Managing Priorities #2: Decluttering Your To-Do List
Dump, curate, KISS, and Eisenhower: Do Now, Do Next, Deal, Dismiss.
Managing Priorities #1: Project Managing Yourself
You want to write a novel. Start a side business. Practice your art. But there’s never any time in a day. And it’s haaaaard. So let’s figure out how to make it easier.
Feeling the rhythm
Often when ‘rhythm’ gets mentioned with respect to writing, it’s on the level of line-readings: the actual beat and flow of the sentences. But I think there’s a meta-rhythm too, that of plot-types and tropes.
Meringues as Metaphors
A few summers ago, cutie and I were cat-sitting for friends, friends who a) had a much bigger place and b) encouraged us to have people over. So we decided to hold a dessert buffet. How hard could it be?
Edits-as-Workshops
Partly because I don’t enjoy editing I am always looking out for ways to work smarter, not harder.
Updates, August 2017
Updates. Blag AS WELL AS launch my non-fiction, non-genre site and blog. So let me know if you spot any bugs, including the ones in my brain.
Goals and Realizations
This year marks 36 years on the planet; 3 full Chinese zodiacs. It feels… momentous.
Ignition
Such a weight has come off my shoulders. But there’s a lingering sadness, like watching a door be closed.