Day: December 10, 2013

Random Items of Interest to Me

Lynn

The Weather

7-Day Forecast Today
What it’s supposed to be like today…
7-Day Forecast Current Conditions
What it actually looks like outside…

And of course, 2 minutes after I post this, the sun comes out for the first time today, at 10:30 am.

focus@will

focus@will

I’ve been using focus@will ( https://www.focusatwill.com ) to help me concentrate. I especially like their new ADHD Beta Test music. :D It does seem to do something for me! The Classical and Up Tempo are nice too. Honestly, I’m this close to subscribing to the service. I’m going to give the free version just a little more time though in case it’s just a phase.

Push play and focus at will! Yeah. ;) I wish it was truly that easy, but I still have to actually focus on the right thing—like something besides this post, which I started messing with at 10:30. Twenty-four minutes later and here I still am. But the background music is nice. :D

If you’ve used the focus@will site and you just happen to happen by my page, why not tell me what you think of the service? Thanks!

Hot Cocoa

1/2 Tbsp. of cocoa
1 Tbsp. of sugar
Pinch of salt
Dash of Vanilla Extract
Cup of Milk

Microwave all of it and stir a lot. It’s really good.
Side effects: Makes coughing worse. (Does that mean it acts as an expectorant?) Makes ass bigger. :D

Okay seriously, I think I’ve got all that out of my system and my fingers limbered up (this qualifies as automatic or free writing, no?) and I’m ready to torture my characters some more—quite literally, mind you. Isn’t writing fiction just the most awesome job ever?

 

“Finish the Book!” Challenge Revisited—Day 2

Lynn

Definitely starting to feel better. I can tell a big difference today even though I’m still coughing a lot.  Hopefully the better feeling hangs around long enough to get four hours of writing in, but just in case, I’ve made a rule today that I can’t read KBoards until, or unless, I do.

I consider KBoards my leisure reading, although I don’t often participate. To be honest, I’d like to wean myself off the place, because I browse the boards more often than not to procrastinate. It could be social, but I don’t really do social there, so I can’t count that as a benefit. And although there is some good information there and some knowledgeable people, there’s also a lot of misinformation and plenty of posts that can make an author vulnerable to comparisonitis.* The Warrior Forum crowd has also started to take advantage of the naïveté of some authors on the board and that’s been sad to watch, and a little disheartening. Sigh. I should really just stop going there. :(

Anyway, happier thoughts!

I’m going to get my four hours in today, starting … right now!

10:15 am: 0
9:55 pm: 118

Uh, I’m innocent, I tell you. So. Yeah. I can’t explain what happened today, so I’m not going to try. Just know that I’m going to do better tomorrow. I spent a lot of time staring at my book. Just staring. It was kind of weird. I’m getting some extra sleep if I have to go back to bed in the morning to get it so I can have some energy. Goodnight.

*Swear I didn’t think comparisonitis was a real word (the spell check still doesn’t think it is), but then it showed up just fine on wiktionary. It’s always possible it’s still a fake word and someone just put it there to trick me. :D Ah, well. I’m tricked. I like it.