The Organized Writer by Julie Hood

30 Days to More Time, More Money and Less Frustration

The Organized Writer: 30 Days to More Time, More Money and Less Frustration by Julie Hood
BookLocker, 2001
E-Book, 212 pgs.

My writing career officially launched November of 1999, with some small gigs (the first of them being a topic at Suite101.com) and a LOT of ideas. I was doing "okay" keep track of everything and using various resources to keep me on track. Within a couple of months, I was a regular contributor for several sites and it was becoming very overwhelming. More months passed and I was still on track, but I needed help. Fast. I did a web search for this specific term: be an organized writer. I was hoping for some results containing articles, an advice forum or one guide that would encompass everything I was looking for.

I did. Julie Hood's site was the first in the list of links to pop up in the results. As soon as I saw the words The Organized Writer, I knew I found *exactly* what I was looking for. I clicked on to the site and learned it was a book put out by a publisher I was already familiar with (BookLocker.com), so I knew I could trust the content would be quality.

The site was everything I was looking for and more! I found not only the book, but so much more:
1: a free newsletter (which I promptly subscribed to and still hold my subscription to this day)
2: a free planner: when you subscribe to the newsletter, you receive a free ebook (The Sidetracked Writer's Planner)
3: free articles (available for newsletter writers to reprint)
4: resources: links to numerous sites to help build and maintain your writing career
5: more books by Julie Hood

In the book, The Organized Writer, you'll find (copied directly from the site):
1: Learn the one secret tool every writer needs to stay organized.
2: Find out the most precious resource of any writer-and how you can maximize it.
3: Get 30 printable Forms and Checklists to track your ideas, your queries, your markets, and your manuscripts.
4: Determine your "organizing personality" and use it to stay organized.
5: Learn how to file your papers (and actually find them back).
6: Learn tricks to make your computer do your work and save you time.
7: Customize the program to fit the way you work.