Posts Tagged ‘Writing’

True Productivity Leaves Less Time for Talk

Last April I mentioned that I wanted to spend more time writing fiction. Since then, I’ve spent almost every day working on my novel. I’m now at over 10,000 words into it, which makes me proud. It’s not novel length yet, but it’s my longest work of fiction so far.
Ever since this started, though, I [...]

The Road to Done is Paved with Good Distractions

I’m going to work on my fiction.
That sentence summarizes one of my major writing-related goals this year. The goals, if you want to get into details, are to publish (not just write) 3 short stories and participate in this year’s NaNoWriMo, or at least just spend a month or two writing the first draft of [...]

Content Inbreeding: Why We Should Make New Connections

“I think I’ve had it.”
I said this to myself six months ago, as I was trimming my RSS subscriptions. Why do many blogs echo each other’s content? What is the difference between “5 Ways to Use Twitter for Business” and “How to Use Twitter to Promote Your Business”? More importantly, why do these two articles [...]