Priorities

Saturday, 24 April 2010, 15:23 | Category : Creativity, Productivity
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Priorities are an odd thing. When I was a kid, I was frequently told to remember my priorities. Thing was, they weren’t my priorities. They were things that I had to do, like homework. But I did listen to that advice, just not in the way my parents wanted me to. My top priority when [...]

Back from Vacation

Thursday, 25 March 2010, 17:00 | Category : Creativity, Productivity, Writing
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So I took a two-week vacation from writing. I didn’t really do it on purpose, though I should have. I should know by now that when I push myself too hard to establish a routine, I start feeling like I have to write whether I like it or not, and that’s just death to desire. [...]

1000 Words a Day or Bust

Wednesday, 3 February 2010, 6:30 | Category : Productivity, Writing
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Despite evidence to the contrary, I have not forgotten yet again that I have a blog. I’ve been playing with the sidebar, see? —–> But more importantly, I’ve been working on other writing projects. Not, of course, on the ones I’m “supposed” to be working on, but that’s nothing new. I [...]

Whining Gets You Nowhere

Wednesday, 13 May 2009, 7:00 | Category : Productivity, Writing
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For some reason I’ve been doing a lot of whining about writing lately, especially on Here to Create.
Sorry about that.
I whine that I’m not revising the project I should be, that all my shorts turn into sagas, and on and on. But the problem is that I’m overthinking instead of writing. I know [...]

Fear of Success

Monday, 11 May 2009, 11:59 | Category : Productivity, Writing
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Alison Kent posted at Genreality today about Getting Out of Your Own Way: The Fear of Success.
Why, hello.  *waves at self in the mirror*
Good to know I’m not the only one.  Of course, I may have no need to fear success, since I keep sabotaging myself so that I’ll never have to try it out.  [...]