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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
I’ve written over 13,000 words on my novel for National Novel Writing Month using JDarkRoom, and it’s definitely been a key factor in my ability to focus. JDarkRoom is a minimalist word processing application available for Windows, Mac, and Linux platforms. It’s customizable, yet simple.
Options include the ability to change the default green text, [...]
In a world that’s always on, it can seem as though it doesn’t matter when you work, as long as the job gets done. Ironically, I discovered my best time to work by procrastinating on essays in college.
When I was too sleepy to write at 2 a.m. the night before the assignment was due, [...]
