Procrastin…. Squirrel!

Many years ago I heard someone say that procrastination is not the cause, but rather the symptom of something else. I tend to agree. Think about it – when you’ve procrastinated there was probably something more pressing requiring your attention. Or perhaps some truth you were trying to avoid. Let me explain.  Continue reading on my blog.

King of Excuses's Court

Trying something a bit more creative this time around, so come see the Court of the King of Excuses, to see what things he's heard from writers to avoid writing!

http://swordsvspens.blogspot.com/2012/02/court-of-king-of-excuses.html

Looking Forward to Tomorrow's Tomorrow...Tomorrow

My mother claims that I hold the honorary title of World's Worst Procrastinator, and seeing as I've neglected to place my car's registration sticker on my license plate for the past four months now, I have to wonder if she's right. Read more...

Procrastination: the excuse of free time

As seen from the time I’m posting this, I’m using the power of procrastination to its fullest. Reality was that until yesterday I was busy with studying for 4 exams, which make up the Top 5 of reasons right now why not to write. Unfortunately, number fifth is everything else one chooses to ignore... Please continue reading at my blog.

Jean's Procrastination Approach

I take a little different approach to procrastination than some people.  I don't fight it; I embrace it.  See how here. 

Procrastination: Merry-Go-Round Blog Tour #8

Unlike a lot of writers, I'm faced with a different type of procrastination

Many people will tell you that they'll procrastinate in any number of ways to avoid writing. They'll clean, knit, wash dishes and herd cats before they'll willingly Open their WIP (Work in Progress) and write the next scene.

Not me. I'll write to procrastinate from having to do anything else.

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Resistance

It is a struggle, writing. I’ve spent a number of months over the last fourteen years finding everything in the world to do except write. (Idiotic, really, as I’ve wanted to be a published author for half my adolescence.) I just came off a three week stint in between novels, and am already woefully short on annual word count as well as two weeks behind my scheduled goals. Not because of procrastination (which is what I was doing), but because of resistance — that which caused me to procrastinate. Resistance is caused by a multitude of things, each insidious obstacle personally tailored for every individual. The key is to realize how resistance portrays itself to the individual, and construct a weapon to use against it. Read more at In Shadows

Because downhill battles are too boring

I have mastered only one skill in life: procrastination. Read about it on my new WordPress blog here.

Procrastination=Avoidance

Every month, on the 10th day, I take part on the Forward Motion for Writers Blog Tour. Every month, I get to the 10th and realize in utter panic, that I haven't thought of what to write for the monthly topic. Ironically, this month, the month when the topic is procrastination, I'm actually writing this post ahead of time.
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An Experiment in Procrastination

The things I do for my writing...  check it out here.

Procrastination fears me

Procrastination and I are old friends. The other day, for example, I was contemplating pushing aside the novel I was working on editing to go bake chocolate chip cookies. I even went so far as to mention it on Facebook. To read the rest of how procrastination and I get along, continue reading on my blog.

Procrastination in AlexWorld

Head on over to AlexWorld for a simple definition and solution for a writer's fiercest enemy: procrastination.

My Ideal Reader - Surprise!

My ideal reader...what a difficult thing to tackle. I suppose that there are a number of writers that have a specific person in mind when they write a story but that's not me. When a story hits me I usually am to busy scrambling to to get it all onto paper (or computer) to think too much about who I'm writing for. I suppose that in that sense I'm a selfish writer.

Read more about my ideal reader on my blog...

You've got readers!

Who is my Ideal Reader? That is a very good question. January is Ideal Reader month on the Forward Motion Merry-Go-Round blog. Each writer needs to take time and figure this out to see if they are meeting the needs of the reader.

To find out who that reader is visit: http://tiptoeingthroughmetaphors.blogspot.com/2012/01/youve-got-readers.html

Ideal Readers

This month's FM Merry-Go-Round blog is about my ideal reader. That's an interesting topic. Especially since, as authors, it's up to us to target our audience. My professional writing career started 1998 with the sale of my first non-fiction book, then refreshed in 2005 with the sale of my first novel. My view of the ideal reader has changed a lot since then.  Continue reading on my site.

My Ideal Reader: I'm Your Biggest Fan!

I can only imagine that my Ideal Reader is about as easy to find as my Fantasy Soulmate. Sure he's tall, handsome in that rakish I'm-sexy-but-don't-care kind of way, has a soothing yet fun accent, is mixmaster of the appletini, keeps me in paradise with an endless supply of backrubs, and his last name translates as "the hotness." Okay, I'm sure he doesn't exist. But is my Ideal Reader as imaginary? 
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Striped punk stockings

„I read, because you read! And you read, because I read!“ I started listing on piece of paper the qualities I want from my reader. The list came surprisingly short. It’s not the question I haven’t face before, but the reality is, it tends to change it’s answers. Continue reading in my blog.