Comments on: Online drag time. http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/30/257/ Weblog of National Bestselling, Award-Winning Novelist Sylvia Day Fri, 21 Nov 2008 17:52:01 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 By: Sylvia http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/30/257/#comment-820 Sylvia Sun, 02 Jan 2005 01:57:44 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/30/257/#comment-820 Mariann, My kitchen suffers too. :cry: Mariann,
My kitchen suffers too. :cry:

]]> By: Mariann http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/30/257/#comment-819 Mariann Sun, 02 Jan 2005 01:51:36 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/30/257/#comment-819 I am a total online addict, and I struggle daily to keep my Internet usage under control. It's very easy for me to slip into the click and read, click and read monotony of web surfing and then realize hours have passed when I only meant to spend 15 minutes online. At work, I'm at a computer all day with a T1 connection. Much of my day is mine, depending on the time of day, day of week and point in the semester. Summers are always quiet. Usually, the mornings are good for me, but I still haven't managed to get a good rhythm in place for writing at a regular time and that causes me concern because I lack the discipline to schedule myself. Of course, when the Internet is down at work, I get a lot of writing done. I remember producing 10 pages once, and feeling so accomplished. At home, eh... I don't even bother trying to write with a needy husband and preschool-aged child. Surfing is a lot easier and faster in short bursts when I'm home, though my kitchen surely suffers from a lack of attention. :oops: I am a total online addict, and I struggle daily to keep my Internet usage under control. It’s very easy for me to slip into the click and read, click and read monotony of web surfing and then realize hours have passed when I only meant to spend 15 minutes online.

At work, I’m at a computer all day with a T1 connection. Much of my day is mine, depending on the time of day, day of week and point in the semester. Summers are always quiet. Usually, the mornings are good for me, but I still haven’t managed to get a good rhythm in place for writing at a regular time and that causes me concern because I lack the discipline to schedule myself. Of course, when the Internet is down at work, I get a lot of writing done. I remember producing 10 pages once, and feeling so accomplished.

At home, eh… I don’t even bother trying to write with a needy husband and preschool-aged child. Surfing is a lot easier and faster in short bursts when I’m home, though my kitchen surely suffers from a lack of attention. :oops:

]]> By: Lynn http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/30/257/#comment-796 Lynn Fri, 31 Dec 2004 19:45:50 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/30/257/#comment-796 Add my snort to everybody else's. I justify it by saying I sometimes get story or scenario ideas by what I run across online. I did, however, turn off the little noise Outlook makes every time e-mail comes in. I found that even if I was on a roll in the middle of a scene, that little "ding" had me salivating to see what e-mail had come in. Just call me Pavlov's dog. :smile: Add my snort to everybody else’s. I justify it by saying I sometimes get story or scenario ideas by what I run across online. I did, however, turn off the little noise Outlook makes every time e-mail comes in. I found that even if I was on a roll in the middle of a scene, that little “ding” had me salivating to see what e-mail had come in. Just call me Pavlov’s dog. :smile:

]]> By: Sasha http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/30/257/#comment-795 Sasha Fri, 31 Dec 2004 09:28:31 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/30/257/#comment-795 I thinkI'll get an egg timer. I find I really dfo write better if I am on a time limit. Who knows? I'll try anything once. :) I thinkI’ll get an egg timer. I find I really dfo write better if I am on a time limit. Who knows? I’ll try anything once. :)

]]> By: Maili http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/30/257/#comment-794 Maili Fri, 31 Dec 2004 07:38:26 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/30/257/#comment-794 Cece - Organised? *snort* I have to have it, or I'd not spare any time for work online. Steph - it's just a small utility that I could set time, e.g. 30 mins for 'play', then off I go, prowling online. When my time is up, the alarm will either flash or beep [or both] to remind me to get offline. It also has an ability to keep track of how much time I spend online for work reasons as well as displaying world time zones. There are many freeware programs that have all sorts. Here is an example: http://www.bykeyword.com/freeware/alarm.html Hope this helps. :) Cece - Organised? *snort* I have to have it, or I’d not spare any time for work online.

Steph - it’s just a small utility that I could set time, e.g. 30 mins for ‘play’, then off I go, prowling online. When my time is up, the alarm will either flash or beep [or both] to remind me to get offline. It also has an ability to keep track of how much time I spend online for work reasons as well as displaying world time zones. There are many freeware programs that have all sorts. Here is an example:

http://www.bykeyword.com/freeware/alarm.html

Hope this helps. :)

]]> By: Cece McScrooge http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/30/257/#comment-791 Cece McScrooge Fri, 31 Dec 2004 04:01:49 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/30/257/#comment-791 Maili you're so organized....Monitoring my online time? Hell honey this is the only life I have. Though I will admit I can go sit out back and get more writing done in two hours on an alphie than I can in three days on the computer. LOL@online sloth.....WHne I write I am fairly disciplined...really! :???: Maili you’re so organized….Monitoring my online time? Hell honey this is the only life I have. Though I will admit I can go sit out back and get more writing done in two hours on an alphie than I can in three days on the computer.

LOL@online sloth…..WHne I write I am fairly disciplined…really! :???:

]]> By: Steph T. http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/30/257/#comment-790 Steph T. Fri, 31 Dec 2004 02:44:24 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2004/12/30/257/#comment-790 *chokes back sob at thought of confining online time to certain days :cry:* I try to use surfing as my 'reward' for getting writing done rather than a procrastination tool...doesn't always work:roll: Maili - can you tell me more about that alarm? *chokes back sob at thought of confining online time to certain days :cry:*

I try to use surfing as my ‘reward’ for getting writing done rather than a procrastination tool…doesn’t always work:roll:

Maili - can you tell me more about that alarm?

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