Example of an average work-day
My friend Nick was in town yesterday for a residency interview and we had a chance to talk shop on his approach, very useful!
Got me thinking, sometimes people ask me what I work on when I say I’m writing or reading.
Here are some things I’m working on today:
Work.todo
- biz dev - Troy at Starters.co (content and community) @done(2016-11-22)
- biz dev - David at Geeks Guide Podcast (research) @done(2016-11-22)
- biz dev - nathan at Hardbound (fiction project on spec?) @done(2016-11-22)
- frenstreet - first fb promotion sold @done(2016-11-22)
- app research - Speakeasy (feedback for friend) @done(2016-11-22)
- Whale - unlocking questions, getting to know the app more @done(2016-11-22)
- Snap inc Spectacles blog post (check starters.co for Snap pop-up store in NYC)
- outline next post for yukaichou.com
- OctalysisPrime community brainstorm
- Read Novel and give feedback for writer friend
- Fiction community engagement (fantasy faction, /r/fantasy) @done(2016-11-22)
- Short update post for story.voyage
- Writingexcuses podcast ep 47 @done(2016-11-22)
- Can I post videos (hosted in my github) on story.voyage w/ Adobe premium pro video editor? (if efficient, let’s do it…would be best if transfers to insta and snapchat stories and facebook video)
- Adobe premium pro video making tutorial (lynda)
- First podcast on Soundcloud + Zencastr
- Revue email to 50 subs, how to increase this?
- Beta readers update email (Happy Thanksgiving! and December ideas, thanks for feedback on “why you wouldn’t buy)
- 2 scenes in novel opening (Sound of Stone)
- Comic drawing (for fun)
- Read “An Introduction to English Poetry” - by James Fenton
- Write poetry, 2 poems, 17 minutes
- Book in a Box (review Ben Zifkin’s book)
- Book in a Box (ask Zach for Talbot’s book)
- Book in a Box (ask Zach/Caleb for training on marketing coordinator role, previous was only outbound PR) @done(2016-11-22)
- Submit 3 stories to Bound @done(2016-11-23)