What’s on the iPod: Falling by Desmond Myers How was the holiday and your weekend? Mine was nice. I woke up Friday morning and realized that much of corporate America had taken an extended holiday, so I tossed some things in an overnight bag and headed the car west. Five hours later, I was sitting…
Creating Your Own Writing “Magic Bullet”
What’s on the iPod: Bride and Groom by The Airborne Toxic Event So far, it’s been a nice, slow week. That’s because I’m taking an unofficial vacation and allowing myself some much-needed downtime. Doesn’t seem that I’d need that since I missed most of May thanks to surgery, but that’s not “fun” downtime. This is….
Monthly Assessment: June 2013
What’s on the iPod: Ashamed by Deer Tick Busy weekend, busier week. I intend to take off much of it as no client is around, but I do have some writing time to put in. In fact, when the clients are away, I can get so much done rather than focus on requests. It’s “me”…
The Successful, Minimalist Writer
What’s on the iPod: Untitled (Love Song) by Counting Crows The last Friday of June — I took yesterday afternoon off (every June 27th is my day off), and I’m going to do just a little work this morning before shutting down the work side of my brain for the weekend. My son is coming…
What Bikini Shots Have to Do With Writing
What’s on the iPod: Blunderbuss by Jack White It’s been a good two days back. Monday was spent starting a project, sending off quotes to interview subjects for another project, and organizing this week’s workload, which isn’t as small as I thought it would be. It’s good, though. Imagine this — you go on vacation…
Mainely Love
What’s on the iPod: Glorious by MaMuse (just an audio clip) What a week. What a wedding. We arrived in Maine last Sunday to glorious weather — warmish, sunny, and beautiful. We were staying in a house in Boothbay Harbor with his daughter, her fiance, her future in-laws, his ex-wife and her husband, and we…
Unhooking the Time Suckers
What I’m reading:: The Johnstown Flood by David McCollough Tomorrow is the wedding! I can’t wait. The chapel sits on the coast in Boothbay Harbor, and the weather is supposed to be gorgeous. Today is rehearsal dinner, which is a barbecue with what will be a rousing game of corn hole. If you’ve not played,…
Freelancers and Fun
What I’m reading: Absalom, Absalom! by William Faulkner I’m still in Maine, but I’m leaving vapor trails. I hope I’m enjoying either a good book or a good shopping trip. Maybe both. I’ll be working, but depending on the WiFi connection, it could be sporadic at best. So as I relax and remember what life…
The ABCs of Delegating
What’s on the iPod: Quiet Little Voices by We Were Promised Jetpacks It feels strange taking time off right after having a month lost to surgery and recovery. However, there’s a very good reason why I’m not here this week — I’m in Maine to attend my stepdaughter’s wedding. It’s going to be a great…
A Writerly TGIF
What’s on the iPod: Two Coins by Dispatch Man, am I glad it’s Friday. There was a lot of work to be done this week, and I finished nearly all of it. More to be done, but for now, I’m in a good place right before I leave town. After spending yesterday working frantically in…