What Barker's talking about here is also a bit part of what makes a good wellness/career coach. And how he's talking about it is why I love his stuff.

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Apropos of absolutely nothing, here's another dump from the "that would make a great band name" list:

- Tipsy Ziggurat
- Not A Euphemism
- Sausage ignition sequence
- 1/2 inch nozzle
- Intransigent chicken

And a hit from the accompanying "that would be an epic name for your first concept album" list:

- Sniff The Chicken
- A chemical analysis of the albumen
- Not that sort of establishment

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This week's entries in the ongoing list of great band names:

* Pack of Rabid Chihuahuas
* grammatical nuance
* ensuant ennui
* monetizable eyeballs
* Potentially Problematic

And concept album names:

* The shooter is in the kitchen
* Relentlessly Nebulous
* The Great Nottingham Cheese Riot

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OK, the birb kerfuffle outside my window is decidedly unhelpful to my already active avoidance of work...sigh.

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A selection of recent additions to the "Great Band Names" list (in no particular order):

- Non-Euclidean Narwhal
- The Redacted Anecdotes
- Smarmy Little Sycophants
- Unrepentant Dickhead
- Cavalcade of Bozos

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You know, if I really focus, I can damn well get WIP Draft 2 finished today.

Focus. Put the iPad down, and focus.

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New theory of writing practice 🙄

I see a novel as 3-4 parts, 48-60 chs, & assign each chapter ballpark headings as I develop the story. For each chapter, I write 6-7 pages (~ 2000 words) assigning each page a topic or one of the characters

I'm told I write too much dialogue (!) and my new theoretical approach is designed to tackle this by giving each page 1 of 3 styles in strict rotation:
direction of travel
stasis
reflection

#ItWillNeverWork #shouldBeWriting #prevarication #theory

I am gonna do some #Writing today.
I am gonna do some writing today.
I am gonna do some writing today.

I am gonna do some writing today.
i AM gonna do some writing today.
i am GONNA do some writing today.
i am gonna DO some writing today.
i am gonna do SOME writing today.
i am gonna do some WRITING today.
i am gonna do some writing TODAY.

#CampNanoWriMo #NaNoWriMo #AmWriting #ShouldBeWriting

#CampNaNoWriMo Day 7

After several bouts of squirrel brain the past two days, it’s time to bust out the big guns.

It’s Nebo time.

Nebo is a #writing app on iPad in which you can handwrite text using the Apple Pencil, then convert that text into a text file. Absolute game changer for me as a #writer for the past two years.

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If your'e a cis person who REAAAAAAAly dislikes being asked what your pronouns are, that might, just maybe, be a tiny clue that you're not quite as cis as you think you are?

Not always, of course! But something worth examining.

It's one of the reasons I think it's a terrible idea to ask people their pronouns in a public setting like work meetings. If a person is not sure about their gender identity, or trans or nonbinary, but not out in present company you're forcing them to choose between outing themselves, or misgendering themselves.

And as always YOU -- YES THIS MEANS YOU! -- ARE THE ONLY PERSON WHO GETS TO SAY WHO YOU ARE end of story.

#trans #TransLivesMatter #nonbinary #ActuallyAutistic #OKImProcrastinating #ShouldBeWriting

Since "shelled" can mean both "has a shell" (shelled insects) and "its shell has been removed" (shelled peanuts) , what does "unshelled" mean 🤔

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@ghoulpus welcome to the club! (In too many axis')

#shouldbewriting

Today was the first day in months that I had a completely free day to write.

So, obviously I spent it tweaking my author website and watching several streaming tv series.

Don't judge me...

#writerslife #shouldbewriting

Blwyddyn Newydd Dda! #HappyNewYear #cymraeg #ShouldBeWriting

Is #shouldbewriting a trending hashtag yet? #amwriting

I should be sending that piece I owe to that editor of that #femdom #kink anthology.

But no.

I'm here, under a blanket, in fuzzy socks, watching #CSI.

#Writer #Sorta #AlsoLazy #ShouldBeWriting #MaybeLater

Last year, the 50k words I wrote during #nanowrimo became the first draft of a book that I later sold to a small publisher. This year, I'm failing miserably. How's everyone else doing with #nanowrimo2022 ? #writingcommunity #writing #shouldbewriting

Should be writing my hockey boys but Kolya isn't participating, so I'm going to think out loud.

Next story's central conflict (after Higher Than Hay Bales) is set in the fall of 2013: Family knows now so do we tell anyone on the team? Nick says sure, Kolya is paranoid like whoah.

Story after that is set at Sochi, I think - I need to resolve NYC team response first.

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