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Clean House – Spring Cleaning? by Linda Conrad

By Alice ⋅ January 12, 2010 ⋅ Post a comment

Special thanks to Linda Conrad for sharing this article with CataUniversity!
Anyone else addicted to the Clean House show on cable’s Style channel? There’s just something about watching clutter and dirt disappear that does this Virgo’s soul good. I can’t seem to get enough of seeing others find a place for everything. I [...]

Ready, Set, Go…als

By Alice ⋅ December 30, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The New Year is almost here and you, dear friend, know what that means.
It’s time to set some goals.
I knew a writer once, we’ll call her Sarah, who would create elaborate goals. She was super organized and super enthusiastic. Everything was a goal. Her school-teacher-like handwriting filled journals with everything from “get my hair cut” [...]

Schedule VS. To-Do List by Lissa Matthews

By Alice ⋅ February 3, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

There’s been a lot of talk, some whining, some dart-board creating, some lamenting, some abandonment lately (articles, blogs, instant messages, twitters, etc…) regarding the To-Do list. Do you have one? How many items do you have on it starting on Monday and how many are left on Friday from each previous day of the [...]

Start the Year off Write – Part 6

By Alice ⋅ January 6, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Organize your writing magazines.Get inexpensive magazine holders (like these from IKEA: cataurl.com/XwcXt ) and write the YEAR on the spine. Then, as magazines come in and you read them, put them in that years holder. If you keep all your magazines you’ll have a simple way of keeping them organized.
If you get different types of [...]

Start the Year off Write – Part 5

By Alice ⋅ January 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Published authors, do you do a lot of your own promo? Then it’s time to get organized. If you’re constantly printing out promotional materials, stickers, and sending off packages, consider putting together a promo kit. It should contain all the materials you use to promote yourself all in one handy place so you don’t go [...]

Start the Year off Write – Part 4

By Alice ⋅ January 4, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Now is also a perfect time to organize your file system on your computer. No doubt theres plenty of junk you no longer need, stuff that you do want to keep and things that need to be more organized. You might want to start by removing programs that you no longer use. In Windows there [...]

Start the Year off Write – Part 3

By Alice ⋅ January 3, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Do you have a writing procedure in place? How about for submissions or promo. Read on…Do you have procedures in place for your writing/submitting/promoting? If not, consider creating procedures, then tape them to your monitor where you can see them and repeat them and get into the habit. What kind of procedure? Consider how you [...]

Start the Year off Write – Part 2

By Alice ⋅ January 2, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Yesterday we discussed cleaning up your space. Dust bunnies and clutter probably don’t help your creative process. But is there something else holding you back?Have a look around. Does your work space work for you? If there’s something you’d like to change, now would be a good time. Want more pictures of the kids? Add [...]

Start the Year off Write – Part 1

By Alice ⋅ January 1, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

This is PART ONE of an all new Five Part series by CataUniversity’s own Alice Anderson. Check back each day this week for a new part.January 1st is a great day to make a clean start. Be it in your career, writing, personal life, or health goals.
Start by giving your work area a [...]

Email Management: A Necessary Evil

By Alice ⋅ December 29, 2008 ⋅ Post a comment

Today is a great day to organize your email. Seriously. Tackling this before the new year will let you start 2009 on the right foot, free and clear of email clutter.
In my quest to organize my accounts (yes, accounts…plural) I came across this blog post: The Monster Blog: Trying to Organize Your Email? Keep [...]

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