Friday Photo: Texture of Ash

Friday, 16 November 2007, 8:00 | Category : Photography
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To use this photo as a desktop wallpaper, download the standard (1600 x 1200) resolution or the widescreen (1900 x 1200) resolution. When I browse through my photos looking for subjects that other people might find interesting, I’m often short of breathtaking landscapes or other good fodder for desktop wallpaper. Many of my photos are [...]

Stuck in a Creative Rut? Read These Inspirational Articles and Break Free

Thursday, 15 November 2007, 8:00 | Category : Creativity, Inspiration
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I’ve been so obsessed with writing recently that I’m completely neglecting my other creative interests. While I’m waiting for my Dragon NaturallySpeaking software to arrive so I can continue working on my novel for National Novel Writing Month, I’m going to try to reconnect with some of my other creative interests. To get inspired, I [...]

One Way or Another, Just Keep Writing

Wednesday, 14 November 2007, 8:00 | Category : Productivity, Writing
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Over the years, I’ve had sporadic periods of numbness and strain in my hands, wrists, and arms. But the discomfort always went away soon without any particular effort on my part. Last week, however, a sharper, more persistant pain began in my wrists. Sometimes my hands feel as though they’re cramping, and sometimes the pain [...]

15 Tips to Prevent Repetitive Strain Injury and Carpal Tunnel Syndrome

Tuesday, 13 November 2007, 17:00 | Category : Productivity
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This post is an entry in the Lists Group Writing Project at Litemind. Yesterday I wrote about the pain I’ve been feeling in my wrists from too much keyboard and mouse use. The list below is the result of my efforts to research what I should have been doing to prevent this kind of pain. [...]

NaNoWriMo Report #2

Monday, 12 November 2007, 8:00 | Category : NaNoWriMo
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This is my second report on my progress toward my goal of completing a 50,000 word novel by November 30 as part of National Novel Writing Month. Read more of my thoughts on NaNoWriMo. I’m getting behind. My goal was to write 20,000 words by Saturday the 10th. It’s now Monday, and I’m sitting at [...]