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Michael La Ronn - How to Write 100+ Books While Working Full-Time (The Ultimate Productivity System)

July 8, 2025 • 35 mins

Michael La Ronn is a bestselling author who has published over 100 books while maintaining a full-time corporate job and family life. After a near-death experience in 2012, he transformed from aspiring writer to prolific author, developing systematic approaches to productivity that he shares in his non-fiction books and YouTube channel. Michael writes primarily science fiction and fantasy featuring bold underdogs, and has built a substantial following through his Author Level Up YouTube channel with nearly 50,000 subscribers. His expertise lies in time management, dictation techniques, and maintaining consistent writing output through innovative productivity methods including mobile writing, visualization techniques, and strategic project switching.

In this episode:

How a near-death experience in 2012 sparked his writing calling
Managing 100+ books while working full-time and raising a family
The three ways to manage time: add, edit, and delete
Writing on mobile devices using Scrivener and Microsoft Word
The power of switching between projects to avoid writer's block
Visualization techniques for solving story problems
Documentation-based outlining for pantsers who write by discovery
Dictation workflows using voice recorders and AI transcription
Using "Pikachu" as a dictation safe word for error correction
Capturing story ideas religiously for 15 years in digital notebooks
Building sustainable writing habits without burnout
The Author Level Up YouTube channel and writing app tutorials

Resources mentioned:

Scrivener app
Microsoft Word
Microsoft OneNote
Apple Notes
Evernote
ChatGPT and Claude
Grammarly
ProWritingAid
ProsWrite (AI transcription software)
Google Notebook
Microsoft Excel
Plotter

Book Recommendations:

Be A Writing Machine by Michael La Ronn: https://www.amazon.com/dp/1985174480?&linkCode=ll1&tag=pubperf-20&linkId=400c65572fa1761b41f901ed6233057c&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl
Be A Writing Machine 2.0 by Michael La Ronn: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B0BMYYJ182?&linkCode=ll1&tag=pubperf-20&linkId=400c65572fa1761b41f901ed6233057c&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl
How to Dictate a Book by Michael La Ronn: https://www.amazon.com/dp/B09HG55P5Q?&linkCode=ll1&tag=pubperf-20&linkId=400c65572fa1761b41f901ed6233057c&language=en_US&ref_=as_li_ss_tl

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