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Rules for Writing Robert Heinlein famously had six rules for writing. I used to have them framed in my office, but after a conversation with my nephew, I realized I now have my own rules. I have ten. Rules for Writing • Fingers-on-keyboard is the only way writing happens. • Inspiration is nice. A high daily word count is nicer. • Writing is challenging, not hard. Digging ditches is hard. • Don’t start revisions until the first draft is finished. • Laziness is the biggest hurd

I’m not a person who rereads books. There are a few I will revisit, but in general, when I finish a book, I never pick it up again. I like to move on to the next thing. Unfortunately, that isn’t really possible when I’m writing a book. Rereading is a integral part of editing and revision, such that by the time I’m done writing a book, I’ve read it dozens of times. It’s tiresome and confusing. After a while, it’s difficult to judge the quality of a book you’ve read a hundred t

I’m an organizer. I like things tidy and catalogued. I also love NFL football, so this weekend, during the playoff games I set about doing some housekeeping type organizing of junk drawers and whatnot and I also tidied up my Goodreads account. I listed all the books I’d been hoarding on my Kindle on my To-Read list. I’m really glad I did that, because it reminded me of all the books I’d been collecting on there that I haven’t read yet. So now I’m on a moratorium for book buyi