Word of The Year My word of the year is Pro. As in Professional. As in Turning Pro, from the Steven Pressfield book of the same name. Pressfield says there are amateurs and there are pros. Amateurs work when they feel like it. Pros work even when they don’t feel like it. Pressfield also has … Continue reading Word of the Year
Category: Writing
NaNoWriMo: Day One. Ka-Bong.
My College Bong I have been avoiding writing all day. I’ve been doing what all great writers do when faced with a scary writing project: Clean. There was this impossible blue Rubbermaid bin tucked way in the back of my closet. It was preventing my new bamboo shoe rack from fitting. It needed it to come … Continue reading NaNoWriMo: Day One. Ka-Bong.
This Blog Is Ten Years Old
This blog is 10 years old this month. Who knew?? I didn’t even realize it until yesterday. I was reading through the archives of a blog I just discovered. The author’s archives went back to 2012. It made me wonder how far mine went back, so I checked. And lo and behold, February of … Continue reading This Blog Is Ten Years Old
Writing Is Like Cleaning The Toilet
I’m having resistance posting on this blog. So let me remind myself why I set this as a year-end goal in the first place. What was my why for this one? Frankly, I don’t remember. But my 3 main reasons for starting any project are: 1. To see if I can endure or persist over … Continue reading Writing Is Like Cleaning The Toilet
How Not Writing a Novel During National Novel Writing Month Made Me A Better Writer
I don’t write novels. Never have. Never will. But every year since 2011 I’ve signed up for NaNoWriMo, and I’ve won it 5 out of those 8 years. This was a winning year. I validated last Friday and high-fived myself. I do it mainly to increase my stamina and endurance as a writer. I think … Continue reading How Not Writing a Novel During National Novel Writing Month Made Me A Better Writer
Year-End Goals
Year-end goals I’m now in the home stretch in NaNoWriMo. I’ve no doubt I’ll finish. I have 7K words to go and 3 days to finish, so even though it’s going to be a bit of a crank, if I know anything, it’s how to crank. Afterwards, I’ll celebrate, then report here on how … Continue reading Year-End Goals
Giving Up Procrastination For Lent
I was going to do something for Lent, but never got around to deciding what. I don’t want to “give up” anything; I want to add something. I want a new challenge, a new activity, a new project. I did the digital declutter in January and started a book club in February, now I really … Continue reading Giving Up Procrastination For Lent
My Experience Publishing with CreateSpace
I did it. I published my book, The Project-Driven Life: How To Figure Out What You Want To Be When You Grow Up. It's available now on Amazon in both paperback and Kindle edition now. I am so happy. If you've ever thought about self-publishing through Amazon's CreateSpace, here's what I did, and why, and … Continue reading My Experience Publishing with CreateSpace
Full Moon In Capricorn tomorrow
I don't usually pay too much attention to lunar cycles, but this caught my eye because, 1) I am a Capricorn, and 2) tomorrow is July 1st and I am devoting the entire month to finishing my book. Initially, I scheduled vacations and weekends off from writing, but I realized that I don't have the … Continue reading Full Moon In Capricorn tomorrow
Writing to Know
This is my 126th post in a row. It's getting hard now. My goal with this blog, ultimately, is to write content that adds value to the reader somehow. I don't even know what that means. When it comes to a blog like this, which is not really a yoga blog, or a food blog, … Continue reading Writing to Know
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