I love numbers and I love charts! ALSO: you are one heck of a fast writer, Vera, based on those teal bars. Amazing. Thanks for your ongoing transparency and willingness to talk about the real stuff. I think of many of my writing projects as lottery tickets. When one pays off (i.e. in terms of a small film rights deal) it makes the overall fiction income stream so much healthier. Psychologists say intermittent reinforcement is the strongest kind and I'm just another rat hitting that pellet-release bar and hoping. Still, I love it. Feast or famine and "IP, Baby!" (one of my 2025 mottoes).
I love numbers and I love charts! ALSO: you are one heck of a fast writer, Vera, based on those teal bars. Amazing. Thanks for your ongoing transparency and willingness to talk about the real stuff. I think of many of my writing projects as lottery tickets. When one pays off (i.e. in terms of a small film rights deal) it makes the overall fiction income stream so much healthier. Psychologists say intermittent reinforcement is the strongest kind and I'm just another rat hitting that pellet-release bar and hoping. Still, I love it. Feast or famine and "IP, Baby!" (one of my 2025 mottoes).
Friend of mine claims to pound out first drafts in 10-11 weeks. I keep sharp objects away from him at all times.
Thanks for your transparency here. Wishing for a strong 2025 for all of us!
Michelle and me’ll miss you at Thrillerfest! Here’s hoping your ‘25 is better than your ‘24!