The last couple of months have been stumbles for me. In terms of blog posting. November was bad enough. I only did about half the posts that I should have. And December was worse! I thought I’d catch up on my posting since most of my commitments were finishing up at the beginning of the…
Can we do it all? All the things we want to do? All the things we want to try? No. Obviously. There’s not enough time in the day. But… We can do more than we settle for. This December has not been productive for me. I’ve been slacking off with my blog posting. I’ve got…
It’s hard to believe that we’re a third of the way through the month already. And I’m falling behind in my routines. Blogging. Running. Writing. What’s happening? November was busy. But I had a routine to keep me focused. I worked on my lines. I worked on my music. The beginning of December marked the…
I was intending to submit something to the Hamilton Fringe Playwriting Contest. I had missed the deadline, but it got extended a week. I found an older project that had fizzled out, but I thought I could submit it with a little tweaking. You’d think I would have taken full advantage of the extra time…
I’m a deadlines kind of person. It’s often difficult for me to focus on a task unless there’s a deadline. Especially when it comes to writing. The Hamilton Fringe has a playwriting contest which I’ve applied to a few times. I even won it once. I’ve intended to apply more times than I have, though.…
I’m working on the first draft of a project. I’ve had a couple of false starts in the last couple of years. With other projects. This one might get to the first stage. A rough draft. Or the “vomit draft”. Basically, it’s writing all the clunky stuff in your head and not worrying about how…
Yikes. October has not been a good month for posting. I’m not sure why. I’ve got things to write about. I seem to focus on one thing only to let something else drop. I am not a good juggler. That’s for sure. My priority for October, especially the second half, has been to get my…
Writing can be hard. Especially when you are starting on a project. Getting those first words written can be excruciating. For me, it isn’t for lack of ideas. There’s tons of things to write about. Before I start writing a blog post, I glance at my list of possible post topics. I’ve got about 190…
I finished reading The Comfort Crisis a couple of weeks ago, but I’m going back to read it again. I listened to most of the book with Kindle Assistive Reader. Which is great for listening to the book in the car. But it’s not so great when you want to go back and savour something.…
It seems to happen every month. I have a plan. Enthusiasm is strong at the beginning of the month. And then imperceptibly, a drift happens. A drift away from the plan. It’s subtle. But it seems inevitable. There’s a week left and I haven’t made a dent in September’s plan. My lines for The Game’s…
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