I’m currently sick with a sinus infection. While I’m unhappy that I’m still sick, I’m still kind of okay with it. Let me give you some of my history with sinus infections. Back in April of 2004, I came down with a sinus infection. Because I don’t present like a normal person when it comes […]
While I was at Worldcon more than one person asked how I managed to write so many books and so many words. So I thought I’d explain a bit of my process in greater detail for those of y’all who are interested. First of all, writing is my fulltime gig. That means I get three
Read, or don’t, with your own self-care in mind. I’ve been wanting to lose weight all year. I’ve tried numerous times and been unsuccessful. A large part of why I’ve been unsuccessful is because there’s something wrong with my body chemistry. For much of this year, no matter how much or how little I ate,
I’ve read more than account by people saying things like, “Sure, that was the most difficult/challenging/awful time of my life, but now, I’m grateful for it!” I kept thinking that there was something wrong with me, because I didn’t feel that way about last year. Not at all. It was a horrible. Period. Both Blaze
In May, I began doing what I’ve been calling my Ten at Ten. Basically, ten affirmations at ten AM every day. I know that for some people, daily affirmations are a cop-out. They say the words, but never honestly follow up on doing the things. One of my issues is that I don’t tend to
I recently listened to a podcast about doing hard things. The problem with doing difficult things two-fold. First, defining what is hard. The other, is knowing why you would do that. Defining Difficult Things I do things every day that other people might consider really hard, like getting in twenty minutes of exercise before breakfast.
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I set word count goals at the start of every year. Then, midyear, I review them and make changes if necessary. TLDR: sticking with my original goal of 500K. Think that’s doable. Longer version: For the first four months of this year, I was doing 50K a month. That was awesome and I’d really hoped I could
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I recently learned about the “iceberg” theory, that you’re only aware of 10% of the stuff that goes on in your mind, while the other 90% is happening beneath the surface. However, there are ways to strengthen that connection. I’ve always considered myself an unconscious writer. I realize now that I rely on my intuition
It’s been about a month since I last talked about the work I’m doing regarding lowering my stress levels, so I thought I’d report in. I had a couple of bad weeks, where I felt as though I was losing ground in terms of the work I’d done. Fortunately, I was able to turn that
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I’m going to talk about my experience in lowering my stress levels. This is ongoing work for me. However, I’ve had measurable success, and I wanted to share my progress so far. I read the book The Stress Prescription by Dr. Elissa Epel. (https://amzn.to/3GB49sb) I discovered her on the Huberman podcast. She begins with the theory that
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