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		<title>May the force be with you</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 14 Jan 2010 02:48:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[My ideas come so sporadically sometimes that when I need to be productive I have to force it. And usually that doesn&#8217;t amount to very good work. They say that bad work is better than no work.
Why is it when I have projects for non writing tasks, the pressure just adds to the allure and [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>My ideas come so sporadically sometimes that when I need to be productive I have to force it. And usually that doesn&#8217;t amount to very good work. They say that bad work is better than no work.<br />
Why is it when I have projects for non writing tasks, the pressure just adds to the allure and quality of the piece? It&#8217;s not for lack of passion that my writing suffers. Discipline, maybe. Well, I do have a theory&#8230;it&#8217;s chemical.  My muse gets silenced at times. But if I don&#8217;t partake of this Adult ADD thing then everything else suffers. You read (i hope) my previous post in which I described my ADD. It was not an exaggeration. Now, it was an example of my more hyper times. It&#8217;s not always like that. </p>
<p>One way that I &#8216;force&#8217; myself to do whatever is to minimize distractions. I like too much and usually all at once. I feel like i&#8217;ll miss something if I don&#8217;t keep it at hand. TV, twitter, FB, Divas. Whatever. Well, this is obviously not conducive to writing. So I do a small exercise to refocus myself. I switch projects to do something quick and less stressful, like a blog post for example. And once I &#8216;prime&#8217; myself I feel refocused and ready to take on the task at hand. It also helps when the demand is down. I serve in multiple roles.<br />
That is really no surprise. Wife, mother, housekeeper. Full time job that is quite demanding.<br />
So, today I took a mental day. Day off from FT job. Got some housework done without feeling pressured. Less guilt now to sit down at pc and enjoy. </p>
<p>*sigh*<br />
So now I can work on my other job. my unpaying one. The one that I feel could pay off in the long run if my ambitions are met. You know, the whole colonial series being contracted and made into movies for Hallmark channel. (Hey it&#8217;s okay to dream and I could dream bigger, but really, I think that&#8217;s pretty lofty!)</p>
<p>But it won&#8217;t go anywhere if I don&#8217;t &#8216;get &#8216;r&#8217; done&#8217; So, after this side project called today&#8217;s blog post, I will write. I will finish these last few pages of edits and I WILL WRITE!</p>
<p>right?</p>
<p>We&#8217;ll see. Another tool to get in gear is the timed challenges. I have spoken of these before in my You gotta have friends post.<br />
Off I go.  What? You want to challenge too? Be my guest! <a href="http://forums.romancedivas.com/index.php?app=chat"></p>
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		<title>I&#8217;m ADD that way</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Dec 2009 02:47:17 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Leigh</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[So I have four google chrome pages up. I&#8217;m eating, watching tv and playing a game. I&#8217;m listening to music and I&#8217;m blogging. But how can any one thing get my full attention?
Well, it can&#8217;t. But it allows my easily distracted brain to not get bored. My current fascination is with the Celtic Woman clips [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>So I have four google chrome pages up. I&#8217;m eating, watching tv and playing a game. I&#8217;m listening to music and I&#8217;m blogging. But how can any one thing get my full attention?</p>
<p>Well, it can&#8217;t. But it allows my easily distracted brain to not get bored. My current fascination is with the <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_45W-Lq7ftw&amp;feature=PlayList&amp;p=94AB8744BE062BD7&amp;index=18&amp;playnext=8&amp;playnext_from=PL">Celtic Woman</a> clips on youtube . PBS had a showcase of their talent and I went to find more. And as I do, I had to find out about them. One of the members names is Maeve. A very lovely name. It will feature in one of my colonial books.</p>
<p>But for now I have the music playing on an autoplay, finding not only that particular group, but others with similar musical qualities. And it&#8217;s inspiring. While I should be continuing my work on the never ending novel of Constance, I&#8217;m moved to write Maeve. I don&#8217;t even have her story fleshed out yet. But the sounds move me. At least the accompaniment is peaceful. Very pleasant a soundtrack for writing, or for playing games or for &#8230;.oh look, a kitty.</p>
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