#306 🐼 I hope to dedicate this week to…

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Heyaa Bee

The temperature is so high here as if the Sun has the hots for Earth. If it continues, this planet will become an oven, more scorched than Mercury… Unless it all ends in 2026.

Do you think this heat and everything else will go away in 2026? I don’t even know why I’m asking. A video popped up on my YouTube feed on that subject, actually. Didn’t watch, though.

I’m trying to watch more of the cuter videos. To get rid of my weird dreams, you know.

And I haven’t seen any scary adventure recently. It might just be the calm before… well, you know.

OK, onto today’s jibber-jabber. It’s Sunday, Jun 15. 19.23 hours.

And I’m listening to…

Yeah, same old… from last week.

It came in handy yester-night. Had to deliver a pitch deck copy, start to finish, in an hour. So, plugged into this to secure absolute focus. As best as my tiny little brain could.

Got the job done, with one round of edits and a nod of approval… emoji of approval, before going to sleep. How good or bad, not sure. Might get asked to make a few more changes.

This week was quite chaotic. Productive chaos? Maybe.

Published an article about copyright pages, by the way… What a Copyright Page Looks Like… along with free templates.

Had to switch on the Pro subscription of my favourite EmailOctopus to automate email deliveries. It reached the available limits of both forms and automations in the Free plan. Much of the plan's benefits will be wasted anyway. So, might downgrade once I find a worthy alternative platform.

One thing I liked after the upgrade is their email.

Do they actually contribute to cleaner oceans? I don’t know. It’s just that it feels good to be a part of a kind deed. Liked also because this CSR (Corporate Social Responsibility) initiative is so on-brand. Octopuses belong to ocean habitats, after all.

Let’s see how long I stay as their paid member. All I’m seeking is some free time to test other email tools for my needs (for free). If I find anything free (or better at cheaper rates), I might switch.

Ah, boy, it happened. The client call. Had more edits to do for the pitch. But took care of all that over the call itself. So, hoping for a quieter Monday.

Tuesday onwards, I expect chaos again. I signed up for an author’s street team… The social media hype-building team, you know, in simple words. Their book’s cover reveal is on the 17th.

Need to do just one post. It’s just that creating even one (and sharing it) eats up well around an hour of my day. And these kinds of activities are usually last-minute tasks. My brain somehow isn’t wired for the concept of scheduling social media posts.

Anyway, apart from these “essential” tasks, I’ve only two things to do this week. I mean, I’ve listed only two things of my personal interests. Work on two book ideas. Two books, so that if I feel overwhelmed with one, I switch to another.

These two books have been pending for a few weeks now. Both non-fiction. Actually, I started working on one before my laptop died. So, picking it up from there. In fact, I wrote some pages today already.

Instead of writing random article ideas, I hope to dedicate this week to writing some books. How will I come to be known as an author without writing books, right?

I had to try too hard to use 'write' and 'right' in their right places. Phewww!

This is the reason I’m not signing up for editing services. Too much work. And this ADHD brain will totally miss errors just because a sentence sounds right.

You know, I don’t remember grammar rules properly. All I can hear is how a sentence sounds, and decide if it's good to go.

You might be thinking… how even this guy’s been a writer. Well, I used 30% of what I studied and winged the rest. This newsletter might fail your grammar tests. All I care about here is removing typos. Everything else goes on air like a conversation.

Ah, one more thing I try to keep an eye on is the paragraph length. I try to avoid keeping three continuous paragraphs of the same length. Not sentence level, but visually. If it’s possible, I do.

It might not seem much. But someday, try reading some long text on mobile, all with 5-6 screen lines of paragraphs, or just one-line paragraphs if you prefer. And you’ll see how annoying it gets.

It’s what they call large walls of text. And no one likes those. I mean, you won’t notice their absence. But when they’re present, you’ll absolutely hate the text. No matter how informative or entertaining it is.

When it comes to books, we’re used to reading large, continuous blocks of text, but on screen… we need our white space.

Keep that in mind whenever you’re working on text. It’s a design principle primarily, but everyone needs it these days, no? For example, in social media posts.

On social media, we typically prefer 1-3 lines per paragraph. Maybe 6 even. However, you must also consider how your paragraphs appear on a small screen.

Leaving you at that.

See you next week.

Bidding adieu. Enjoy your day. Live long and prosper.