Essentially, this is about the routine you create to get yourself ready to work. Ready to create; ready to sit down and get things done. Yours doesn’t need to look like mine, but making your own may be worth the effort, especially if it helps you achieve your goals and get more done.

In this month’s mailbag episode, we answered two questions received in December that many of us want to know more about — negotiations and how to make our sites work more efficiently (in search, especially) when we have limited time.

As its the first episode of 2020 after a two week break from the holidays, we figured it made sense to talk about coming back from a break. Whether that’s from a short vacation/holiday or because you needed a longer hiatus to regroup and re-energize.

Want to have a better, searchable, clickable, readable site? Never, EVER leave a blog post uncategorized. In this week’s episode Molly discusses why they’re important and how to use them.

This week’s episode discusses goal setting from a different angle — the fear we sometimes feel when we decide to stop doing something. Change can be scary, and not just new changes we’ve never done before. Stopping or ending a thing we’ve done for a long time can make us fearful or unsettled, too.

This month we talk about goal setting, trying to get it all done, and being marketable without compromising who you are.

So close to the end of the year, it seemed appropriate to talk about goal setting. We’re not telling you what to goals to set for yourself or how to choose them. If you’re listening to this podcast, you’ve probably got a million goals you want to achieve already. We’re taking a different approach — this is about how to view your goal setting process and your goals once they’re set. In this episode: How we view goal setting Looking at what we’re already doing — figuring out what to continue and what to stop Long-term planning instead of getting...

The year is almost over, and if you’re like us, you’re already starting to think about next year. If getting organized and feeling at least a LITTLE less stressed, Molly shares her experiences with the Circle Planner (her planner of choice) AND a giveaway (scroll to the bottom to enter)! Note: Some of the links below are affiliate links. This means when you make a purchase, Molly makes a little cash. In this episode: Why Molly uses a planner How she got into the Circle Planner Why she’s sticking with this planner Lessons learned Enter the giveaway (scroll down) Links...

I’m giving you a checklist, a series of things to do to see improvement. Yeah, it’s not my usual style, but I think most of these steps can help you be more productive. And by “productive” I don’t mean hustle-and-grind-it-out. I mean, get the stuff done you want to get done and accomplish the goals you’ve set for yourself. 

It’s time for the November mailbag episode. Molly and I answer questions on self-publishing, staying anonymous, how we write as much as we do, and more! In this episode: How to develop a consistent writing practice and how to make yourself start How do we write as much as we do? Is Kindle the best way to self publish? Is it feasible to write smut for a short while and then stop? Can someone stay anonymous while writing smut? Links from the episode: List of Blogging Memes Ask the Smutlancer The Smutlancers Community on Patreon Follow The Smutlancer on Instagram,...