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.  [...]

Drowning in a Sea of Words

Wednesday, 6 May 2009, 7:00 | Category : Productivity, Writing
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The problem is, none of the words are related to the revision I’m supposed to be doing.  There’s nothing like something I’m supposed to do to give me a million ideas for other things I want to do.  Until I start the project I supposedly want to do, and it becomes something I have to [...]

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 [...]