Subscribe Here! This week on The Next Ten Thousand Hours, Kitty flies solo! Within you will find: Kitty talks about sanity & solitude. Reading: Exerpt from Suave Rob’s Double-X Derring-Do, read by Dave Robison Kitty’s Corner: Holidays According to Kitty And remember, the Dark Justice crime bundle (featuring And Then She Was Gone, and many … Continue reading Ep 07: Flying Solo →

The Dark Justice storybundle (which you can find by clicking on the link, or the banner at the top of this page, or the image at the bottom of this post) is entering the home stretch, and we’re still trying to spread the word. If you have a podcast, a blog, a facebook page, a … Continue reading Dark Justice Audio! →

Subscribe Here! This week on The Next Ten Thousand Hours, we have a conversation on the beach. Because: beach! Within you will find: A conversation about schedules and structure. On the beach. Reading: A brand new, complete story: Last Words Kitty’s Corner: Beach vs. City And remember, you now have a little more than 24hrs … Continue reading Ep 06: Scheduling and Structure →

Subscribe Here! This week on The Next Ten Thousand Hours, we have a conversation on the beach. Because: beach! Within you will find: A conversation about giving up the day job and making it work. On the beach. Reading: A selection from The Resurrection Junket Kitty’s Corner: Knit Hats – Sportsball Edition We hope you … Continue reading Ep 05: Taking The Leap →

Subscribe Here! This week on The Next Ten Thousand Hours, we have an update on the Crudrat crowdfunding campaign, and talk about how to manage rapid expansion when projects get too big to keep in your head. Documentation, wikis, war boards, how they work in a collaborative environment–and how not having them can kill you. … Continue reading Ep 04: Expansion, Chicken, and TV →

Subscribe Here! This week on The Next Ten Thousand Hours, we have an update on the Crudrat crowdfunding campaign, and the unexpected consequences of having all your hard work pay off exactly as you hoped–and how to survive them. Within you will find: A conversation on dealing with post-project letdown. Reading: A selection from Ideas, … Continue reading Ep 03: Pumpkins and Post-Project Let-Down →

Subscribe Here! This week on The Next Ten Thousand Hours, we lift the veil on the goings-on at AWP in the run-up to the Crudrat crowdfunding campaign. We talk about what it took to put the video feature together, how we survived it, and the methods we resorted to in order to preserve the last … Continue reading Ep 02: Crudrat, Science, and Giraffes! →

Subscribe Here! This week on the podcast, we unveil The Next Ten Thousand Hours. Popular memetics would have you believe that it takes ten thousand hours to get really good at something–fortunately, there are all sorts of podcasts and video channels and books to help you through that difficult apprenticeship. But what about once you … Continue reading Ep 01: What Happens Once You’re An Expert? →