procrastinate 1. transitive verb to put off intentionally and habitually 2. intransitive verb to put off intentionally the doing of something that should be done Origin and Etymology of procrastinate Latin procrastinatus, past participle of procrastinare, from pro- forward + crastinus of tomorrow, from cras tomorrow In addition to the above Merriam Webster on-line definition,…
Blog
Rocky Mountain Writer #70
Jamie Raintree & Your Most Productive Writing Year The guest is Jamie Raintree, who is presenting this month’s free workshop (Saturday, Jan. 21) for RMFW in downtown Denver. The presentation is called “Your Most Productive Writing Year” and on the podcast Jamie offers highlights from her approach to planning your writing and your writing career….
Happy New Year
The new year is a time to look ahead but also a time to reflect. The timing of this column is significant to me because ten years ago yesterday – January 12, 2007 – I sat down to write what would become my first science fiction novel. I finished the first draft in ten days,…
Kindle Scout to Kindle Press—A Final Wrap-Up
When last I posted here, my book had been accepted for publication through Kindle Scout, but wasn’t yet available to be purchased. Since then, it’s gone up for pre-order, and then for general purchase. Rankings have been lingering in the five figures, between about 65,000 as the low and 12,000 as the high. I had…
Romance Sub-genres Part 2
Happy New Year, Campers. I hope you had a wonderful Christmas. Ours involved 80-100mph winds and no electricity. We had a daring chicken rescue as well but that’s a story for another time. Last month we covered some of the sub-genres of Romance – Romantic Comedy, Chick-Lit, Contemporary, Romantic Suspense, Historical, Inspirational. Wow, that’s a…