truepenny: artist's rendering of Sidneyia inexpectans (writing: hippopotamus)
Sarah/Katherine ([personal profile] truepenny) wrote2006-03-28 01:24 pm

bookkeeping

unexpected short story: 1,200 words

Chapter 2 of The Mirador: Ha, she said bitterly.

AWBTWYSBD.

Huh?

(Anonymous) 2006-03-28 07:31 pm (UTC)(link)
I'm sorry, I'm sure I should already know this, but AWBTWYSBD? Please explain.

And yay for the unexpected short story! Is it about the dentist's?

the grrly grrl

Re: Huh?

[identity profile] truepenny.livejournal.com 2006-03-28 07:39 pm (UTC)(link)
Any Work But The Work You Should Be Doing.

I'm sure you're familiar with the principle. *g*

Oh, THAT work!

(Anonymous) 2006-03-28 09:13 pm (UTC)(link)
Thank you!

But me, familiar? Don't know what you're talking about...

Back to avoiding TWISBD,
the grrly grrl

[identity profile] magentamn.livejournal.com 2006-03-28 09:14 pm (UTC)(link)
One of my favorite essays by Robert Benchley is titled, I believe, "How I write". It is EXACTLY on that subject.

I am desperately trying to finish a story to submit to the Wiscon writers workshop, so of course, I am getting a great deal of housework done.

[identity profile] magentamn.livejournal.com 2006-03-28 09:27 pm (UTC)(link)
Looked it up (the joys of working in a library). The essay is titled, "How to get thing done", and it is collected in The Benchley Roundup, and Chips off the old Benchley. It proves that cat-vacuuming is not a new phenomena, just a new terminology.

It is available to read online at:
http://www.hackvan.com/pub/stig/etext/how-to-get-things-done-despite-procrastination.txt

[identity profile] autumnstar1.livejournal.com 2006-03-28 10:11 pm (UTC)(link)
great article!

[identity profile] truepenny.livejournal.com 2006-03-28 10:20 pm (UTC)(link)
I have loved that essay for years.