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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