I’ve spent years obsessing over balancing my work and the rest of my life. All the media reports convinced me many years ago that having a life is actually, you know, important. But I love writing. And I have way too many stories in my head. The idea of slowing down and not writing all […]
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A thought that coagulated amongst the craziness of building a new publishing business, while also building a website, while also taking nearly 200 books out of KU and re-releasing them with all booksellers…oh, and maintaining my writing and release schedule: Resist the need for a perfectly cleared off desk. Writing in the midst of chaos,
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In this week’s work log post I spoke about my new publishing corporation (it’s a long way from being a publishing empire). I mentioned in the post that life rolls can sometimes be very positive, but they still wreck your writing schedule. In this case, too, the event (incorporating) has also dumped a shit-ton
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Well. Who saw that coming? The last time I posted anything, I blithely spoke about getting back to normal, picking up the traces, after being handed a life roll that flattened me for a while. Then Covid19 reached Canada and the borders were closed and… …I should probably back up a bit, because just like
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“When jarred unavoidably by circumstance, revert at once to yourself and don’t lose the rhythm more than you help. You’ll have a better grasp of the harmony if you keep going back to it.” – Marcus Aurelius Have you ever been on a roll–everything is clicking along smoothly? You’re writing regularly and when you should,
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If you’re drowning — and we’ve all been there — there are some triage tactics you can employ to stop your embolism for 24 hours. I am a huge fan of Leo Babauta’s Zen Habits blog. Quite a while ago, he ran a post on exactly that. “When You Have Too Much To Do” outlines
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How healthy are you? Before your eyes glaze over and you click away, first take a moment to do a simple thought experiment. The last time you binge watched anything, or went to the cinema, sat through the pre-show, the trailers, the advertisements and then two hours+ of movie…how did you feel when you got
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Quite a while ago, I sent out a Sunday email to the newsletter list, talking about incorporating sick & play time into your production schedule. Unfortunately, that email has been lost because of a sudden move to a different email service provider, with no chance to recover archived emails. I’ve referred to sick & play
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
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