by Zoe M. McCarthy | Sep 28, 2017 | Writing
Have you ever felt so frazzled, you couldn’t find the panic button? You may even ask, “How could this happen? I’m an organized person.” Last week as I shuffled through my Writer’s Digest magazines, I spotted the February 2017 issue’s article, “Map Your Writing Time”...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Mar 12, 2015 | Writing
“Time is what we want most, but what we use worst.” — William Penn To save days marketing Book 2, you need to become a super-crazed, organized packrat for Book 1. If you failed to do these steps on Book 1, do them during Book 2. Step 1 – Save During the writing and...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Apr 11, 2013 | Writing
“Procrastination is opportunity’s natural assassin.” –Victor Kiam We don’t plan to procrastinate. We want to fulfill our obligations and move forward. But too often we don’t.Let’s face it. Procrastination is a weird kind of selfishness, because it robs others...
by Zoe M. McCarthy | Feb 21, 2013 | Creating
“Accept the challenges so that you may feel the exhilaration of victory.” —George S. Patton Sometimes our brainstorming technique gets stale, and we need a fresh method to brainstorm a project. In a past post, I showed how to use a simplified form of mind mapping. If...