like DepositPhotos, how do you produce ad graphics?

5 Favorite Anime Blog Posts from 2026 Week 16: Celebrating posts from Anime Evo, Arum Journal, Jonah's Books & Rants, and more!

Progress Report 2026 Week 15: If you've been writing for more than a few years, how often do you need to change your marketing approach?

Progress Report 2026 Week 14: What kinds of indirect marketing/selling or brand awareness activities do you invest in?