Philip Brewer
I write science fiction and fantasy stories.
I also write about personal finance and frugality for Wise Bread.
I speak Esperanto, and use it to communicate internationally. Esperantistoj, legu mian esperantan hejmpaĝon.
Personal finance articles (at Wise Bread)- Interesting stuff
Tag Archives: daily routine
Again with the writing daily
I think the first advice I ever got from a writer about writing was that I should write every day. It’s also probably the best advice. It’s certainly the most common. In any case, it’s advice that I accept. Writing … Continue reading
Losing weight
I’ve lost a good bit of weight over the past 18 months. I haven’t talked about it much here. It’s bad enough when this starts seeming like an exercise blog; it will not become a weight-loss blog. Continue reading
Mixed success at being monomaniacal
I like to joke that I no longer multitask at more than one thing at a time.
Related to that, I recognized years ago that a certain amount of monomaniacal focus was really useful for successfully completing a large project (such as a novel), but that being able to focus on more than just one thing was important to being more broadly successful. Continue reading
Not one of the busy people
All my life, starting in childhood and continuing through college, my career as a software engineer, and my career since then as a full-time writer, some of my friends and acquaintances have been busy. They were always hard to schedule … Continue reading
Daily routine of Vestricius Spurinna
I’m a student of daily routines. I like to imagine that I’m looking for good models for my own behavior, but that’s only true in an oblique way. By now I understand pretty well the structure of a productive routine; … Continue reading
When I’m unproductive
I was pretty productive these past two weeks. I finished a major rewrite pass on a short story that the Incognitos had critiqued a while back, and passed the story on to a couple of first readers. I wrote several … Continue reading
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Clarion at home: Writing
This is part 2 of a series on what to do if you can’t go to Clarion, which provides my thoughts on how you can capture part of the magic of Clarion—even if you can’t attend. This post is on the … Continue reading
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Tagged Clarion, Clarion at home, daily routine, evil genius, writing
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Early morning writing
I’ve known for a long time that writing every day is very helpful to my productivity. In the past couple of days, I’ve been reminded that, at least for my fiction writing, it’s also very important to start early in … Continue reading
Pancakes and the passage of time
Jackie made pancakes for breakfast. As we ate, I mentioned that I used to make pancakes when I was a single guy, but that I made them differently. And then I ran into difficulty when I tried to describe what I … Continue reading
Writing—and exercising—daily
Theodora Goss has a good post about writing every day, comparing it to exercising every day. She makes the point that, when you’re used to exercising every day, missing a day makes you feel crappy. My own experience has been … Continue reading