GRAB YOUR WEEKLY PLANNING PAGE: https://ineswrites.com/WeeklyPage
It’s Monday. The start of the work week for a lot of us.
Some of us come to the page ready to write new words. Others are revising old ones. Some are marketing backlist books. Others are planning a launch for a brand-new release.
Me? Typically on Mondays I’m writing from 8 a.m. to noon. But today looks a little different.
Instead of drafting, I’m prepping marketing for two books I wrote years ago, boosting their sales before I launch two new releases coming this October. I’m planning 30 days’ worth of posts and ads, and scheduling them all in a single day. Tomorrow I’ll tidy up a little more marketing, and then for the rest of the week — while I’m overseas — I’ll be reading, journaling, and plotting the next two books I plan to write when I get back.
How do I keep all of this straight without burning out? Planning, of course!
And bullet journals.
And pens. LOTS OF PENS!!!!
I’m also very good at compartmentalizing and making to-do lists. I don’t try to do everything all at once. I break it into steps, put those steps in order, and then focus on one thing at a time.
That’s exactly what I tried to translate into Page Turner Planning.
For too long, authors have been told to “just write more books” or “just market harder.” But without a plan, you end up spinning in circles. You work harder, not smarter.
You get words on the page, but forget to market.
You market like crazy, but the writing suffers.
You handle the business side, but forget about branding.
And at the end of the month, you’re exhausted and unsure if you’re actually moving forward.
That’s why I designed Page Turner Planning as a roadmap for your author career. With 52 weeks of guidance, you’ll know:
Where you’re headed
How to get there
What step to take next
Each week, you’ll focus on just a few things — craft, marketing, branding, or business — in a specific order that builds over time. You don’t have to wing it. You don’t have to guess. You just open the planner, follow the prompts, and move forward with confidence.
Because when you have a plan, you don’t just work harder. You work smarter. You write, market, brand, and build your business in harmony instead of in chaos. And you create space — creative space, mental space, emotional space — to give more to your stories and to your readers.
I made a blank planning page for you. Just click the download and get started! And if you want to back the kickstarter to get the full journal, the link is below. There’s just two weeks left in the campaign!
GRAB YOUR WEEKLY PLANNING PAGE: https://ineswrites.com/WeeklyPage
Okay, I have to tell you a funny thing, that I think you will appreciate it.
My early morning eyes read the title as:
Stop Whinging and Start Moving Forward
Which I suppose works just fine in general for what you are trying to get people to do!
Hello Ines!
Does the planner (the full finalized version) come with prompts to say which activity to do on which day, or is this up to the author to fill in?