I’m a reader of Procrastinating Writers blog and Write It Sideways blog. For the month of January, both bloggers are producing a “Better Writing Habits” newsletter, and I’m subscribed to that. Today I’m posting my response to the first day of their series. What are your worst writing habits of …
So I generally eschew New Year’s Resolutions (and I’ve recently become a fan of slightlyjillian’s method of taking stock and making resolutions on your birthday). But I also think there’s a lot of value in having a writing plan for the year, and October (when my birthday is) seems like …
In the interest of pure honesty, I have only managed 500 words once since making my new goals five days ago. Part of me feels like a failure and part of me has decided that I’m going on vacation in three days and bugger those goals. I find myself frustrated. …
Why is it that whenever I am at my day job, I get all excited to work on the novel…and that excitement seems to be killed by the hour-long commute at the end of the day? I sometimes write at lunch, but the conditions around my coworkers aren’t conducive for …
It’s driving me crazy that I have done no submissions all summer. To do list: Finish the edits on The-novel-formerly-known-as-FTGGI. Find an agent to submit to. In the meantime find places to send “Inheritance” and “The Ruiner” and “A Delicate Balance” and the short story about Fin, the name of …
From McGee-Cooper, as quoted in Time Management, Planning, and Prioritization for Librarians by Judith A. Siess: “The divergent mind is great at generating quantity [such as tasks], but it has a difficult time remembering what has been generated. It needs a system for seeing all of the tasks that have …
My number one procrastination technique for anything is cleaning up my desk. I did that already. Last night I went through iTunes and deleted every song name that had been disconnected from the file. Because OMG I HAD TO DO IT RIGHT THEN OR THE WORLD WOULD EXPLODE!!! Tonight I …
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