Driven to Distraction

Well in checking over my resolutions from the beginning of this month I can see that I'm doing exceptionally well in some cases, satisfactory in others, and piss-poor in at least one.

The book reading is going beautifully and I've already read five books since the first of January, which is probably why my writing is suffering. I've been spending my free time with my nose in a book instead of actually working on one.

So my next priority will need to be learning to organize my time in a more productive fashion. I will readily admit that I get distracted too easily...especially if my laptop is getting wifi. In fact, the time between writing this sentence and the previous one was the length of four Lizzie Bennet Diary videos. Yes, I have a problem.

I wouldn't necessarily label it as procrastination...(dots signify time spent looking up procrastination definition on dictionary.com, which lead to looking up dawdle, which is a variant of daddle, which means to toddle, which reminds me that I'm watching my niece in the morning, which makes me think I need to call my sister to check on the times, which, oh my word what was I doing in the first place, oh yeah), since it's not as if I'm trying to put off writing my novel ~  not like I would a homework assignment or cleaning the bathroom ~ I just get distracted.

I needed some incentive, something to make me really focus, the way nano did all of November. So I went ahead and sent out the first eight chapters to my beta readers. Now I know that it's end their hands and soon they'll be wanting more, so I really have to get myself in gear.

Beta readers are wonderful things and we'll discuss them in a future post. For now though, I have to stop talking to you and get back to work.

...After two more Lizzie Bennet Diaries...

Happy Writing