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Kat,
I enjoyed reading your advice, and I do take it to heart, since ideas come
to me in clusters. I have to keep focused to ever finish a project. While
writing this fourth story, a title came to me that I couldn't keep myself
from creating a first chapter for (actually two subjects). When your name
is Jack, the curse of jack of all trades and master of none, haunts you. My
new year's resolution, after reading your article, is to focus, focus, focus.
Of course, when I focus, I ususally run into a wall or fall down the stairs.
Jack Wolf
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Hello Kat,
I enjoyed your piece, filled with good advice for most of us authors, whether
of the Writer's Block or Writer Overload variety. I tend to be one on overload
most of the time - sometimes to the point of waking up during the night with
my mind racing. To counteract sleepless nights, I devised this simple system
that has helped me considerably: I make a list on a yellow, lined pad of tasks
I want to accomplish - not in any particular priority order, just tasks I want
to complete in the next several weeks. When I sit down at my desk each morning,
I glance through my list, and decide what I particularly feel inclined to accomplish
that day. My mood often determines my choices, as some days I feel more like
writing, other days I'm more inclined toward tackling a marketing strategy or
doing something to help another author. I try to strike a balance. But nearly
every day I do at least one of these things. What a feeling of power, when I
am able to check off something on that list. And my mind no longer races during
the night, because my list assures me that I won't forget a thing.
Very best,
Lois W. Stern
P.S. I own your book, FOR HONOR, and have it on my list to read your book and post a review.
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Sender's_name: Lois W. Stern