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A Journaling Celebration

May 25, 2010 Writing

This morning, I picked up my journal and realized I was writing in the last signature.
That’s right. I am now an honest-to-goodness fully committed journaler!
Those of you who’ve known me here for a while now will know that one of my greatest desires has always been to journal every day.
All I ever ended up with, [...]

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[TSS] Reading Breaks

May 16, 2010 Books and Reading

I am nearing the end of a very big indexing assignment – it’s been taking up most of my work time for the past two weeks, and I’m scrambling to finish in time for the Tuesday morning deadline.
One thing I’ve been learning about working productively is the value of taking breaks. And since I’ve been [...]

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Agatha Christie’s Secret Notebooks

March 12, 2010 Books and Reading

I really love it when things show up in my life that are such a good match to something I’ve been pondering, or thinking about doing.
A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about keeping a journal, and I talked about my idea that I might have luck, finally, with journaling if I just let [...]

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Do You Keep a Journal?

February 27, 2010 Writing

I love to write, but I’ve never been good at keeping a journal.
On the other hand, I’ve had some success with what I call “specialty” journals.
For example, I kept a gratitude journal the year after my divorce (and it was very, very helpful).
I’ve also worked on a few art journals, and one year I kept [...]

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A Book Diary for WAVERLEY

November 19, 2009 Writing

I have a confession to make.
I’ve never been any good at keeping a regular journal. Not that I haven’t tried. When I was in grade school, some well-meaning person gave me one of those small five-year diaries, the kind that has two cute little keys and a lock. I found it quite intriguing, and in [...]

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On Writing: Do You Keep a Journal?

June 23, 2009 Writing

Yesterday’s word count: 0
NANTUCKET total word count:  60,874
HARPER total word count: 5,435 words
I didn’t make my writing goal yesterday; I didn’t even attempt it. At 1:30 am I was still working on my deadline, and the choice was there: keep plugging away and be free and clear for the next three days, or put the [...]

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