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Me 'n My List: Not Right Now!

Me ‘n My List: Not Right Now!

By Carol Grannick on December 15, 2009

I work at home in both of my professions, clinical social work and writing, with a comfortable office in which I see clients and groups, and a desk adjacent to the kitchen where my computer sits, and where I enter handwritten work, edit, blog…and make lists.
Not electronic lists. Lists on index cards.
I love lists. They calm me. They give [...]

Posted in Lessons From Life | Tagged making lists, overwhelmed | 2 Responses

Writer's Block Unblock Tips: Overwhelmed?

Writer’s Block Unblock Tips: Overwhelmed?

By Carol Grannick on December 7, 2009

I couldn’t wait to get back to novel writing this morning after a prolonged, chosen and necessary time away due to a family death. My middle grade novel in verse called to me, and I answered.
I’m going to get a bunch of writing done this morning!
But by the time I put my current partial draft in front [...]

Posted in Rethinking Writing Obstacles | Tagged overwhelmed, writers' block | 8 Responses

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