Self-flagellation is the mark of a true writer, right? Of course right! Everyone with an ounce of self-awareness gets Impostor Syndrome now and again, regardless of what it is they do in life. Sometimes, people have their bout of it and then shrug it off and never look back again, confident in their skills. Other [...]
~by Lia Wolff
10
Oct
Tags: carnivorous self-doubt trees, doubts, Impostor Syndrome, insecurity, procrastination, self-doubt, Writing
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19
Jul
You may have noticed there was no new post yesterday. For that I apologize. As the title suggests, I’m docking my cookies as punishment. I have no particular excuse for not posting yesterday. I’m afraid I’m just a slacker. However, I promise, new posts with actual interesting content will appear soon in this space. I [...]
Tags: procrastination
29
Apr
Not a children’s story. Coffee? Check. Resources, online and off? Check. Twenty-four hours before deadline?Check. Compelling and coherent argument for major Classics paper?…*sigh* That’s right, dear Readers. It’s that time again. Time to watch your friendly neighborhood Author procrastinate writing an important paper (you’ll notice I’m updating my blog rather than write it). This post [...]
Tags: angsty, Classics paper, deadlines, grades, nonfiction, procrastination, whiny
10
Mar
Excuses for my next several short posts. I swear it’s a good one! I’m procrastinating. On deadline, too. I have two papers, a 1000 word literature review and a 2500 word formative essay, due in about a week and a half. I am prepared for neither, at this point. Fortunately, I have just enough time, [...]
Tags: Academic writing, deadlines, excuses, procrastination, quality of work, Writing
24
Jan
I’m afraid I am singularly uninspired this Sunday to do anything. Part of this is no doubt a reaction to the end of the first week of classes, and finally not being horribly ill anymore. I suspect part of this is also a function of my auto-procrastinate button, which somehow got switched on this weekend, [...]
Tags: editors, haiti, procrastination, publishing, rejection, Sunday, twitter
20
Dec
Also known as “Things I discovered I hate about my novel from editing it for a week”. The Title: “Princess” just sounds trite, and overly shortened. But I really can’t decide on something better. I do know that “The Librarian Chronicles” is perfect for the trilogy, but the first book remains in Name-Limbo. The entire [...]
Tags: dragon, editing, Narrator, parenthetical interjections, princess, procrastination, telling-not-showing, title
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