by Teri Brown | Feb 12, 2015 | Uncategorized
We writers sit on our butts. A lot. Which isn’t good for our waist-lines or our mental health. Or, apparently, our lives. According to this article on CNN, sitting can actually decrease your life span which is pretty freaking alarming. But I’m not going to address...
by Teri Brown | Feb 1, 2015 | health, Mental Health, Uncategorized, Writing, Writing Life
Is it just a myth that writers tend to be prone to fits of melancholia? (And yes, I’ve always wanted to write that in a sentence—fits of melancholia. Just lovely. So much more romantic a term than depression.) The link between writers and depression, though still...
by Teri Brown | Jan 25, 2015 | Uncategorized
I just spent an entire month telling people what I do to try to stay organized—basically baring my cray-cray for the world to see. Showing people your own particular brand of craziness can be intimidating, but I’ve pretty much always been an open book about both my...
by Teri Brown | Jan 22, 2015 | Uncategorized
My husband is a packrat. He’s a lethal combination of sentimental and materialistic. I get it to a certain extent. His family didn’t have a lot of money and there were a lot of things he wanted but didn’t get. He has them now. He worked incredibly hard and to buy...
by Teri Brown | Jan 18, 2015 | Uncategorized
Writer = Organized? Yes, It Can Be Done!By Shirley Jumpwww.shirleyjump.com If you’re a writer, chances are, you’re not an organized writer, too. For some reason, those two things don’t always go together. Must have something to do with that left brain, right brain...
by Teri Brown | Jan 11, 2015 | Uncategorized
Part of organizing your life is learning exactly what works for you. By trial and error and much money spent on shiny new organizers, I’ve learned that I’m not an organizer kind of girl. I like the idea of them, but the practice always drops off around the middle of...
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