I was browsing through Technorati ‘online novel’ listings and came across the writings of Rowan Dai who was talking about the amount of time it takes to get blog posts perfect and the consequent impact on time available for novel writing.
For me, getting something I’ve written right is just far too compulsive. I first have to read it aloud to make sure it scans well. Then I shorten the sentences, move the paragraphs around, and. before I know where I am, half a day has gone. Then I realize with horror that all this effort has been put into writing a comment on somebody else’s blog which may never even get past moderation and, even if it does, who reads comments anyway? Aaaaargh!
So the thinking behind the the article by Rowan Dai relating to author’s writing time management couldn’t be more relevant to me.
But I would hate not to visit other writers sites. Writing is a very lonely and solitary occupation and even us creative types need some cross fertilisation to get the creative juices flowing. Ideas bounce off ideas and, before I know where I am, there is a new idea for a novel - OK well at least an article for me to put on my site.
Hope you like it 
Bye for now
Rob
(Rob Hopcott - online author and expert writing procrastinator)
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