One of these days I suppose I shall get writer's block, but I don't see it coming any time soon! Whenever I'm writing about something, another idea pops into my head. I jot it down on the nearest piece of paper - which is usually the top corner of today's crossword page of the Washington Post - and promptly lose it.
I absolutely hate the administrative side of writing!! And I doubt whether I'm alone in this. I love creating articles, ebooks and books for print, but keeping track of everything is a nightmare. Yet I have to do it if I'm to know what my earnings are, tell the taxman that I really did spend more than I made, and not post the same photos as I did last week when uploading a new article this week.
So last week I bought a bunch of files. Using some horse stickers I was given for Christmas (some people in my family don't realize that I'm a grown woman now who's moved beyond that stage!) I am decorating these files to denote that they are horsey ones. (Maybe I haven't grown out of that stage after all.) I have duly put a white label on each spine and cover to sort out the various projects I'm working on.
In the file which also reassures me that I have, finally, saved all my published works on one USB device which I had better not lose, there is now a section labelled 'ideas.' The over riding idea is to keep that scruffy crossword page even after I've finished the daily puzzle, and take it home for transfer of the ideas jotted on it to the idea section of my new file.
Please wish me luck in this endeavor!
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