Hi, all,

I follow a lot of writing blogs. You may remember a few years ago when I shared a series of blog posts that put you in the hot-seat of a literary agent. I recently read a similarly enlightening series of blog posts from a full-time author who lives off his writing income. I wanted to share this with you because it is chock full of great insight into the life of a full-time author.

The author, Dean Wesley Smith, was hired to write a 70,000 word ghost novel in 10 days. Not only did he accomplish this but he blogged about the process daily and answered tons of comments and questions by readers. I took all the hard work out of finding each post and have included the direct links below. I also included a post from another blog, by his wife, Kristine Kathryn Rusch, who is also a full time author living off her writing income. That post shows the effect that Dean's 10-day project had on their lives from an outsider's prospective and her take on the process.

I think these are well worth your time to read through. Make sure to read the comments too.

Best,

Eric
Organizer, DWG

LINKS:

By Dean Wesley Smith:
Ghost Novel: Day 1 http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=8935
Ghost Novel: Day 2 http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=8943
Ghost Novel: Day 3 http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=8955
Ghost Novel: Day 4 http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=8967
Ghost Novel: Day 5 http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=8981
Ghost Novel: Day 6 http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=8998
Ghost Novel: Day 7 http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=9011
Ghost Novel: Day 8 http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=9030
Ghost Novel: Day 9 http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=9049
Ghost Novel: Day 10 http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=9060
Ghost Novel: The Day After http://www.deanwesleysmith.com/?p=9076

By Kristine Kathryn Rusch:
The Business Rusch: Habits http://kriswrites.com/2013/05/01/the-business-rusch-habits/