Comments on: 12 Things to Avoid when under a Book Deadline http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/05/04/12-things-to-avoid-when-under-a-book-deadline/ A mutual support group for SF/F Novelists Thu, 20 Nov 2008 14:38:04 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.1 By: Matt http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/05/04/12-things-to-avoid-when-under-a-book-deadline/#comment-2686 Matt Wed, 07 May 2008 16:53:31 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/05/04/12-things-to-avoid-when-under-a-book-deadline/#comment-2686 Avoid the sudden urge to train the dog to do just about anything it can't currently do. Unless you train it to type and take dictation. Then you've got something. I've also found it difficult to resist cleaning my keyboard once I notice how dirty it is. This is after staring at it unproductively for hours, of course! Avoid the sudden urge to train the dog to do just about anything it can’t currently do.

Unless you train it to type and take dictation. Then you’ve got something.

I’ve also found it difficult to resist cleaning my keyboard once I notice how dirty it is. This is after staring at it unproductively for hours, of course!

]]> By: Zora http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/05/04/12-things-to-avoid-when-under-a-book-deadline/#comment-2677 Zora Tue, 06 May 2008 03:50:35 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/05/04/12-things-to-avoid-when-under-a-book-deadline/#comment-2677 Vacuuming the cat. Vacuuming the cat.

]]> By: Jeri http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/05/04/12-things-to-avoid-when-under-a-book-deadline/#comment-2671 Jeri Tue, 06 May 2008 00:00:36 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/05/04/12-things-to-avoid-when-under-a-book-deadline/#comment-2671 Reading blogs?? Oops! Reading blogs??

Oops!

]]> By: Karen Wester Newton http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/05/04/12-things-to-avoid-when-under-a-book-deadline/#comment-2669 Karen Wester Newton Mon, 05 May 2008 17:19:34 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/05/04/12-things-to-avoid-when-under-a-book-deadline/#comment-2669 When I was in college and really needed to study for a test I wouldn't let myself goof off and go to the movies, but hey, if the apartment needed cleaning, it needed cleaning, right? When I was in college and really needed to study for a test I wouldn’t let myself goof off and go to the movies, but hey, if the apartment needed cleaning, it needed cleaning, right?

]]> By: Maria V. Snyder http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/05/04/12-things-to-avoid-when-under-a-book-deadline/#comment-2668 Maria V. Snyder Mon, 05 May 2008 14:13:27 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/05/04/12-things-to-avoid-when-under-a-book-deadline/#comment-2668 How could I forget the game units! Perhaps because I already avoid those like my mother-in-law's phone calls ;> Actually - they didn't quite tempt me - we have a game cube and, if you're over 30, you need an engineering degree to figure out the buttons :) Plus the graphics made me sick to my stomach. However - a new temptation has entered the house in the form of the Wii - easy to use, and can be considered a workout - very tempting.....extremely tempting....er....I'll be back...... How could I forget the game units! Perhaps because I already avoid those like my mother-in-law’s phone calls ;>

Actually - they didn’t quite tempt me - we have a game cube and, if you’re over 30, you need an engineering degree to figure out the buttons :) Plus the graphics made me sick to my stomach.

However - a new temptation has entered the house in the form of the Wii - easy to use, and can be considered a workout - very tempting…..extremely tempting….er….I’ll be back……

]]> By: Sebastian Keller http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/05/04/12-things-to-avoid-when-under-a-book-deadline/#comment-2665 Sebastian Keller Mon, 05 May 2008 07:33:10 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/05/04/12-things-to-avoid-when-under-a-book-deadline/#comment-2665 Creating lists and worry about the deadline. Creating lists and worry about the deadline.

]]> By: domynoe http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/05/04/12-things-to-avoid-when-under-a-book-deadline/#comment-2663 domynoe Mon, 05 May 2008 03:18:27 +0000 http://www.sfnovelists.com/2008/05/04/12-things-to-avoid-when-under-a-book-deadline/#comment-2663 The PS2. I swear that thing sucks all thought and creativity out of my brain...but...it's. so. hard. to. RESIST! The PS2. I swear that thing sucks all thought and creativity out of my brain…but…it’s. so. hard. to. RESIST!

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