by Joe Bunting |
Have you ever opened a tab in your browser, only to stare at the empty screen for minutes wondering why you opened it in the first place? Or gone into your email inbox to send a very important message, only to get distracted by a new message that just had to be read?...
by Joe Bunting |
Once a week, I turn my computer off for twenty-four hours (I wrote this yesterday). I don't check email. I don't do twitter or answer comments. It centers me, reminds me that life is more than what appears on the screen. I have an addictive personality and so I need...
by Joe Bunting |
This is a good question, and one you should be asking yourself. But not today. At The Write Practice, one day a week, we rest from the tyranny of the future. For one day, we focus on the past and on the present. Some call this Sabbath or Shabbat. We just call it rest....
by Joe Bunting |
This week, I began my new editing job by getting into a novel on track to be published in 2012. To prepare, I read three novels, two of which were by other authors in the same genre to get a sense of the “rules” of the genre. The other was the first book...
by Joe Bunting |
Writing, for me, is not just writing. It's blogging. It's tweeting. It's sharing on facebook. It's responding to comments. It's checking stats. It's guest posting. It's a day long hustle to make this blog into something I know it needs to be. And it's worth it....
by Joe Bunting |
Michael Hyatt, the Chairman of Thomas Nelson Publishing, recently wrote an incredibly popular post (360+ comments!) describing the four disciplines of the heart. We live in a busy, stressful world, he premised. How can people have emotionally healthy lives in such a...
