I’ve been sick. So much so, that I’ve been off the day-job for the majority of the week. I’m feeling better, but I’d like to take a look at this past week and maybe dispel a myth or two. If you’re like me, you’re juggling other stuff in addition to writing. There’s the day-job, family, …
As a writer – as a creative of any kind really, but I’m speaking from a writer’s perspective – there is a lot of pressure on you to produce. Some of it is external. I hear now-a-days that one book a year is starting to be not enough. In my opinion, that kind of pace …
I don’t mind telling you that this past week has been harder to keep a hold of than a fistful of water. My writing productivity had slagged, and there were a couple of days where I didn’t get up to write in the morning, and I wasn’t in the headspace , or had the time …
If you’ve been following the blog for the past few weeks, you’ll know that I’ve been trying to manage my time better. If you’ve been following my Five Thing Thursday posts, you may have gotten a hint that, for me, it hasn’t been as easy as it sounds. Then the stars aligned this past weekend. …
I mentioned last week that, for my birthday, I was giving myself the gift of Time. Seeing’s how I’m typing this up on Sunday morning, it’s taking me a bit of time to get some traction on that score. And that’s ok. This whole thing is a work in progress. I didn’t expect to have …
I gave myself permission to take the day off. Next week there’ll be a “Part Two” to this post. In the mean time, please enjoy this picture of a goat who absolutely did not get caught trying to break into the cans holding the grain/feed. See you on Thursday…
This past week was rough. I came back from Balticon, to an immense work load at the day job, that I’m still struggling with. It, along with other factors, combined into a kind of awful, mental stew that bubbled and churned. I lost sleep. When I did sleep, anxiety dreams struck. I was a wreck …
Happy Friday Everyone!!! We Made it! This has been the first week of my End of the Year Vacation!!! And I’ve got to say that it’s been pretty damned productive, despite myself. I finished my first Read it Out Loud editing pass on JADE MOON WANING. I knocked out almost 100 pages on Wednesday to …
Happy Friday Everyone!! We made it! I don’t mind saying that this week has been a bit of a train wreck. I’m feeling self-induced pressure to produce. It’s not like I haven’t been working, but it’s been a struggle. And I really need to work on planning and balancing things. And I’m still all over …
Happy Sunday, Everyone! It might be that you’ll remember that, a little while back, I was posting about putting what mattered first. Sleep was going to be my baseline, I was going to shape my schedule in order to get the important stuff done around the stuff that I couldn’t avoid. That night, I was …