http://bit.ly/14OazU
is the link to my latest writer laureate blog post all about Hemmingway and my big fat gob and the weird itchy feeling I get at the base of my neck when I'm about to learn something hard about myself.
Wednesday, July 28, 2010
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Missing me lovelies?
Then please to check out my Writer's Wednesday post on the CSSC blog...
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hugs,
C
www.shortisbetter.wordpress.com
hugs,
C
Saturday, July 3, 2010
In praise of public holidays
Oh what a gift that middle of the week day off is for the development of good writerly habits! I had a great day, a little excercise, writing, guitar, housework, reading, writing and a rerun of Glee on TV that I hadn’t seen. Except for the food, a great day. I was so focused on moving the Pomodoro’s along on Rain Girls that I didn’t want to break for grocery shopping so it was an eat whatever is in the fridge day which wasn’t really a success. Nothing was “good” and the berries were moldy and the yogurt had gone over. All in all a sign that I need to clean out the fridge and maybe even do a little simple meal planning with an eye to very fast and simple meals. I’m going to try the 30 minute philosophy as it fits in so well with the 25 minute Pomodoros.
In the ongoing battle to master my own mind an interesting twist. I’ve been re-reading Stephen Pressfield’s War of Art which seems to be an even greater revelation than the first time I read it. What I did yesterday, which was different than usual, was I actually heeded his advice about over coming your resistance to doing your work is a daily battle, so best to just sit down early and get it over with. This time I listened and pushed back all the “should dos” until I’d done one full set of Pomodoro’s on Rain Girls. The shocking thing is not that I did 2 hours focused work on it, but that at the end of the break time I not only was happy to get back at it, but I got scads done during the break. And not just done, but done without a lot of obvious mental effort.
In the ongoing battle to master my own mind an interesting twist. I’ve been re-reading Stephen Pressfield’s War of Art which seems to be an even greater revelation than the first time I read it. What I did yesterday, which was different than usual, was I actually heeded his advice about over coming your resistance to doing your work is a daily battle, so best to just sit down early and get it over with. This time I listened and pushed back all the “should dos” until I’d done one full set of Pomodoro’s on Rain Girls. The shocking thing is not that I did 2 hours focused work on it, but that at the end of the break time I not only was happy to get back at it, but I got scads done during the break. And not just done, but done without a lot of obvious mental effort.
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