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Bill Birchard—Writing and Book Consultant

BILL'S STAIRWAY TO EARTH BLOG

(Archive Revised January 2020)

Remedies for productive procrastination

Monday, September 21, 2015

Why take notes

Monday, June 29, 2015

Connecting in your lead

Saturday, May 30, 2015

Luck counts

Thursday, March 19, 2015

Fictional time bombs

Thursday, March 5, 2015

Take it up a level

Monday, February 2, 2015

Writing to think

Monday, December 29, 2014

Titling your bestseller

Thursday, December 18, 2014

Mind the contract nits

Monday, December 8, 2014

Pencil power

Monday, December 1, 2014

Beware permissions

Monday, November 24, 2014

Write for the future

Monday, November 17, 2014

The main thing

Monday, November 10, 2014

The human touch of story

Thursday, October 30, 2014

Research tools to live by

Thursday, October 23, 2014

Three's the charm

Thursday, October 16, 2014

Your crappy best

Wednesday, September 24, 2014

How many words in a book?

Monday, December 9, 2013

To self-publish...or not

Monday, December 2, 2013

Metaphor for life

Friday, November 1, 2013

Quadrupling your time budget?

Friday, October 25, 2013

The unconscious elephant

Friday, October 18, 2013

Find your fascinations

Wednesday, September 18, 2013

Speaking for the reader

Monday, June 17, 2013

Sample chapter? Yes, no, maybe

Wednesday, May 29, 2013

Writing as a contest

Friday, April 12, 2013

Speed writing

Wednesday, February 27, 2013

The quotable Jefferson

Tuesday, December 11, 2012

Making readers better

Friday, July 13, 2012

Write for communities

Monday, June 18, 2012

The box as the mother of invention

Wednesday, June 13, 2012

Ethos, pathos, logos

Monday, May 28, 2012

The 100% solution

Monday, May 21, 2012

How to choose a ghostwriter

Monday, May 14, 2012

Yes....and!

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Ideals for success

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Calculating your ROI

Monday, April 16, 2012

Desktop signage for authors

Tuesday, March 20, 2012

The art of deferral

Tuesday, September 27, 2011

Delivering the goods

Monday, September 19, 2011

Journaling to clarity

Tuesday, September 13, 2011

Red flag of boredom

Thursday, September 8, 2011

Remember a pitch

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Fresh self-editing

Thursday, August 11, 2011

Ready for a proposal counteroffer?

Monday, July 18, 2011

Dateline self-publishing

Monday, July 11, 2011

The nine-month publication turnaround

Monday, June 27, 2011

Word counting is your friend

Monday, June 20, 2011

Book proposals that sing

Monday, May 30, 2011

Which chapter do you write first?

Monday, May 23, 2011

Back again and again

Wednesday, May 18, 2011

Fonts for editing

Monday, May 2, 2011

Kicking off with passion

Tuesday, April 26, 2011

What's your block?

Friday, April 22, 2011

In praise of copyfit

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Smart interviews

Tuesday, April 19, 2011

Fact check to be safe

Friday, April 15, 2011

Sample chapter?

Tuesday, April 5, 2011

Research by the numbers

Thursday, March 24, 2011

Picasso's rule

Monday, February 21, 2011

Distinctions are the essence

Monday, February 14, 2011

Red River Valley test

Monday, February 7, 2011

To record or not

Sunday, August 1, 2010

Budgeting right for proposals

Sunday, June 6, 2010

Ready to write a book?

Friday, January 22, 2010