September 5, 2010 – 6:43 am
There’s an old story about time management and prioritizing that I dearly love, not least because I’ve seen it repurposed several times.
The story, which I’m sure many of you are familiar with already, is the one about the professor who walks into class with a large jar. He proceeds to fill it with big rocks, [...]
August 22, 2010 – 3:58 pm
“I don’t have time to write” is one of the most common writers’ complaints, both from people who haven’t published yet and from seasoned pros.
The statement means different things to different people, but the most common meaning is “There are a lot of other things in my life that are more important to me than [...]
People make time for the things they love. That is why I am always a bit skeptical at first when people tell me that they can’t write because they have a day job…especially when their day job is a relatively non-demanding 40 hours per week.
People have to make time for the things they love, because [...]
November 14, 2009 – 11:59 am
Some people are afraid to exercise their talents, or afraid that if they try, they will fail and have to face just how little talent they have. But far more are just simply not interested enough. Writing a book sounds like a nice thing to do - the way learning to ski sounds nice, or [...]
Yesterday morning, my modem died the ultimate death. Dead modems turn out to be dreadfully hard to diagnose, or at least, that’s what I conclude after spending two hours on the phone to tech support trying to determine why my Internet connection was unstable. Add another hour to run out and get a new one [...]
And now for a quick look through the mailbag (fixing the comments took longer than expected, but they finally seem to be working, yay!). Some excerpts that seem like a good idea to answer here:
From several people: “Will you be autographing/appearing in X area soon?”
Answer: If it’s not listed on the web site under “News [...]
A good many years ago, I was on a panel about the business side of writing. About half the panel were full-time writers; the other half still had day jobs. During the question-and-answer session, someone directed a question at James P. Hogan, one of the other full-timers on the panel:, something along the lines of [...]