Saturday, April 18, 2026

Seeking Time: A 24-Hour Readathon? In My Day, We Did 48.

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I learned of Dewey's 24-Hour Readathon , which is happening today, nine minutes before it started. For a hot second I considered being a...
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Friday, April 17, 2026

Friday Done List April 17

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 Goal 1. Write And Publish Adult Short Stories, Essays, and Humor  Started a new humor piece. Not one of the new humor pieces I've been ...
Monday, April 13, 2026

I Don't Think I've Written About Bratz v Anthropic. How Did I Miss That?

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Pirated! Bratz v Anthropic , or "the Anthropic case," as it's known at my house, was a big topic of discussion in my home for ...
Friday, April 10, 2026

Friday Done List April 10

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Well, this was a better week. Yes, I'm feeling better.  Goal 1. Write And Publish Adult Short Stories, Essays, and Humor  Made two submi...
Wednesday, April 08, 2026

Seeking Time: A Rebrand

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I have been writing about time management, specifically for writers, since January, 2012 as part of a feature I called  Time Management Tues...
Friday, April 03, 2026

Friday Done List April 3

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It's Easter Week. Whatever time I haven't been baking and cleaning, I've been angsting about not being able to write. In Four Th...
Tuesday, March 31, 2026

Time Management Tuesday: Recalling "Four Thousand Weeks: Time Management for Mortals" Brings Back the Good Old Days

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Recently--Sunday, in fact--author Ryan T. Pozzi suggested on BlueSky that people read Chapter 13 of  Oliver Burkeman 's Four Thousand W...
Saturday, March 28, 2026

The Story Behind the Story: Paying Attention to Structure

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On Tuesday  Books Are Our Superpower published my essay A DEI Story Time Violation: What can we talk about and where can we talk about it? ...
Friday, March 27, 2026

Friday Done List March 27

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Goal 1. Write And Publish Adult Short Stories, Essays, and Humor  An essay was published earlier this week.  Received a rejection yesterday...
Friday, March 20, 2026

Friday Done List March 20

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Oh, my gosh. Another week of family stuff. Next week should be better, except I'm going shopping. And walking. And then I think it's...