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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As you can imagine, I read a lot of productivity books. Every month, more of them pop up. And over the last year or so I’ve noticed a trend in the common philosophy of many of them. It is the tiny habit approach to productivity. And I can’t tell you how much that trend
How To Use Tiny Habits To Make Yourself Write, Every Single Time. Read More »
Just a quick post this week. I’m getting back into the working groove and suddenly becoming (re)aware of the plethora of distractions that can lure you away from your manuscript–especially when you’re working at home, which is pretty much all of us right now. When you’re at home, you don’t have people looking over your
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Words used to flow easily for me. Not so much, these days. I — like you, I am sure — am struggling to get words down in a regular manner. The puzzling thing for me was why am I struggling? I’m not sick. No one in my immediate family is sick (thanks to whoever
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I had an amazing week, last week. Last week’s log: MONDAY 12,059 TUESDAY 3,665 WEDNESDAY 0 THURSDAY 5,648 FRIDAY 10,105 SATURDAY 9,282 SUNDAY 8,238 For a total of three words short of 49,000 words for the week. Four pages more, and I would have won NaNoWriMo in seven days. Given how this morning went, this coming
Weekly Log – June 12, 2018 — Too Fast? Read More »
Last week’s log: MONDAY 5,987 TUESDAY 6,102 WEDNESDAY 6,087 THURSDAY 5,883 FRIDAY 6,187 SATURDAY 5,832 A good solid week. I didn’t do the massive catch-up I was hoping for, but I stayed level, at least. This coming week will be catch-up week, though. I’m so close to the end of this novel, I don’t want
Weekly Log – June 4, 2018: Staying Level Works, Too. Read More »
Because I dared speak aloud, last week, of steady progress and boring weeks, I got this past week for my efforts. Last week’s log: MONDAY 0 TUESDAY 0 WEDNESDAY 0 THURSDAY 0 FRIDAY 6,551 SATURDAY 0 On the positive side, the run of zeroes is not because my inner brat got the better of me.
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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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