Writing on the go
Posted by Jo | Filed under Productivity, NaNoWriMo
November is one of those months when I find myself wanting to write away from home more and more. For one thing, participating in NaNoWriMo means that I need all the writing time I can get. It’s not just that though. It’s the cold and gray I think as well. I just get the itch […]
Goal Update
Posted by Jo | Filed under Productivity
Write 1000 words on the novel daily
I missed a couple days of writing, but I ended up with about 6000 words for the week. Right now, the novel is my top priority. I’m about 35,000 words in, and I think it’s good. I’m hoping to have it finished and ready to “rest” for a month […]
This Week’s Goals
Posted by Jo | Filed under Productivity
I need to get back to my goal-setting. My goal is to finish up the novel and have it ready to start looking for an agent within a couple months. I had considered self-publishing, and I may still go that route, but I think I’ll try the more traditional route first. I want to get […]
The Zen of Productive Writing
Posted by Jo | Filed under Productivity
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If you’re like me, you have several writing projects going at once. A novel maybe, one or two short stories, an article, a freelancing gig or two, a blog. And if you’re like me, you find it hard to achieve balance in your work.
Maybe […]
Laptop Lust
Posted by Jo | Filed under Productivity, Miscellaneous
I want this.
There have been rumors that Dell will release this laptop today, but that doesn’t look likely. I’ve heard everything from last June to this November as a release date, but Dell is annoyingly silent. The laptop looks very cool though, almost exactly what I’ve been looking for.
I want something ultra-small that I can […]
Weekly Goals Update
Posted by Jo | Filed under Productivity
Setting and trying to meet these goals has been a great motivator. I’m getting a lot more accomplished than I would have otherwise.
Spend one hour writing every morning before work (see my post on Rising Early to Write) I’m going to count this a success. I hit the snooze button a couple times, and I […]
Novel Writing Software
Posted by Jo | Filed under Productivity, Novel
Photo courtesy of mysticchildz
I’ve been working hard at finishing/editing my novel, and I just had to share a nice little piece of software that I found.
YWriter
If you’ve been looking at Scrivener and can’t use it because you’re not on a Mac, this might just be the answer.
It has the storyboard layout that I’ve been looking […]
Time Wasters
Posted by Jo | Filed under Productivity
more cat pictures
I’ve been thinking a lot about all the things that I do that take time away from what I’d rather be doing (writing.) I’m sure many people have the same issues I do. I fall into a rut and find myself spending lots of time doing things I shouldn’t be doing.
Television. This is […]
Getting Organized
Posted by Jo | Filed under Productivity
If you’re like me, you have writing ideas, to-do lists, reminder lists, etc. to keep track of. Here’s a little piece of free software that you might find useful.
Tiddlyspot
This is an online organizational tool that’s free to use. It’s based on GTD (Getting Things Done), but it will work with your own methods too. I […]
Goal Achievement Update
Posted by Jo | Filed under Productivity
I think posting goals has a very positive impact on the amount of work I get done each week. I may not finish all my to-do’s, but I do finish MORE because of the list than I would otherwise.
Here’s how I did last week. Not bad, considering that I was out of town three days.
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