Stages of Deadline Acceptance

Cross-posted to the Deadline Dames. Where there are giveaways, more writing advice, and some damn fine fiction. Go take a look!

I have a confession to make, dear Reader.

Right now I am avoiding a book. Utterly, shamefacedly, but determinedly.

Part of being the kind of writer I am (i.e., I write to pay the rent since I would be spending hours doing this anyway) is having deadlines. Deadlines mean one has to account for one’s time to that most harsh and forgiving of bosses: oneself. Right now I’m usi