Posted on May 22nd, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
When is it time to clear out some of your clutter? As Beth Morrissey said in a 2010 issue of The Writer Magazine, it’s time to clear out the clutter when “disarray” has reached “dismay.” So what to do, what to do? Where should you start? How about getting started with the book clutter you have [...]
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Posted on May 2nd, 2012, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
Heaven only knows that being writers, we can all procrastinate. Anyway, rather than postponing the actual writing of this article by meandering around with words, let me get to it for you. Here are three tips to apply starting today to begin to postpone writing procrastination: Clean off your desk. You might think that this [...]
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Posted on May 29th, 2009, by Meggin McIntosh, Ph.D.
In preparing for a workshop I was doing recently entitled “Input, Throughput, Output,” where I used the metaphor of a conveyor belt, I found the greatest clipart! It showed a guy sitting at his desk and the desk was a conveyor belt. I want you to get that picture in your mind…and then ask yourself whether [...]
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