Wednesday is for Procrastinators!
My favorite pastime is procrastination. I mean, honestly, I love how the internet allows me to see all the work I need to get done but completely ignore it and play games or surf the net instead. It's fun and it sure beats actual work.
As an author, I consider myself a professional procrastinator. I spend 8-10 hours right here at the computer screen five days a week, and some days, I don't even open up my MS. :( It's a scary thing, sometimes. But, as you all know, I have been spending my time promoting my new release and getting ready for the blog tour, which kicks off on May 13th.
So I thought I would share my favorite procrastination ideas with all of you, so you can be just as rushed as I am, when it comes to deadlines.
1) Farmville 2. Have you played this game? Oh em gee, it is so addicting! I know you see people out there who play Candy Crush who are addicted, but Farmville 2 is like that for me. It's fun and takes up about 25% of my day, depending on my mood.
2) Facebook. I put this separate from Farmville because I spend a lot of time just weeding through the feed in order to keep tabs on everyone's life. Oh, and people have some messed up lives. Seriously, just check your news feed!
3) Twitter. I will be honest: I suck at Twitter. I always want to be one of those people who can post something hilarious and witty, but I guess I'm just not that interesting, because my Tweets almost never get RT'ed. Which is fine. But I still love scrolling through the tweets and seeing what people are up to - I have more Twitter followers than Facebook friends.
4) Check the sales sites. KDP, NookPress, and Smashwords are the sites that I check like a crazy woman, every day. I like to see my sales and figure out if there's anything I can do to improve them. For example, I dropped the price of Broken Promises to $.99 only on Barnes & Noble for a few days and managed to up the sales. I like it when the numbers go up!
5) Update/check stats of my website. Did you know I can check how many people have viewed my website each and every day? It's gotten to the point that I try to beat the previous days viewers by sharing my website on social media and see if I can keep the hits going up, up, up! So far, so good.
6) Open up the planner. I have a full-size, 8.5X11" planner that is just awesome. Plus, it's pink, so bonus points! But I like to plan my authors posts (Interviews, reviews, and cover reveals that are usually on Fridays) a month ahead of time. And I have met and learned about some amazing authors that way. I try to plan writing days, but it almost always fails. Usually because I'm procrastinating.
7) Stare into space. I know how lame this sounds, but sometimes, I get a lot of inspiration from clearing my mind and gazing out the window. And when genius hits, I promptly write down the idea and store it away for later.
8) Clean. Kitchen. Bathroom. Laundry. My bedroom. Living room. If it takes me away from staring at a blank Word doc, I'm doing it.
9) Music. I find inspiration in music and I enjoy almost all types of music. Hip-hop. Country. Rap. I have a wide collection. Spotify has become my new best friend, too. Creating playlists is something I do often when I'm bored or need that push to get back into my MS.
10) Drive. I love taking rides in my old rusted-out truck and viewing the countryside. Living in Maine, we've got a lot of scenery to take in. So I always try to remember to bring a notebook with me, in case I get an idea for a story or something. We also live near the ocean, and I could watch the waves crash over the rocky shore for hours on end, just enjoying the deafening sounds.
Well, there you have it. I may start doing a Top Ten Wednesday (everyone does them on Tuesdays and I like to be different).
As an author, I consider myself a professional procrastinator. I spend 8-10 hours right here at the computer screen five days a week, and some days, I don't even open up my MS. :( It's a scary thing, sometimes. But, as you all know, I have been spending my time promoting my new release and getting ready for the blog tour, which kicks off on May 13th.
So I thought I would share my favorite procrastination ideas with all of you, so you can be just as rushed as I am, when it comes to deadlines.
1) Farmville 2. Have you played this game? Oh em gee, it is so addicting! I know you see people out there who play Candy Crush who are addicted, but Farmville 2 is like that for me. It's fun and takes up about 25% of my day, depending on my mood. 2) Facebook. I put this separate from Farmville because I spend a lot of time just weeding through the feed in order to keep tabs on everyone's life. Oh, and people have some messed up lives. Seriously, just check your news feed!
3) Twitter. I will be honest: I suck at Twitter. I always want to be one of those people who can post something hilarious and witty, but I guess I'm just not that interesting, because my Tweets almost never get RT'ed. Which is fine. But I still love scrolling through the tweets and seeing what people are up to - I have more Twitter followers than Facebook friends.
4) Check the sales sites. KDP, NookPress, and Smashwords are the sites that I check like a crazy woman, every day. I like to see my sales and figure out if there's anything I can do to improve them. For example, I dropped the price of Broken Promises to $.99 only on Barnes & Noble for a few days and managed to up the sales. I like it when the numbers go up!
5) Update/check stats of my website. Did you know I can check how many people have viewed my website each and every day? It's gotten to the point that I try to beat the previous days viewers by sharing my website on social media and see if I can keep the hits going up, up, up! So far, so good.
6) Open up the planner. I have a full-size, 8.5X11" planner that is just awesome. Plus, it's pink, so bonus points! But I like to plan my authors posts (Interviews, reviews, and cover reveals that are usually on Fridays) a month ahead of time. And I have met and learned about some amazing authors that way. I try to plan writing days, but it almost always fails. Usually because I'm procrastinating.
7) Stare into space. I know how lame this sounds, but sometimes, I get a lot of inspiration from clearing my mind and gazing out the window. And when genius hits, I promptly write down the idea and store it away for later.
8) Clean. Kitchen. Bathroom. Laundry. My bedroom. Living room. If it takes me away from staring at a blank Word doc, I'm doing it.
9) Music. I find inspiration in music and I enjoy almost all types of music. Hip-hop. Country. Rap. I have a wide collection. Spotify has become my new best friend, too. Creating playlists is something I do often when I'm bored or need that push to get back into my MS.
10) Drive. I love taking rides in my old rusted-out truck and viewing the countryside. Living in Maine, we've got a lot of scenery to take in. So I always try to remember to bring a notebook with me, in case I get an idea for a story or something. We also live near the ocean, and I could watch the waves crash over the rocky shore for hours on end, just enjoying the deafening sounds.
Well, there you have it. I may start doing a Top Ten Wednesday (everyone does them on Tuesdays and I like to be different).
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