Our Typo Life

Book writing while on vacation, accommodations & being behind on deadlines | Ep7

Our Typo Life

Show Notes

Join Jacob and Kathy as they talk about Jacob working on the book while they were on vacation, airplane legroom and dyslexia accommodations, being behind on writing deadlines, and the effect writing this book is having on Jacob's health.

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Chapters: 00:00 Writing a book while on vacation 05:31 Book deadlines 07:13 Switching between writing & editing 09:53 Being tall on airplanes & accommodations 19:40 Writing on a plane 20:26 Finding my book available online 26:14 Writing a book is bad for Jacob’s health 36:49 Going to bed earlier 38:12 How to use my book

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