E. Prybylski's Blog, page 3
August 21, 2022
My Work-Life Struggle
One of the things I have noticed most keenly as someone who works from home without keeping formal hours is that things often don’t go as planned. What feels like nothing — say, skipping a planned break because you’re in the groove — adds up swiftly to an avalanche of things and turns into all …
August 14, 2022
The Myth of Plotting and Pantsing
Writers are typically categorized into two camps: plotting and pantsing. And never the twain shall meet. These two categories have been around as long as I’ve been in the industry (over fifteen years now), and they’re talked about in countless books about writing and publishing as the two primary methods used to craft a book. …
August 7, 2022
My Quest for Self-Care
Anybody who knows me at all knows I’m horrendous at self-care. I’m excellent at tending to the needs of everyone around me, but when it comes to myself? I’m awful at it. Boundaries are really hard for me given that I am the child of an alcoholic and was a parentified child (which, if you …
July 31, 2022
A Saga of Pink Socks
Since August 1 is apparently “National Friendship Day,” I wanted to share a story about one of mine. Chris has been a friend of mine for twenty years, and if I’m honest, he’s the closest friend I have beside my husband. We know each other’s secrets, and we share triumphs. He’s everything a person could …
July 24, 2022
An Illustration of Newsletters’ Value
As I write this in early July, there’s something going on, on TikTok which, you may or may not know, is my primary marketing platform. I have between 1,500 and 1,600 followers as I write this, and the number is slowly growing and reflects a lot of hard work and time I’ve put in over …
July 17, 2022
Decluttering My Mind
Since my writing retreat, I’ve noticed my life is very cluttered. There’s so much… stuff. Some of it’s physical possessions, some of it’s mentalities that don’t serve me, some of it’s routines that aren’t helping me get what I need done. There are a lot of places in one’s life where clutter can collect like …
July 11, 2022
My Current Book Obsession
Recently I’ve been trying to get myself back into reading more. I fell out of it for a long time because, honestly, when you read for a living, it can really damage your ability to just enjoy a story. I found myself having to fight to stop the analytical part of my brain from constantly …
June 26, 2022
Writing Retreat
I’m going away for a week to a space that I absolutely love. My grandparents own a lake house in upstate New York on a small lake not far from Lake George. It’s one of my favorite places in the world. It’s become more and more important to me as I get older. For one, …
June 18, 2022
Unexpected Break II
So, you know how I said I was back in the last blog? Apparently I wasn’t. I had a lot going on and then abruptly got COVID. Thanks to being vaccinated and boosted, it was mild, but it was still misery. After that, I’ve been recovering well but dealing with fatigue. That and physical therapy …
May 11, 2022
Unexpected Break
I’m sorry I’ve been MIA for so long; I had to take an unexpected hiatus due to health issues. With physical therapy for my shoulder surgery having started and some other health issues appearing, I’ve just been exhausted and hurting and not really up to much the past month. Also, we’ve had folks doing some …
