Vlog Quick Tip #1: Inspiration For Fun or Profit
In this vlog, Rob explores 3 (or, well, 4) options to grabbing inspirations for new books, scenes, or characters. An important tip at the end for building an awesome “database” of ideas that you can...
View ArticleBeating the Depression Loop Part 1
Hey guys, I have a fairly short (22 minute) video talking about one of the hardest things I’ve been dealing with over the years. It is my hope that this will help you as much as it helped me. Finally,...
View ArticleBeating the Depression Part 2: Feeling Accomplished
The act of creation is opposite of consuming, it adds energy to the universe, it can make you happy and helps you feel better. It makes you feel productive and feeling productive…makes you want to be...
View ArticleThe 15 Minute Hump
It’s in the back of your mind. You go throughout the day thinking about it. You say to yourself, “Self, when I get home I’m going to sit down and write a chapter or two of my book.” You imagine...
View ArticleThe Sneaky Independent – Issue #1: The 1 Thing You Can Do To Get More Done
We’re all building an income online, right? I mean, in general, we call that business. In Old English, the word means something like…Busy. But different from anxiety or mucking around or preoccupation,...
View ArticleThe Sneaky Independent – Issue #2: The Zone of Focus
You know, I thought I had magic powers. Move things with my mind, conjure things from nowhere, summon powerful spirits of air and fire to rain destruction down on my enemies. As a kid you sure can...
View ArticleThe Sneaky Independent – Issue #3: Systems That Support Success
According to Wikipedia… “A tornado is a violently rotating column of air, in contact with the ground, either pendant from a cumuliform cloud or underneath a cumuliform cloud, and often (but not always)...
View ArticleThe Sneaky Independent – Issue #4: Building Systems
“…It surrounds us and penetrates us; it binds the galaxy together.” – Obi-Wan Kenobi The force is an energy field and like all energy fields, it is everywhere. Or, well, it would be if it were real....
View ArticleThe Sneaky Independent – Issue #5: Master of One
I started my business back in 2008. It was a great time to jump into “internet marketing”, as technologies were new, systems were ripe and traffic was plentiful and cheap. Google would hand out...
View ArticleThe Sneaky Independent – Issue #6: Planning vs. Pantsing – Part 1
Let’s face it – chances are, you’re a writer. You likely love writing, or at least enjoy it enough that you’ve decided to go into the self-publishing business. (I assume that’s true, otherwise you...
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