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PAUL’S PODCAST DIARY – SEASON 5, UPDATE EPISODE 2 DATE: Saturday 30th December, 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ I’ll be looking ahead to Quarter 1 of 2024 and the remainder of the year __
COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ I’ll be bringing you right up-to-date with what’s been going on in my writing life during July, August & September I’ll let you know how things are going with my work for Storm Publishing I’ll be looking ahead to Quarter 4 of this year and letting you know what happens next with this podcast __ SHOW NOTES: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-30-09-2023/
DATE: Saturday 1st July, 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ It’s the last podcast of this season - I’ll be getting out the dust sheets and boarding up the windows I’ve got some BIG news for you which I’ve been saving up especially for my season finale as it’s always nice to go out with a bang I’ll also be reviewing this year’s SPF LIVE & bringing you up-to-date with the past two weeks of my writing life __ SHOW NOTES: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-07-01-2023/
DATE: Saturday 24th June, 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ I’m reviewing what got finished in Q2 of this year I’ll be previewing some of what I’ll be up to in Q3 And I’ve a couple of items of catch-up news to share to bring you up-do-date with what’s happening in my writing life __ SHOW NOTES: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-06-24-2023/ /https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-06-24-2023/
DATE: Saturday 17th June, 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ Book 3 in my trilogy has now been sent to Claire Cronshaw for a professional edit I’ve ditched a writing software this week and returned to the one I liked all along AND I’ve moved onto my final read of book 1 before it goes to ARC readers __ SHOW NOTES: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-06-17-2023/
DATE: Saturday 10th June, 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ I hit 25 MILLION page reads this week! My second pass of book 3 is done and it’s ready to hand over to for a professional edit now AND I'm digging in deep with my book research __ SHOW NOTES: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-06-10-2023/
DATE: Saturday 3rd June 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ It’s going to be one of the briefest shows ever as very little writing work has got done this week ... there’s not even enough news to rustle up 3 x teaser headlines! __ SHOW NOTES: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-06-03-2023/
DATE: Saturday 27th May 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ I’ll let you know what I got up to on my recent visit to Hull which was 50% work & 50% play KDP is throwing a number of changes our way, I’ve been making some updates this week AND I’ve been buying K-Lytics reports once again in readiness for my forthcoming book launches __ SHOW NOTES: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-05-27-2023
DATE: Saturday 20th May 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ __ SHOW NOTES: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-05-20-2023
DATE: Saturday 13th May 2023 __ __ SHOW NOTES: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-06-13-2023
DATE: Saturday 6th May 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ It’s been a week of ‘dad duties’ - so writing work has been replaced by tip runs and furniture removals I have managed to squeeze in a bit of editing - I’ll let you know how that’s been going I’ve got a couple of money-related moans to share Why my Secret Bunker books are the gift that keeps on giving AND my new e-book covers have been ordered ... when they arrive I HAVE to get back to MailerLite! __ SHOW NOTES: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-06-05-2023 /https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-06-05-2023
DATE: Saturday 29th April 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ __ __ Just to show I’m full of surprises, I just paid for Pro Writing Aid for a full year My membership of the Crime Writers’ Association has begun! __ SHOW NOTES: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-29-04-2023 /https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-29-04-2023
DATE: Saturday 22nd April 2023 FIVE LISTS OF FIVE THINGS RELATED TO WRITING Coming up today: 5 Things Which Didn't Move The Needle In My Writing Career 5 Things Which Did Move The Needle In My Writing Career 5 things I don’t intend to do in my writing career 5 things I’d like to do in my writing career but haven’t done yet 5 x things I OUGHT to do but don’t and therefore self-sabotage my career SHOW NOTES: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-22-04-2023/
DATE: Saturday 15th April 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ __ SHOW NOTES: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-15-04-2023/ https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-15-04-2023/
DATE: Saturday 8th April 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ Having told you I won’t be writing much I just knocked out over 14k words of my latest book - I’ll let you know why I changed my schedule again! I’ve been having some feelings about writing trilogies And I've an update about this year’s SPS Live event in London __ SHOW NOTES: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-08-04-2023/
DATE: Saturday 1st April 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ We’re back from Lisbon and - in a shock news announcement - I didn’t do ANY writing this week! There is a good reason for it, of course, and all will be explained ... I’ve finally got around to making the most of a marketing opportunity that EVERY author gets when their books are exclusive to Amazon - I’ll tell you what it is and share my schedule and strategies with you in the show notes __ AND I’ve just finished my edits on book 2 in my trilogy, I’ll let you know what’s happening next SHOW NOTES: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-01-04-2023/
PAUL’S PODCAST DIARY - SEASON 5, EPISODE 11 DATE: Saturday 25th March 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ AND I’ll preview Q2 and reveal what’s planned for April, May & June of this year - PLOT SPOILER! It has much to do with my ongoing trilogy :-) __ Show notes: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-25-03-2023/
DATE: Saturday 18th March 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ __ Show notes: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-18-03-2023/
DATE: Saturday 11th March 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ __ Show notes: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-11-03-2023/
DATE: Saturday 4th March 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ __ Show notes: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-04-03-2023/
In this extended writing diary, you can follow me every step of the way as I write a 75k-word book. I was writing Her Last Cry, the second book in a trilogy of psychological thrillers. My general rate of progress is 3 chapters/5k first-draft words each writing day. It takes me 17 x working days to write the first draft of the book. You can follow the entire process here, day by day and hour by hour. The book was written between Wednesday 11th January 2023 - Tuesday 21st February 2023. Find out more at https://self-publishing-journeys.com/how-to-write-a-book-in-17-days/
DATE: Saturday 25th February 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ __ Show notes: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-25-02-2023/
DATE: Saturday 18th February 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ __ Show notes: https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-18-02-2023/
DATE: Saturday 11th February, 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ __
DATE: Saturday 4th February 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ __ See episode notes at https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-04-02-2023/
DATE: Saturday 28th January 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ __ See episode notes at https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-28-01-2023/
DATE: Saturday 21st January 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ __ See episode notes at https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-21-01-2023
COMING UP IN THIS SPECIAL EPISODE: __ __ Read the show notes at https://self-publishing-journeys.com/self-publishing-toolkit-part3
DATE: Saturday 14th January 2023 COMING UP THIS WEEK: __ __ See episode notes at https://self-publishing-journeys.com/podcast-diary-14-01-2023/
COMING UP IN THIS SPECIAL EPISODE: __ __ Read the show notes at https://self-publishing-journeys.com/self-publishing-toolkit-part2
