Product Description

Organization, time management and motivation continue to plague the lives and hinder the dreams of all writers. In this lively, inspirational, browsable book, Aslett and Cartaino provide a plethora of easy-to-find, easy-to-use tips for organizing and managing the writing life and for staying motivated. From organizing a desk to tracking submissions to creating realistic schedules to making and following a master plan, they cover every important topic. By following the strategies in this book, writers will not only become more productive; they greatly increase their chances of publication. They will generate more ideas, complete more projects and systematically submit their work to editors and agents.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #631002 in Books
• Published on: 2001-01
• Original language: English
• Dimensions: 1.08" h x 6.34" w x 9.24" l, 1.26 pounds
• Binding: Hardcover
• 240 pages

From Amazon.com
Before settling down to write about this book, I checked my e-mail. I searched for a vintage pedestal sink on eBay. I looked at the weather forecast for the weekend, and I glanced at my town's electronic message board. I even contemplated cleaning off my desk. And all the while, I imagined Don Aslett, in his ordered universe, typing away at one of his 40 books-in-progress. Aslett is best known as the author of Clutter's Last Stand, published in paperback in 1984. In Get Organized, Get Published!, Aslett, along with co-author Carol Cartaino, brings his theories of efficiency to bear on the writer's life. If you de-clutter every aspect of your life, he reasons, you'll have a lot more time to write. Sleep less, eat more simply, eschew vanity, and convince your plumber to give you an actual appointment time and you will have more time for your writing. Streamlining your belongings, exercise regime, and work area ("out, route, doubt, sprout" is Aslett's mantra) will buy you even more time. For Get Organized, Get Published!, Aslett and Cartaino offer advice on creating a writing agenda and a "getting published action plan"; they'll help you organize your workplace, research, market attack, career, even the writing process itself. It's hard to imagine when Aslett has any fun (crossword puzzles, videos, chats with the neighbors, and the like all take time away from writing, you know), but considering that--as quoted here--the average American will spend 12 years watching television, eight months opening junk mail, and one year looking for misplaced items, it's hard not to sit up, listen, and get writing. --Jane Steinberg

About the Author
Don Aslett is the author of 28 books that have sold nearly three million copies worldwide. He is a well-known specialist in the field of organization. Carol Cartaino collaborates on all of Aslett's books as a co-writer and editor. She has edited nonfiction books for thirty-two years, including ten years as editor-in-chief of Writer's Digest Books.