Average Day In the Life of a Full Time Author (Important for Writers) - Gail Carriger

For you Gentle Reader. I present a day in the life of the Authorbeast…

7am

Up & Make Tea

Check email for emergency situations. Respond as needed.

Post to blog, either Author or Retro Rack.

Share to social media (schedule if needed).

Destined to be Tipped Over By A Cat Mug

8am

Open Feedly and check the morning news via curated blogs:

Author Friends (like Kristin Kashore)
Book Reviews (like Skye’s Scribblings)
Book Business (like The Digital Reader)
Regular Business (like Lifehacker’s Two Cents)
Design (like Awful Library Books)
Fashion (like Unordinary Style)
Food (like Tea With Friends)
Fun Stuff (like Drunk Austen)

Share interesting ones, keep others for bottom of blog posts, send important ones to Evernote of review and processing (once a month task).

Meanwhile, listen to daily news podcasts.

9am

Feed cat & self (still listening to podcasts).

9:30am

More tea.

Get on stairmaster.

Check up on social media. In order:

Twitter
Facebook
Tumblr
Pinterest
Facebook Pages
Instagram

Switch to listening to book business podcasts, send myself notes on anything to follow up on.

Book review & book related podcast recommended by moi

10:00am

Shower.

Back to email.

Process everything that happened that morning. Things I emailed to myself and any lingering tasks that are in inbox and can be taken care of. Respond to any correspondences for friends, fans, agent, or editor.

Check in with various professional author forums and mastermind groups.

10:30am

Bike to office. Treat self to fun podcasts while getting exercise (as a reward).

11:00am

Arrive office. Process mail.

Book business, any larger task that has been waiting for a concentrated hour of work. Usually social media maintenance, bio update, book description or metadata updates, uploading, blog post writing, or Evernote production checklist item.

Noon

Lunch

Review any spreadsheet related work, pre-order tracking, AMS ad data, that kind of thing. This kind of thing is restful for me, I like data.

1:00pm

Research or any kind of prep related to my current writing project to get me in the mood. Any last emails answered.

2:00pm

Tea. Social Media.

2:30pm

Review previous day’s word count, get back into flow.

Write 2,000 words on whatever rough draft I’m working on.

Type type type type.

Around 6:00pm

Stop and bike home.

Prep for any event, interview, or podcast recording that I have that evening.

Self & Lilliput

7:00pm

Eat dinner.

7:30pm

Collapse on couch with cat on lap.

8:00pm

AB comes home. Smooches!

8:30pm

Reading, any lingering work, video or audio research. Play with cat.

9:00pm

Sudden spate of inspiration to amend blog post or book review. Or… read.

9:30pm

Check one last time on social media, make sure everything is OK.

10:00pm

Bed.

There it is! Very exciting I’m sure.

Yours in habitual business,

Miss Gail

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