Comments on: On Procrastination

By: Danielle Houck

Danielle Houck — Tue, 09 Nov 2010 00:15:54 +0000

OF COURSE, the proper software and formatting

Thank you for your lovely blog. I was having a fruit smoothie in a little cafe in Miami Beach today and telling my husband about your work. I noticed, began to truly see, the wind blown tree behind him and the jazz music, just thinking of slowing down and focusing. I also noticed how beautiful the moment itself was, thinking of your work and message to your readers. Thank you-- it was such a pleasure to meet you at the Coral Gables Books and Books book reading.

Namaste,
Danielle

By: Danielle Houck

Danielle Houck — Mon, 08 Nov 2010 18:15:54 +0000

OF COURSE, the proper software and formatting

Namaste,
Danielle

By: Martha McPhee

Martha McPhee — Sun, 15 Aug 2010 14:57:01 +0000

This is great. It really is a fine line because research can also be a way to open the mind when it is in that state of creating but the writer feels like it (she) is doing nothing. So is the new form a play? Insightful post. Thanks.

By: Dani Shapiro

Dani Shapiro — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 14:07:01 +0000

It was a play by A.R. Gurney called "The Dining Room"....

By: Amanda Ward

Amanda Ward — Tue, 27 Jul 2010 13:58:25 +0000

But you wrote this (and thank you for it)!

By: Karl

Karl — Sun, 25 Jul 2010 14:10:57 +0000

What was the two-decade-old piece? Just curious .

By: Annhite

Annhite — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 20:00:47 +0000

And why is we procrastinate when we know we have a deadline, an editor waiting patiently? Why? I will check email, go on facebook, read blogs . Thanks for reminding me to stay on task.

By: Tracy

Tracy — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:22:36 +0000

I thought everything had to be in its place AND clean before I was comfortable( key word) sitting at my bench and making jewelry. If I draw the work in too much detail then I don't want to make it, kind of like your research. Anyhow, I am all too familiar with this roadblock to my natural creative flow. I just want to swim in my subconscious and let the river flow!

By: Linda Wisniewski

Linda Wisniewski — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 18:00:36 +0000

I think part of the problem is the overwhelming amount of information bombarding us from every quarter, stuff we never needed to know but now are convinced we have to read and listen to. As writers, we are especially vulnerable because we are trained observers, listeners, analyzers. So hard to turn it all off and go write!

By: Susan Ideus

Susan Ideus — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 16:44:48 +0000

This is the second piece in as many days that I've read on procrastinating (like yours better!) Need this kind of reminder now. Recently reitred and moved, I find myself erecting all sorts of roadblocks to getting done what I really want to do--writing. I wonder, is it fear? Of failure? Of mediocrity? I'm working on finding my answers. Hope you find yours.