Yesterday I talked about how we can sometimes get a little too narrow-minded in pursuit of goals, filtering out everything extraneous and “irrelevant.” As writers, though, we need to be exposed to new ideas, new thinking, alternative points of view, so that our work can stay interesting, worthwhile and meaningful. It can be hard…
Category: Making a Creative Life
Setting Priorites: What I Did
So yesterday I was talking about the difficulty of setting priorities when you have a lot of competing demands and some of the work may prove unnecessary in the long run, but if you don’t do it, you may starve and how this whole situation leads to dithering and spending time doing less important tasks…
Setting priorities: What to do, what to do?
Today is turning out to be one of those days when I have about fourteen fairly large-scale projects that I could be working on, all of which are important, but some of which may end up being a waste of time depending on factors beyond my control. Of course, I never think good work…
Take an Adventure
All too often, we spend so much time behind our computers that we forget there=s a whole world out there waiting for us to explore it. If you feel isolated and bored, chances are, you=ll lose enthusiasm for your writing. So a little adventure — getting out from behind the monitor — can make a…
Frames of reference
In a spate of recent blog posts, other bloggers have written about how to hire people for various jobs, and they suggest questions to ask to help determine whether that person will be able to help you. The trend I’m noticing is that these bloggers want to know a great deal of personal information…
How knowing what you want simplifies everything
As a freelancer, I spend a certain amount of each day trying to get work. The difficulty comes in evaluating the different opportunities that present themselves. Sure, if someone wants to offer me a gazillion dollars for my latest book, I’m in, but between those delightful events are whole acres of less clear-cut opportunities. Should I pitch an idea…