This post immediately put me off my feet to make more strategies on how to get it straight this year, though, we are half way through but I believe that,with great head – ways highlighted above. I will definitely get it right, the glass is half filled, not half empty. I totally subscribe to Lori Widmer and Tom Mangan’s points, really pratical.
Thanks.

This year my husband and I are focussing on building passive incomes for ourselves. He works a long day of about 14+ hours currently in his day job with very long commutes, so it is seriously killing him to keep doing this. At 33, he’s decided that he doesn’t want to live the next 30 years of his life doing the same “rat race” grind everyday. So 2016 is our big year to become entrepreneurs and start up at least one or two niche online businesses.

A tip we would like to give to other writers is, if you find yourself starting at the computer screen with no idea what to say, then get a tape recorder, digital recorder (most phones have one built in now), and just make yourself comfortable on a couch or in bed and just say what ever comes first to your mind and keep going from there. You’ll find some great material that you can then go back to the computer with to write that next chapter. Small tip but it works!

Kind regards,
Mel

PS: If it’s Ok, please can you include a link to one of my recent blog posts on “5 Reasons to Self-Publish Your Book”? I look forward to reading more of your posts.
5 Reasons to Self-Publish Your Book

And I just keep on chugging coffee until every item on the list has a checkmark beside it!

I find that keeping myself to this sort of extreme rigidity is the only way I stay consistently productive.

Congratulations on your success, Dava. As you likely know, I’m a big proponent of freelancers specializing in niches.

A second goal is to begin learning about covering conferences, so that I can attend a couple each year. That seems like a lucrative and interesting way to earn money.

That’s excellent, Tom. I wonder how many other writers do something similar?

I update it every day. That way I always know where I stand from a business standpoint – and it always ensures I’m working on the business and not just chasing gigs that interest me, but might not pay much.