{"id":3041,"date":"2012-12-08T15:03:00","date_gmt":"2012-12-08T15:03:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=3041"},"modified":"2026-01-15T17:35:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-15T17:35:10","slug":"procrastination-station","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lifeiswhathappens.ca\/?p=3041","title":{"rendered":"Procrastination station…"},"content":{"rendered":"

I am in avoidance mode. I know I need to start refining and polishing “the novel.”  This is where the discipline comes in and I have always been a slacker.  Fortunately NaNoWriMo has lots of lists and mentors and tons of other help to give you guidance and impetus.  The problem is, you have to do the rewriting, not them. <\/p>\n

Actually, I have started the rewriting and I realize that I need to read a few more books in the genre.  So now I have to define the genre other than “general fiction.” One of the suggestions on the list is to talk to booksellers (anyone seen a bookstore lately?)  and ask them what is selling? or what niche you would fill in a broad category.<\/p>\n

They also say that you need to read the blogs of agents, writers, publishers etc, really anyone and everyone in the industry to get a feel for the process.<\/p>\n

I also know that I need to read some “better” books to hone the ear to a more sophisticated cadence and maybe word choice – except that it can’t be that sophisticated or you are in danger of losing your audience and\/or spoiling the naturalness of the characters.<\/p>\n

So given this “to do” list that’s maybe longer than the Nile, what do I choose to do on the one Friday night of the year that my husband is out at his company’s Christmas party. (They excluded spouses a few years ago for austerity reasons and never re-instated us.) The kids are out, the cats are asleep (do they ever wake up?), the big comfy chair is available, the computer is powered to the max, all I have to do is open up that 50,000 word document and begin…..<\/p>\n

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\nWell suddenly I realize that I haven’t heard Jackie Evencho sing and I think that last year she had a Christmas album out, so maybe I should just listen to a song or two to see if I want to buy the album, if it’s available this year.<\/p>\n

And then I decided that while I’m on Youtube, I might as well see who else is there. I tried to watch an episode or two of CSI, but I’m in the wrong geographical zone.  I sense that Rogers a.k.a. Big Brother is controlling my computer access. My taste (if you can call it that) in music is eclectic.  I keyed in Newfoundland folk music.  A few songs came up, but nothing I wanted to waste time on.  Now if I am going to waste time, it has to be something special.  The Irish exhale folk music, so I keyed in “Irish Folk Songs” Almost too many came up. I did though hit upon a documentary of Irish Folk music from the 1930’s to the present or early 2000’s anyway.  It was 1.5 hours long. This would take up a good part of the evening and really it was something that just had to be seen – wasn’t it?<\/p>\n

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After the video, I was so much into right brain mode that, it would have taken the rest of the evening to get back to left brain editing, so I just listened to John McDermott until 10:00 when my husband came home and filled me in on the dinner that I had missed.<\/p>\n

At this point, I rationalized that it is always better to write in the morning \ud83d\ude42 and went to bed.<\/p>\n

Have productive day!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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