Short Articles

These are short articles that have been presented in past issues of Grist for the Muse:

Squeezing Time Out of a Busy Life (11/03)

Fear = Writing Inspiration (10/03)

Holiday Buying Guide for Writers (12/03)

Setting Realistic Writing Resolutions (01/04)

7 Ways to Find Time to Write (08/04)

2nd Annual Holiday Buying Guide for Writers (12/04)

Amazon

Virtual Bookworm

Barnes and Noble

Featured Article

Squeezing Time Out of a Busy Life

Here is a short list of ideas of where you can find some time to write:

• Watch one less TV show each week (or 30 minutes less of TV each day)
• Get up 15 minutes earlier and write
• Go into the office early and write
• Eat lunch at your desk and write for the other half of your lunch break
• Skip housework for the day
• Order a pizza instead of cook
• Hire a neighborhood kid to mow the lawn, rake leaves, or shovel snow
• Get a babysitter for a morning or evening of writing
• Let the answering machine pick up all of your calls for the day
• Don't check e-mail
• Write at while waiting for doctor's appointments, oil changes, or meetings
• Work at home for the day and use the saved commute time to write
• Schedule a writing appointment on your weekends or day off (and keep it)
• Stay late at the office 15 minutes and write
• Make an appointment with a writing buddy to meet somewhere to write
• Shop for holiday gifts online

(November 2003)