A great way to waste time not writing is to set up your system for managing writing time during the time when you should be writing.I used to write non-stop, heads-down till my body collapsed, lost in the tunnel of creativity, absorbed with characters...
Topics: Being a Writer, Craft, Timers, Writing

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Of all the artists, we writers are uniquely beset with the chore of dealing with the piles of stuff we produce, and making sure it doesn’t get lost in some tornadoing swirl of trash papers, dog eared towers, or misnamed folders, never to be seen...
Topics: Being a Writer, Circus Ponies, DEVONThink, EagleFiler, evenote, Journler, Mel Brooks, OneNote, Writing

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In response to a question on another site…“Once you have written down the inspiration that comes to you, then what?”…I replied…Outline, reorder, revise, wrestle with syntax, realize that there is no message or point, start...
Topics: Being a Writer, Writing

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One of the things I’m surprised about is the resiliency of the economy. Things are flattening out, opportunists are making their moves on low prices in many industries. Business is starting up again, mostly because credit is beginning to flow out of...
Topics: China, Economics, Infrastructure, Obama, The Annals of Protest

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Back when I was in commerce we’d watch a young executive making a play for relevance and import and say, “Big heros don’t solve small problems.” It’s a version of the old “make a mountain out of a mole hill” idea, but much more dangerous if.
Topics: Eamon Javers, Jamie Dimon, leadership, Obama, politico, TARP, The Annals of Protest

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