I didn’t want to write this post. I was tempted to blow it off, because finally, finally, the book has a full head of steam and I’m just making sure the boiler stays stoked and hanging on the for the ride. There is no better feeling–no, not even that. Being in flow and creating a story has no […]
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This week was a freaking disaster. I’m not sure what is worse: The blank wasteland of my week, or having to report upon it here. Both, I think. I have no genuine excuses. I’m not even sure it was Resistance beating me. It was simply a week of tiny excuses that were used to
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To Google something has crept into the language and is now a formal euphamism for searching online. However, Google can do a lot more than just regurgitate search results. There is a ton of useful tools that Google will invoke to provide answers directly on the results page. Google will also provide links to sites
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How Resistance lures you Having a finely tuned writing schedule doesn’t do diddly for your productivity if you never follow it. Saying you’re going to write for two hours after supper tonight will quell the nag in your brain for the rest of the day, but when you actually sit down at the keyboard, do
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It was a very solid week, this week. However, because I was plotting, I have no word counts to give you. I was plotting the second book in an historical series. Second books are always heavy-duty on the plot end, because while the basic series is set up in the first book, when I get
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I seem to have referred to living well a lot lately, here on the blog and in the newsletter. I know I’m doing it to compensate for the constant barrage of “be productive!” messaging that is the theme of this site. But I’m also aware that I’m an anal productivity obsessionist, and I’m compensating for
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You can spend a lot of time teaching yourself to resist Resistance, to get your ass in the chair, to be productive. It’s a never-ending challenge. There is a flip side, though. I’m looking at it right now. If you’re following my work logs, you know that this week I’m on the mattresses, writing (well,
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It was a productive, but monotonous week. Progress was made: MONDAY 0 TUESDAY 12,602 WEDNESDAY 6,054 THURSDAY 6,679 FRIDAY 6,614 SATURDAY 10,003 SUNDAY 0 Usual word count goal for the week: 34,800 Word count goal for this week: As much as possible Actual word count for this week: 41,952 Just to prove that life likes to
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Do you have a list of novel ideas you wish you could turn into books sooner, rather than later? Do you spend your day dealing with bosses and kids and chores, only to get to the end of it and have no time left to write? Do you get up every morning, determined that today you
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My week was completely hijacked. By something that feels a lot like the grinning clown in the picture. In other words, a boogeyman that mainly lives in my head. My grand plan for the last week did not happen. Here’s what did — and I’m embarrassed to put this out in public: MONDAY
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