At least once a year I think every blogger writes a post about procrastinating. Spending time on facebook, twitter and Pinterest seem too run of the mill. EVERYBODY does that. Checking out the latest stats on my books on Amazon is good for a few minutes here and there. Let me share some new, better ways to waste time when I should be working on that new WIP.
My most recent favorite is playing with the feather quill and ink set my daughter bought me last year. Usually I just let it sit on my desk and admire it now and then. But lately, I've been practicing writing with it when I get stuck on a particular scene. The pages in my planner has blotches and patches of ink all over. It has taught me a great appreciation for those early scribblers who had to write with such instruments. It must have taken a lot of practice in a time when ink and paper would have been very expensive. I can easily waste half an hour writing my signature over and over and then cleaning my pen. I'm going to have to buy more ink soon.
My daughter shared some of her favorite procrastination practices she's learned at college. Some are obvious like walking down the hall to visit her friends. I suspected this one, but she admits to texting me or calling me when she wants to put off starting her school work. What are moms for? But this one is a new one if you want to try it. I sent her an Easter package and included a tiny lego package that held on Dr. Who figure. She opened it to find an Ood. So her new favorite procrastination is to play with her Ood.
So any creative ways to procrastinate plaguing you? Ever write with a quill? Dr. Who fan? Do you wish you had an Ood too?
