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Balancing Life Work and a Chainsaw, by Josh Stallings

Q: The balance between life and work can be difficult to manage as a writer, because we all "work at home". How do you succeed, and fail?

A: The balancing act. Yesterday Catriona described it as a teeter-totter, I like that and some days it does feel like a playground game. Other days it feels more like juggling chainsaws, same balancing act, but the stakes are higher. Yes that’s hyperbole. Yes it’s a a bit overly dramatic. But I’m running on little sleep and my work/life balance is out of whack....

Achieving balance the fancy footwork way, by Catriona

The balance between life and work can be difficult to manage as a writer, because we all "work at home". How do you succeed, and fail?

Work life balance. Hmmmmmm. That phrase always makes me think of two bundles at either end of a seesaw (teeter-totter in US English. Incidentally, it was quite recently I learned that teeter-totters and tater-tots are two different things. That demystified a lot.).

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But the thing is, my life doesn't feel like a bundle along a pl...

All work and no play makes...? by Cathy Ace

The balance between life and work can be difficult to manage as a writer, because we all "work at home". How do you succeed, and fail?

It might be a new year, but I’m still using this blog as my personal confessional, so here goes: I am not good, nor have I ever been, at even knowing what “the right” work/life balance is.

They say some people work to live, while others live to work; I have always fallen into the latter category. To be honest, I think there’s about as much chance of me changing ...

Mr. Zero, One Thing, and Ira by Gabriel Valjan

 

Q: The balance between Life and Work can be difficult to manage as a writer, because we all ‘work at home’. How do you succeed, and fail?

I’ve failed at this Life-Work balance thing multiple times. What I have to say on the matter is borne of Trial and Error, so proceed with caution. What works for me might not work for you. To use the tired metaphor in circulation for travel, it’s been a journey.

Since I’ve cited pop culture, allow me to quote from two movies. Why my subcons...

Life and Work

 Q: The balance between life and work can be difficult to manage as a writer, because we all "work at home". How do you succeed, and fail?

-from Susan... Excuse me, I have to check on the simmering pot of beans downstairs, and I think I hear the washing machine in the hall coming to a stop, and – wait – my pesky younger cat is giving me that special meow that says attention must be paid!

Yes, that’s me trying to write this and trying to write my current manuscript in between distractions. If that w...

Felcitations & Prognostications

 by Abir

Do you have any New Year's resolutions as a writer, and what are your plans for 2023?

 

Happy Belated New Year to you all! I hope 2023 brings you all joy and happiness and many, many books to read.

 

Let’s get down to it.

 

Do I have New Year’s Resolutions as a writer?

 

I learned a long time ago that my natural state is one of inertia and that any attempts to change that by way of positive mental attitude and fresh starts are doomed to inevitable failure. In the past, this used to concern me, b...

I Hereby Resolve from James W. Ziskin

Do you have any New Year's resolutions as a writer, and what are your plans for 2023?

I’ve posted this in the past and intend to put it up here every year until I’m named poet laureate.

I Hereby Resolve

Upon the first of Jan-u-ary each and every year
I choose a comfy cushioned chair on which to park my rearThen taking pencil, pen, or plume I think with all my mightAbout my life, my hopes, my dreams, and then begin to write
I make a note of all my flaws, my missteps, and my sinsAnd number them from on...

A running start

Do you have any New Year's resolutions as a writer, and what are your plans for 2023

by Dietrich

I’m not in the habit of making New Year’s resolutions, but I do have some plans for the coming year. I’m currently working on two novels. The first one is set in Chicago during the 1920s — hard times and prohibition. I’m deep into a second draft, and it’s starting to feel like I’m on the right track. The characters are at that point where they’re starting to talk back, and that’s always a good sign, ri...

Suggestions, Not Resolutions

 

 Terry here. This week we are talking about the new year and whether we have made any New Year's resolutions as a writer, and what our plans are for 2023? 
 I’m not sure you’d call them resolutions, because that would require me to be “resolute.” Definition of resolute: “admirably purposeful, determined, and unwavering.” I can do the purposeful and determined part, but the unwavering, not so much. I’ve been known to waver. 
 So instead of resolutions, I make what I think of as “suggestions” to ...

Writing Resolutions for 2023

Do you have any New Year's resolutions as a writer, and what are your plans for 2023?

Brenda starting off the week.
This question makes me think I should make some resolutions ... (not that I'm not always on the lookout for ways to improve).
My top writing resolution, and perhaps life resolution, is to get more organized. I'm not great at cleaning out cupboards or getting rid of stuff I'll never use, so definitely room to maneuver here. I'm also a rather chaotic writer and believe that organizing m...