News from Sarah Painter
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Monday Motivation: The Art of Procrastination
Okay, I know that isn’t a promising title for a motivational post, but bear with me… The Art of Procrastination: A Guide to Effective Dawdling, Lollygagging and Postponing (written by Stanford philosophy professor John Perry) is concise, witty and surprisingly useful. It offers reassurance, as well as stealth tactics that will…
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Friday Five: The Writing Life
Friday again! In my part of the world the kids are on holiday from school so it’s been a week of snatched moments on the laptop* and many games of Boggle. Which, just to be clear, is brilliant. I love Boggle. This week, I’ve been thinking about the writing life.…
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Monday Motivation: Community
Last week I shared my new colouring-in method for recording word count and, I’m happy to report, it has continued to work well for me. Even on bad-writing days, I would say to myself that I only had to write a sentence or two and I could colour in my…