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 wouldn’t be here. And perhaps you aren’t a writer, but instead you outsource the writing, that’s fine – we’re going to […]
The 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 rankings to anyone who could produce the most content – EzineArticles in this case – and I easily built a 3 […]
The 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. You know what else is everywhere that, well, totally is just like the force, but real? (And almost […]
The 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) visible as a funnel cloud.” Chaos theory is one of the driving factors of the weather (and in many systems that appear […]
The 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 imagine a lot, especially when you play video games and watch cartoons. I don’t think I ever grew […]
The 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, more like busy diligently. Working towards something productive. Middle English advances the word to the newer translation “busyness”, or “occupation or state of […]
The 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 yourself doing it, you imagine what it will feel like to be finished and you […]
Beating 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 more productive! The energy source of a positive breakthrough is that feeling of productive, that you did something that helped […]
Beating 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, I apologize for the delay in getting this out. A sudden onset of medical issues […]
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 pull from at any time!