Post-its. The greatest invention.
I would like to believe that I am the kind of person who would love nothing better than to have nothing to do. To be able to say, I have nothing due, no pressing projects, no financial worries, no books to read, no movies in my queue, nothing to post. And if this happened, I would like to believe that I would be able to relax. Unfortunately, empirical evidence shows this hypothesis to be absolutely false.
I am the type of person who, upon completion of a project, immediately has to fill the void left by the project. This is unrelated to how many other projects I happen to be working on at any given point in time. Case in point: I turned in a project at the beginning of January. Which made me feel very good. Very fulfilled. Do I take the opportunity in my slightly lightened schedule to, say, put a dent in my next novel, who’s due date is rapidly approaching? Do I pre-write all my blogs for my Bonanza Blog Tour for the release of If I Fall on April 3rd? Do I prepare my tax returns?
NO. Of course not! Why would I do something as silly as all that? Instead, what I’ve done is pitched a new project to my reps, started taking pottery classes, planned a trip to Peru, and begun putting together a business plan for Super Sekrit Awesome Project (which I hope to tell you about in the near future.)
The truth of the matter is, its been a long time since I’ve had nothing to do. So long in fact, I do not know if I could function without a minimum level of things to juggle at any given time. And… I like it. Life is too short to not have anything to do. I wouldn’t have it any other way.
Not a lot going on this week — other than the crazy that is my normal. BUT, in the very near future, I am going to be visiting a few fabulous friends’ blogs — including the incomparable Sarah MacLean. And don’t forget about my BRAND NEW website contest! You could win an autographed copy of your choice of my backlist — and there is a brand new winner chosen every two weeks, so there are loads of chances to win!
Until next time sweets, Happy Reading!
I take things a bit more slowly. If I have too many projects on the table this means Nothing is ever finished and thus I accomplish nothing ! I have poor self discipline, and also, am supremely distractable. So, I guess my life is nothing but a collection of half finished projects waiting for my attention to come back to it ..lol
Wow, you are a warrior! I am quite busy with various projects but they are all for school & I have reached the point where I have too much going on at the same time. I can no longer obsessively work ahead & it’s making me nuts =/ I salute you & your multi-tasking self!