By Milli Thornton Whenever a life lesson bonks me over the head, I’m the nerdy kind who will write a pithy reminder on a brightly-colored sticky note and prop it prominently on my desk to remind me. My desk can look kind of hilarious at times. Brian remarked on it the other day, after seeing…
Category Archives: nixing procrastination
A Week of Taking Action
By Milli Thornton LAST NOVEMBER I woke up one Monday morning and said to myself, “This is going to be a week of taking action.” That sounded so good—and I felt so ready for it—I decided to name it that. A Week of Taking Action. It had a thrilling ring to it that made me…
The I-Know-Too-Much Syndrome
By Milli Thornton A hyphenate is a person working or excelling in more than one craft or occupation, such as in the movie industry where you’ll see credits like this one: screenwriter-producer-director. But you don’t have to wait to be famous and successful to have a hyphenated writing career. You might have this one already:…
Should You Write When You’re Tired?
By Milli Thornton I MET A writer on Twitter the other day who writes for a living. He expressed unhappiness with his own writing, so I asked what the block was. He said, “It’s exhausting to write fiction after a long day of cranking copy.” Sometimes the only thing to do is rest. Or read….
Get Off Your Butt and Edit That Thing!
By guest blogger Lois Eighmy I AM A storyteller. Telling stories is what I do, and I love it. I love creating characters and watching how they grow and interact with each other. I rejoice at their successes, and sympathize when they fall. I write all the time as if I’m living life through them…
Fear of Finishing
… A mini course on what not to do. By guest blogger Tricia Sutton It should come as no surprise to anyone who’s read all or parts of my novel that I began writing it on April Fool’s Day, 2007. Nor should they be surprised it was one writing-on-steroids April Fool’s Day later that I…
The (not so fine) Art of Procrastination
By guest blogger Kenneth Hopkins So, I’ve been thinking about writing a piece on procrastination. Ironically, I’ve been thinking about it for a while, but I kept putting it off. No, I’m not trying to be funny, or offer some crazy kind of proof, but over time, I have perfected the art – yes the…
10K Day: Live, While It’s Happening! – October 24
Note for new arrivals: The 10K Day starts on the morning of Saturday, October 24. Your exact starting time is up to you. WELCOME TO ALL those plucky writers who are participating today! This is the place to post your check-ins. To learn more about this event, check the special 10K Day section (see blog…
Idea Avalanches, Procrastination & Getting Some Writing Done
KIMI ALEXANDRE is a writer, blogger, podcaster and the author of Guardians, a podcast novel. Her blog, Tale Chasing, is for writers and readers of urban fantasy. A recent post on Tale Chasing, entitled Drowning…, really opened a vein for me. Kimi was talking about a goal she didn’t fulfill for January and her issues…
