I’ve been having weekly breakfast meetings with a fabulous writer colleague of mine, and each week I walk away with a wonderful piece of advice. This week’s little jewel is to take advantage of downtime away from your computer by writing longhand.

At first I’m all like, yuk. My hand will get tired, I can’t cut and paste or erase stuff, I’ll have to retype it all, etc. Then I quit being a Debbie Downer and started thinking about it. Why not fill these little pockets with productivity and something I love to do?

Now, let’s just get this straight. My preferred writing method is the computer. It’s by far the most efficient and workable method for me. But I’m really excited about this longhand thing. It may even drag me away from my desk at work on my lunch hour and to the park to write for a little while. And with my eyes being on a computer screen all day at work, and then all evening while writing, wouldn’t a little break with eyes on a notebook page be a nice relief!

Just a thought. We’ll see how it goes. 🙂

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Song of the Week: Something May Catch Fire by Chuck Ragan

This song doesn’t match much of anything else in my library, but I really dig this guy’s voice. Worth sharing.