NaNo this year has been a crazy roller coaster ride. Most of the month has been filled with frustration, interspersed with a few brilliant flashes of creativity and success. Routine family activities have mushroomed into schedule-crunching emergencies. Small tasks have grown huge and stolen time from the writing. [...]

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Routines for Writers is pleased to welcome Janice Elsheimer as our special guest every Tuesday in November. While we’re all busily writing away, Janice will give us tips and ideas for increasing our creativity. Please join us in welcoming Janice!
From the foothills of the Blue Ridge Mountains, about 90 miles southwest of Asheville, NC.
I’m at [...]

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Routines for Writers is pleased to welcome Janice Elsheimer as our special guest every Tuesday in November. While we’re all busily writing away, Janice will give us tips and ideas for increasing our creativity. Please join us in welcoming Janice!
Hello readers and writers and lovers of all things literary. I am so proud to be [...]

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Stephanie and Kitty have gotten me thinking about creativity this week. So I wondered when am I my most creative? I know there is that time first thing in the morning when I am waking up. My night dreams blend in with my daydreams. I have a hard time waking up because I so enjoy [...]

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          A little over a year ago I decided I was going to work through “The Artist’s Way” by Julia Cameron. I’m not sure why I decided I needed a book to help me be creative. At that time I was writing at least an hour every day and [...]

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(Argh! I thought I had the procrastination monster licked this week. I wrote this post last Wednesday! All it needed (I thought) was a short five minute polish and posting. So when does it get posted? Late! Argh! I’m doomed.)
          What and When. That’s Shonna’s assignment. Decide what [...]

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You’d think that since I’ve moved from one country to another before, it wouldn’t be too overwhelming. But there are so many things to do that some days I wonder what I’ll forget to do instead of if I’ll forget to do something. Yesterday morning, however, I woke up and remembered my old routine.
I used [...]

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         I have learned that anything can be a distraction. I have also learned that not all distractions are bad. But the most important thing I have learned is to maintain my focus. To keep my priorities straight. To know what is most important.
         What is most important [...]

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