time’s-a-wastin

Procrastination methods, as well as complaints about how I’ve been procrastinating. Read at your own risk.

Never Got the Hang of Tuesdays

Never Got the Hang of Tuesdays

Today was rough. I won’t complain, but I will say I chose the wrong day to wear heels to work. And to wear a blouse that was just fine in air-conditioning, but then on an afternoon of record-breaking heat having to drive across town with no AC… Anyway. I live. It is over. Tomorrow will […]

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Free and Useful: 750 Words

So in past lives (or previous years, or whatever) I’ve tried morning pages as recommended by Julia Cameron. Many a writer has, and a lot of those that I’ve talked to find morning pages incredibly useful. Some have told me they can’t write three notebook pages longhand first thing every morning, but even most of

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I Need a New Brain

Or at least a back-up brain. Please? At work I’ve long used the calendar function of old Outlook to remind me to do things, but I never got in the habit at home–one reason being that I don’t own that version at home. Recently I decided I needed the brain back-up, and started using reminders

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A Flail By Any Other Name

A Flail By Any Other Name

One week tomorrow and I’ll be back at work. Normally I’d be flailing about complaining I didn’t do anything, but this summer–at last!–that’s not true. I may not have done everything I’d hoped, but (as usual) my hopes were unrealistic. I still did pretty damn well. Fifty thousand words written in two months. Two hundred

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New Story Alert!

New Story Alert!

A very short one just for fun. Pancakes, a Demon, and You right here for your reading pleasure! I am now working fervently on editing the story for Goodreads. I am. *nods firmly* Oh, and for any (still) following it, I put up a new chapter of Hits on AFF. Now I am working on

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Get Knight Errant Now!

Get Knight Errant Now!

I’ve decided, somewhat randomly, that it is time to stop selling Knight Errant dirt-cheap. Currently my beloved work is 99 cents on Amazon, Amazon.uk, Amazon.de (de! how awesome is THAT?) and Barnes and Noble, $1 on Goodreads. On Monday the price will go back up. You know what that means, right? 😉

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Day Nine Delayed

I have spent all day in a fog and I cannot brain. Day nine will come tomorrow–or I may stop the borrowed exercises and come up with my own. No promises, though. As I said in a comment on an earlier post, this system requires thinking big first, and that’s not me. My entire process

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