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Are you drifting?
Image from FlickrOne of the goals I’ve made myself for this year is that I take care of my small procrastination ‘issue’ once and for all. But before I do, I was wondering who else was ‘drifting’.
If enough of us are, I could always drag everyone else along for the hell of it 
Comment or email y’know the drill…
One of the main time management problems most people find themselves in is either overcommitting or ineffective planning or the other dreaded p word. Procrastination.
Copywriting
All it takes is one article…Though, if it only takes one article, and you can adapt this project into your own pattern, why stop at one?
What you’ll need:
An article writing system - whether you use (and REWRITE PLR), or write your own article from scratch.
A list of places that accept your articles, press releases, blog posts, and ten (no more, no less) absolute favorite bookmarking sites (I recommend Digg, Deli.cio.us, StumbledUpon and seven others ;)). As an optional extra, research some ezines in your niche, and get contact information for THEM, and grab a copy of Audiacity - for podcasting. If you choose to do this last step, you’ll need to build a little bit more than an article ;).
Blogging
All it takes is one article…Though, if it only takes one article, and you can adapt this project into your own pattern, why stop at one?
What you’ll need:
An article writing system - whether you use (and REWRITE PLR), or write your own article from scratch.
A list of places that accept your articles, press releases, blog posts, and ten (no more, no less) absolute favorite bookmarking sites (I recommend Digg, Deli.cio.us, StumbledUpon and seven others ;)). As an optional extra, research some ezines in your niche, and get contact information for THEM, and grab a copy of Audiacity - for podcasting. If you choose to do this last step, you’ll need to build a little bit more than an article ;).
Tech
A plugin that’s not a plugin?
Image from Wikipedia
Normally, I save my ‘tech’ talk for other blogs - but I thought this warranted sharing.
I don’t know who recommended it to me, but I’ve found this really awesome plugin called ‘Zemanta‘ It installs into your browser, and is a tool that ’suggests’ images and articles to you as you’re writing posts.
It might not sound like much, but I’ve spent the last three weeks trying to work out how to add images and make sure I’m pcoviding decent links to people. And Zemanta is a great step towards that.
Books
What writers and business owners can learn from Babylon 5I am a sci fi geek.
I prove it, frequently, over at IRLfemale - gamer, irreverance and other fun stuff, but there’s something I worked out whilst watching Babylon 5.
Babylon 5 was a sci fi TV show that was plotted over at least five seaons. It got to season three, and J Michael Straczynski needed to change the story arc, due to the possibility of cancellation.
But it highlights a couple of things about good writing, better work, and engaging your audience.
Featured Video
In this slot I'll put in a video that I like, that inspires me, or is generally 'good'. Our previous videos and 'not work safe' (based on humour, language and contextual images (I'm an Escapist Magazine fan, specifically Yatzee's computer games reviews) will be archived at a later date.
This is one of my favorite videos, and inspired me into writing my novel 'Soliliquy'.
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