There have been any number of gurus and productivity experts out there who hawk their solutions as “painless” and “easy”. It makes sense to make a new system or app sound completely effortless, because it sells. Unfortunately, if an app or system or hack really is effortless to use, then it doesn’t do anything. Anything […]
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A small ice age ago, when I started this site, I wrote original content for a weekly newsletter attached to this site as well as original content for the site itself. The newsletter didn’t seem to appeal to writers, so I quickly ceased producing it. I’ve had to jump to new email service providers several
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Most productivity books and gurus tend to focus on time management — finding more time and how to squeeze more into that time, and also, inevitably, how to choose your priorities because no one can do it all, these days. Graham Allcott, author of How to Be a Productivity Ninja, comes at productivity in a
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When I first started this site, I was super ambitious, and wrote a post for each weekly newsletter, as well as a full post for the blog, AND the work log each week. All the original posts I wrote for the email newsletter have gone. I don’t have them on my hard drive anymore and
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As you saw last week, I’ve been having health issues. Still. It’s an ongoing, nearing-chronic problem that has kept me from the desk for weeks, and I’m still not putting in what I consider a full day’s work, even as I write this post. I haven’t written any fiction for nearly four weeks. I can
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In April, I will be hosting a zoom workshop for the Regina Public Library and the Saskatchewan Writers Guild, aimed at romance authors. After the Happy Ever After What to do with your romance novel once you’ve written “The End” You’ve slaved and sweated (and swooned) over your romance novel and now you’ve finished it.
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The pinched nerve in my neck is getting the better of me. After the better part of a week spent in bed, I crawled to the desk today and several hours later have only just combed through all my emails. I’m in severe emergency mode, and still not at 100% capacity. I’ll see you next
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Last week we looked at what a writing schedule is (and isn’t) and why you would want to use one. This week: How to build your schedule. _____ Your Typical Day The idea with this step is to build a “typical” day. That might mean every day of the week looks different, and you must
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I’m currently working through some of the original posts on this site, which are now several years old, and updating them for the times we currently face, to build in some resilience and flexibility so you can succeed in a future you may not be able to guess the shape of right now. Today’s post
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This is Part Two of a post. Part One is here. Last week we looked at the reasons why Overwhelm can dump on you, usually appearing out of the blue. This week, some tactics and strategies to deal with Overwhelm. The key: Regain control. If you’re already at the point of overwhelm, then you don’t
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