I am excited to continue my new series of interviews with authors on balancing real life with writing. Maybe that’s because I have had such positive response from authors willing to share their experiences. Or because today’s interview is with bestselling YA author, Maggie Stiefvater. Maggie’s books include SHIVER, LAMENT, BALLAD and the soon-to-be-released LINGER. She [...]
Archive for the ‘organization’ Category
26 Apr
Practicing what I’m preaching!
I’ve been gone but I’m not apologizing! I’ll tell you why. Since I’ve started writing about the work/life balance conundrum, I’ve taken a little time to be reflective. Very little time since the end of the school year, plus multiple soccer teams, concerts, school events have thrown a wrench into my barely functioning schedule. But [...]
9 Apr
What should I next? Indecision and Setting Priorities
Next on the list of roadblocks to getting things done is indecision and priority confusion. Personally they are so closely related they could be the same. Indecisions affects one’s ability to prioritize. (What to do next? I can’t decide.) Prioritizing is what I’m focused on right now. Thus the fewer posts this week. We just [...]
15 Mar
Procrastination: Breaking Down an Overwhelming Task
I was looking for some information on procrastination and came across this article. I like the author’s analysis of the eleven causes of procrastination, but I think there could be more information about things that one can do to overcome the problem. I say this as an expert in procrastination. In fact, I could procrastinate indefinitely by [...]
14 Mar
Time Management (and where does the time go?)
Time for an update on my Winter Read-athon. The snow is not fully melted, but is 90% gone, so I’m calling this experiment in reading efficiency complete. Since I first decided to challenge myself to increasing my reading on 2/15/2010, I have read twelve books (nine MG, two YA, 1 adult). But my experiment also [...]
10 Mar
Does your day job help or hurt your writing? Part Two
I am so addicted to the internet. After several days of no access, I’m getting my fix this evening now that it’s working again. I am finally checking back in with part two about the eternal conflict between real life (i.e. day job) and real life on steroids (i.e. writing). That’s not a very good [...]
4 Mar
Does your day job help or hurt your writing? Part One
Back in school, one of the tasks I had to do was called a “Pie of Life.” Pretty simple concept. Draw a large circle and divide it into three. One section is work. One section is play and one section is self-care. You were supposed to sort your daily activities into these categories by the amount [...]
