Tag: productivity

  • Counting my words with Scrivener

    Counting my words with Scrivener

    One of the parts of being an author I’ve always struggled with was productivity in terms of word count. I’ve accepted the fact that I’m a slow writer. It’s fine! I just need to spend more time writing, is all.

    Because I’m kinda dumb sometimes, it never occurred to me to keep track of my word count and maybe set word count goals. I knew I could do this on Scrivener, the writing software I’ve had since fricking 2014 and which I love dearly (I’m not even exaggerating), but I’ve never used the word count features properly until last month.

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  • #007 – Spreadsheets and Divas with Tara Frejas

    #007 – Spreadsheets and Divas with Tara Frejas

    This week’s episode features an interview with romance author Tara Frejas. We met over dinner at Barcino on a Sunday night, and she shared with me her writing process and why she writes the stories she does, among a lot of things. We also chat about the upcoming #RomanceClass film project and a romance anthology she’s co-authoring with five other writers. And as a special treat, this episode also includes a recording of a live reading of an excerpt of one of Tara’s books. Check out Tara’s bio below, and further down, the episode shownotes.

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  • AfA – 04 – Fandom and Fiction with Liana Smith-Bautista at B&B (part 2 of 2)

    AfA – 04 – Fandom and Fiction with Liana Smith-Bautista at B&B (part 2 of 2)

    Happy new year! In this episode I explain why AfA episode 4 is super late, and what I’ve been doing on the last day of 2018. We also have the second part of my interview with Liana Smith Bautista at the Books & Brews Cafe. We chatted about fanfiction and the communities around them, and more writing productivity tools.

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  • AfA – 02 – With KC Cimafranca at the ABC (part 2 of 2)

    AfA – 02 – With KC Cimafranca at the ABC (part 2 of 2)

    I met up with KC Cimafranca — author of paranormal and fantasy fiction — at the Abaca Baking Company in Cebu. We discuss how to write when your brain refuses to cooperate and your characters fall silent.

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