Do you have a writing schedule? I’m interested in hearing how you organize your writing time. Do you have a day job? Do you have a set day when you do submissions? How much information do you keep on submissions? Do you have a particular place you write? Please write and let me know how you do it.
I was called to jury duty this week and actually made it onto a jury. I wasn’t sure what to expect as I wear hearing aids in both ears and hearing every word of testimony in a crowded courtroom would have been problematic.
“I’m hearing impaired,” I told the clerk when I reported for jury duty early Tuesday morning.
“Oh, no problem,” the clerk replied. “We’ll provide you with a soundcatcher. You’ll be able to hear paper rip across the room.”
The soundcatcher, a set of headphones and attached belt microphone, was awesome. It made the sound of pages of the court-provided notebook turning so loud I was convinced it must be bothering the other jurors.
Who knew? Anyway, I’m glad I asked. I could indeed hear every word.
I’m feeling more and more the need to get organized — around housework, around my writing, around the mess in my room. I want to figure out how to better allocate my time.
Oh, yes, and maybe it would help if I set up the coffee pot in the evening so when I got up, I could just press the button, and, bingo, coffee. Then I might stand a chance of actually getting something done in the first hour after I wake up.
.. so now all the elevators have beautiful, shiny new buttons. The only problem is that the order is still … well, really strange..
The buttons themselves are gorgeous, though.
Well, I’ve been doing it — reading, writing, and submitting. The most enjoyable resolution so far is reading poetry, which, not surprisingly, I’m finding quite addictive. The least is submitting. But, hey, I’m doing it.
