God, I used to be such a jerk to work for, or at least I was told so. Now I’m working for myself, and you know what? Those griping employees—every slacker one of them—were right!
Just for the morbidly curious, or those few writers with a split brain who come to this site, this is how I crack the whip on my own back.
A copy of this sits on the air purifier next to my chair.
Underneath is stapled the list of my projects for 2014.
Under that are stapled the outlines for my major projects.
When I complete an article, serial episode, bookmark in a project, or a chapter in a book, I place a check next to that entry. At the end of the week any missing check results in accumulated guilt, which could lead to self-hatred, which could lead to some bad decision that shall hopefully result in a good Harm City piece…
Week [ ]
1. Serial
2. Blog
3. Blog
4. Blog
5. Harm City
6. Harm City
7. Modern Combat
8. Bookmark
9. Bookmark
10. Chapter
11. Free content
12. Free content
13. Free content
14. Free content