Fun with #Filing « Jo Robinson
Today’s reblog is from Jo Robinson, writing for Lit World Interviews on a subject we can all relate to – storing massive amount of files, often in a disorderly fashion that can have us searching on lengthy manhunts when we need to access a file. Jo is sharing some good organizational practices that can help us all.
Fun with Filing by Jo Robinson
“It’s a good idea to keep your virtual filing cabinets in good condition. Rather than having to search through a mile and a half of documents for a document whose title you forgot a year ago, create specific files and folders for specific things, and then make an effort to use them.
When you’re writing your first book you are blissfully innocent of the pitfalls that could await you when the time comes for editing, formatting, and loading onto the various sales sites. Many writers still hit the tab key for indents, and whack the carriage return button to create as much white space as they’d like to see on their title page. . .Continue Reading
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6 Comments
Sue Dreamwalker
Great tips from Jo 🙂 thank you for the share.. xxx
dgkaye
Thanks for reading Sue. 🙂 xo
adeleulnais
Good advice. Thank you for sharing x
dgkaye
Jo is full of great organization tips. I know my files are frightening, lol, so I was sure there are others in that boat. 🙂
Deborah Jay
Oh I do so know about this! I’m getting much better with my filing system, this many books in now, but I still resent the time needed to go back and deal with the earlier chaos I created. I have a bit of a go every now and then, but it’s a long task.
dgkaye
OMG do I ever hear you. As usual I’m on the same path as you, lol. The last two lot of book files are much more organized, but I dread every time I have to find a Doc or photo file for an older book, lol. We just need more time to take care of the mundane. 🙂