There is no such thing as a “typical” week. There’s the ideal average, but that’s something in your imagination, good only for measuring your progress against. So are word counts, which are the ultimate measure, proof against any argument. I had an atypical week, which by its very uniqueness is really a typical week. […]
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This week’s newsletter came out this morning, with a tool for recovering your weekends. Check your inbox! t.
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When I hear of a new, complete productivity system, I tend to shudder a little bit. I have tried them all over the years. The last big sweeping, 100% all-in attempt I made to adopt someone else’s system was when Getting Things Done (GTD) was at the peak of its initial popularity. It was because that
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Last week was a good week, wordcount wise. I always like getting into the actual writing of a book, because it feels like real progress is being made. Mostly, the speed is an illusion, because plotting just doesn’t have any benchmarks to show things are progressing–you can mull in your head for days and have
Weekly Log – February 13, 2018 Read More »
This week’s newsletter came out this morning, and in it I talked about how to “Fool Your Perfectionist Tendencies and Increase Your Effectiveness.” Check your inbox!
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Have you ever looked at your goals at the start of the year and wished you could just wave a magic wand and have it all happen for you? Because you know that, deep in your gut, very few of your goals will actually be met, even though you fully intend to knock yourself out
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What I learned this week: If you can just hang in there, regroup and knuckle down, good things come. After the panic last week when we faced losing one of two monthly incomes, things have settled down a bit. We won’t be completely without income (insurance and vacation pay will fill in some
Weekly Log – February 4, 2018 Read More »
This week’s newsletter came out this morning and includes a discussion of how a review process can help you write more/better/faster. Check your in-box! t.
We’re talking about reviews (and not the kind you think). Read More »
Have you ever had weeks like mine? As soon as you decide that this week, you are going to nail your schedule, get down a staggering number of words, and finally break through the chapter that has been mocking you for the last three weeks, THAT’s when everything else in your life that you give a
What to do when life tries to derail your plans. Read More »
Just as I set out to write this post, I got a phone call that wiped out every skerrick of my attention and interest in writing it. It looks like my husband will be forced to take three or more weeks off work to recover from long term effects from a traffic accident he was
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