I have a slight problem with procrastinating! Does anybody else having this problem? I keep putting off my fiction writing; I mostly complain that I don't have enough time to write, when I have plenty of time. It only takes five minutes here and five minutes there to begin a short story or novel.
I received Chicken Soup for the Soul: Inspiration for Writers in the mail on Friday and I'm about half way through it. The stories are written by writers (bestsellers and newbies) & even bloggers. The forty-four stories I have read so far have really lifted my spirits and have given me new encouragement to begin a daily writing routine, even it if is only fifteen minutes. Blogging and writing reviews doesn't count!
My plan is to start my daily routine today!
I do have one short story accepted into an online magazine. I worked on the recommend edits over the weekend. I still have haven't written the new children story I came up with last week, maybe I'll work on it today as part of my daily routine.
The Harlequin books are still piled up, but I still plan (more like hope) on reading them sometime. I think I even have a few of the free ones on my Kindle. I do have many books to review, but I'm a fast reader, so it shouldn't take me long to read them when I'm not procrastinating.
I definitely have the procrastination bug. I have 4 or 5 ideas sitting in my google docs waiting to be fully flushed. But like you I dont have a whole lot of extra time, except at night and well sometimes sleep is good, right? I am interested to hear more about the routine you come up with and how it works for you.
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