Last August when I turned 25, I began writing about two fiction stories per month for nearly a year. I did this in parallel with my job as a senior markets reporter at Insider.
I was far more disciplined with my writing schedule compared to my first book, which was a #1 bestseller on Amazon but took me nearly two years to write.
After work each day, I'd write fiction for 30 minutes. Doing that for 44 consecutive weeks helped me accumulate 19 short stories, or about 50,000 words.
"Life Between Moments" includes 12 of these tales. It's a collection of stories about everyday people navigating work and relationships in New York, framed as slice-of-life vignettes.
To me, the key to writing a book is showing up every day without a miss. The words accumulate faster than you think — so long as you don't skip days.