tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post3528470111535940034..comments2024-01-05T05:46:30.140-08:00Comments on Angie's Desk: Not-Really WritingAngiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-32733891727296018002007-08-23T15:52:00.000-07:002007-08-23T15:52:00.000-07:00Samantha -- congrats on the subs and double congra...Samantha -- congrats on the subs and double congrats on the contract, that's great! :D<BR/><BR/>I know what you mean, though, about letting a day slip away. Luckily after a lot of dinking around I've actually had a pretty productive day. I've written about 900 words so far on my 30 Sep. anthology story, and I got most of the blogs I read into a feed reader, which took some time to do but it'll save me time every day from now on not having to check each one manually. I know, I'm lame -- I'm just used to having almost everything I check online being on a journal system with an automatically compiled reading list. When I only read a couple of external blogs it was just as easy to check them individually through bookmarks in my browser. Since I've gotten more into professional writing and publishing blogs, though, it's gotten out of hand.<BR/><BR/>I think that's classic "yak shaving" -- where you start out wanting to do one task and end up getting diverted into something completely different but you're still technically working on the original task. So I was dinking around with RSS feeds for a couple of hours (and ended up using Google Reader) but it'll clear out extra time I can use to write each day, so it was really "writing work." [rueful smile]<BR/><BR/>AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-42675573773071731132007-08-23T12:49:00.000-07:002007-08-23T12:49:00.000-07:00Today would be one of those days. lol I'm finding ...Today would be one of those days. lol I'm finding myself involved in a chat and blog hopping and as of yet haven't even opened Word. <BR/><BR/>I won't be too hard on myself though because I have subbed two things already this month and one was contracted last night, but it's still frustrating when the day slips by.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06997455477447616328noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-75386378281560519512007-08-21T09:17:00.000-07:002007-08-21T09:17:00.000-07:00Thanks, Travis. :) I'm OK with not meeting them ...Thanks, Travis. :) I'm OK with not meeting them <I>quickly,</I> so long as I don't miss any of them. ;)<BR/><BR/>I do know what you mean, though, and no, the world won't crumble if I miss something. There'll be other anthologies, and other opportunities, and none of the stories are so singularly written that they would only fit that one market. I can't miss the fest deadline since there are other people counting on me, but the anthologies are realistically flexible since the editors have no clue I exist and won't be at all disappointed if I don't submit what I was planning.<BR/><BR/>The thing is, I really <I>should</I> be able to make all my deadlines. There aren't that many and they're spread out over long enough that it's not at all impossible. I don't have a day job, nor do I have children. I do have a full life, but I have some new priorities now and I'm still working out how to rearrange things to accommodate them.<BR/><BR/>But you're right -- no reason to slit my wrists if I miss something. One more thing to keep telling myself. :)<BR/><BR/>AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1847902007209931042.post-91026058515574790062007-08-21T08:38:00.000-07:002007-08-21T08:38:00.000-07:00I admire your ambition. Keep plugging away but don...I admire your ambition. Keep plugging away but don't beat yourself up if you don't meet all your goals as quick as you'd hoped.Travis Erwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09420879160702098979noreply@blogger.com