Productivity

Planning Multi-Author Projects

Rachel Kent

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Books that include a collection of stories by different authors seem to be becoming increasingly popular. How are these projects planned? Who corrals all of the authors to create a…

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Research: I-Pads, Cell Phones and Digital Cameras

Michelle Ule

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa

“To do the writing, I have to have time to do research.”

~ Jean-Jacques Annaud

Modern technology provides wonderful tools for research if you know how to harness them. And not just electronic…

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Research: Google as a Tool

Michelle Ule

Blogger: Michelle Ule

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

“I basically did all the library research for this book on Google,

and it not only saved me enormous amounts of time

but actually gave me a much richer offering of research…

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Evaluating 2011 Goals

Rachel Kent

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Here are a few of my goals from last year. These goals were realistic goals for me, and I’ve been somewhat succeeded at them because of it.

Change my reading system…

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Time Is of the Essence: Using Yours Well

Janet Grant

Blogger: Janet Kobobel Grant

Location: Santa Rosa, Calif.

As we’ve talked about play and focusing on the rights things this week, I’d like to close out our conversation by mentioning a few ways to use your time as effectively as possible.I can’t…

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Let’s Put the C Back in CBA: Refocusing on Ministry

Rachel Kent

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Jesus came and told his disciples, ‘I have been given all authority in heaven and on earth. Therefore, go and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of…

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Let’s Put the C Back in CBA: Honoring Contracts

Rachel Kent

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

It’s sometimes easy to lose track of the real reason we’re doing this work of writing books, publishing books, and publicizing what’s been published. I’ve seen a number of instances…

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Tips for the Procrastinator: Be Healthy

Rachel Kent

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

Cynthia touched on today’s tip in her comment yesterday. She wrote, “Healthy bodies build creative minds.” Healthy bodies are also less likely to procrastinate. The endorphins and other benefits of…

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Tips for the Procrastinator: Change Your Routine

Rachel Kent

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

If you’ve contracted the procrastination bug, another thing to try is to change your routine. Get up one hour earlier than you do now every work day and spend that…

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Friday Free-For-All: Industry Assumptions

Rachel Kent

Blogger: Rachel Kent

Location: Books & Such main office, Santa Rosa, Calif.

I’ve run out of days for the number of “newbie” assumptions I have to write about! For today, I’m going to list five more, and then we can discuss them.

1)…

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