No matter how exciting your career is, there are days when going to work just feels like a job. You just can’t always be doing the exciting stuff. I mean, sure Han Solo spends a lot of time chasing parsecs records and shielding Kylo’s lightsaber from the elements, but...
One of the most important things any of us can do to become more productive is to simply cut out activities that don’t bring any return on our time investment. That’s why there is an emphasis on “Stop Doing” lists around the new year, and writers...
What are your writing priorities for tomorrow? That is, when you’ve finished at your day job or cleared away your chores or settled in for some late-night creating, what will you be working on? (And if you don’t already have your writing blocks scheduled, you better...
Do you ever miss work because “there just wasn’t time”? How about your kids’ soccer games or piano recitals or school drop-offs? Do those get squeezed out by more important events very often? Unless you’re a crappy employee or parent, then you almost surely answered,...
Sometimes you don’t have much choice about when you can write. If you work two jobs and are a single parent and have to schlep three kids around to after-school events every night, you’re going to squeeze in your snippets of prose wherever you can. If that means...
