Diane GardnerFounder, Adept Business Solutions · Profit First Professional

How to Write Books #author #writer #books #howtowrite #ajharper #accountabilitypartner #writinghack

12 May 2026 · 1 min

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In this short talk, the speaker explains how he manages to write many books by relying on accountability and collaboration. He emphasizes having a dedicated writing partner—such as AJ—with whom he holds cabin retreats and frequent Zoom check‑ins. When a direct partner isn’t available, he recommends joining or creating a writing sprint group. He also writes daily with other authors for an hour, using the collective momentum to produce large volumes of text, most of which is discarded, but occasional "gold flakes" are harvested for his books. The core advice is to seek a partner, a sprint, or both to boost output.

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A common question that I'm asked is, Mike, how do you write so many books? How do you get so much done? One technique is to have accountability with a partner. I don't write alone. I have someone that works with me, and AJ and I will do a cabin retreat and we'll just write and write. We're on Zoom all the time. We live nearby each other and we meet up. So it's having a partner. If you don't have a direct partner, join a sprint group. So another component I have is every morning I team up with other authors and we write together. And seeing other people writing motivates me to write. We spend an hour a day writing together and I get tons of writing done. Admittedly, most goes to the trash, but sometimes there's gold flakes to be extracted from that, and that's the stuff that goes into my books. Join or create a sprint, or get a partner, or both.