Comments on: Persephone http://www.mebreen.com/2009/12/persephone/ author of Darkwood Sat, 14 Aug 2010 20:12:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: M.E. Breen http://www.mebreen.com/2009/12/persephone/comment-page-1/#comment-13 M.E. Breen Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:51:22 +0000 http://www.mebreen.com/?p=324#comment-13 Thanks for your thoughtful comments, Janie. I am going to take your advice and get out of the house! And also drink more sweet tea. Thanks for your thoughtful comments, Janie. I am going to take your advice and get out of the house! And also drink more sweet tea.

]]> By: Janie http://www.mebreen.com/2009/12/persephone/comment-page-1/#comment-12 Janie Tue, 15 Dec 2009 02:07:54 +0000 http://www.mebreen.com/?p=324#comment-12 Hey there, sounds like you are having a problem concentrating. Me too, so i know how you feel. In a small apartment such as the one I live in, and the one you describe, it kinda feels too crowded and for me at least provides a million things I need or should be doing other than what I want to do. I recently started talking about, and planning more on the novel I've been trying to write. But every time I sit down to do this, I look around at my apartment and think about how I need to clean the living room, or wash the dishses, or how i really should take the dogs on a walk. Most of the time though, I get absolutely frustrated with what I SHOULD be doing and play World of Warcraft instead of doing any of it. Some commented on Facebook that you should have office hours. This is a good idea. But you should also have play hours. Katie Macalister is a great author (if you haven't read her dragon series you really should!). She sometimes has days like these where she plans to get things done, but doesn't. It happens to everyone. But... she plays World of Warcraft every Sunday, it is her WoW day. She also has blogs such as Dishy Guy Mondays that she puts out with a picture of some hot random guy she found on the internet. She plans out her days, sets aside certain days for writing certain things like blogs or a few chapters in her latest novel or setting up a podcast. She plans her work, and she plans her play. If you get into a routine it will help you get organized and get stuff done. Of course, you should never beat yourself up if you don't adhere to your schedule always. Life happens, but planning sometimes helps you get through the unplanned stuff. As far as the apartment thing, Find a great place to go in order to write. I know a lot of people use libraries or coffee shops. For me, it was a restaurant. I would go, eat dinner, then whip out my lap top and write. This way, I had food if i was hungry, I had an endless glass of sweet tea, my novel, and I DIDN'T HAVE TO CLEAN! :D Find somewhere that you are going to be comfortable and can concentrate, get out of the house. It will help. :) and you can always open up a pay pal account and put a button on your homepage for people to donate to your work. Having a little extra money comes in handy. I am having my roommate start drawing my novel, kinda like an online comic or graphic novel and once he has the first chapter done, I'm going to get my own website. This way, I can start getting fans into my story, it will push me to write more cause people will hopefully be asking for more, and I will be able to have something to do to keep my mind off the things I should but don't want to do. :P And of course, as always, if you need to rant about something or talk about a great book you are reading, I'm always here to read your emails. My last final is tomorrow, and I'll be completely done with undergrad! I'm so excited. I have like 3 months before I leave for Japan, and I hope while I'm in Japan I can get a lot done on my novel. If you don't mind, I would love it, if you have free time, if you would read it. Good luck on organizing and finding the structure you need. :) <3 Janie Hey there, sounds like you are having a problem concentrating. Me too, so i know how you feel. In a small apartment such as the one I live in, and the one you describe, it kinda feels too crowded and for me at least provides a million things I need or should be doing other than what I want to do. I recently started talking about, and planning more on the novel I’ve been trying to write. But every time I sit down to do this, I look around at my apartment and think about how I need to clean the living room, or wash the dishses, or how i really should take the dogs on a walk. Most of the time though, I get absolutely frustrated with what I SHOULD be doing and play World of Warcraft instead of doing any of it. Some commented on Facebook that you should have office hours. This is a good idea. But you should also have play hours. Katie Macalister is a great author (if you haven’t read her dragon series you really should!). She sometimes has days like these where she plans to get things done, but doesn’t. It happens to everyone. But… she plays World of Warcraft every Sunday, it is her WoW day. She also has blogs such as Dishy Guy Mondays that she puts out with a picture of some hot random guy she found on the internet. She plans out her days, sets aside certain days for writing certain things like blogs or a few chapters in her latest novel or setting up a podcast. She plans her work, and she plans her play. If you get into a routine it will help you get organized and get stuff done. Of course, you should never beat yourself up if you don’t adhere to your schedule always. Life happens, but planning sometimes helps you get through the unplanned stuff. As far as the apartment thing, Find a great place to go in order to write. I know a lot of people use libraries or coffee shops. For me, it was a restaurant. I would go, eat dinner, then whip out my lap top and write. This way, I had food if i was hungry, I had an endless glass of sweet tea, my novel, and I DIDN’T HAVE TO CLEAN! :D Find somewhere that you are going to be comfortable and can concentrate, get out of the house. It will help. :) and you can always open up a pay pal account and put a button on your homepage for people to donate to your work. Having a little extra money comes in handy. I am having my roommate start drawing my novel, kinda like an online comic or graphic novel and once he has the first chapter done, I’m going to get my own website. This way, I can start getting fans into my story, it will push me to write more cause people will hopefully be asking for more, and I will be able to have something to do to keep my mind off the things I should but don’t want to do. :P And of course, as always, if you need to rant about something or talk about a great book you are reading, I’m always here to read your emails. My last final is tomorrow, and I’ll be completely done with undergrad! I’m so excited. I have like 3 months before I leave for Japan, and I hope while I’m in Japan I can get a lot done on my novel. If you don’t mind, I would love it, if you have free time, if you would read it. Good luck on organizing and finding the structure you need. :)

<3 Janie

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