Hump Day Happiness

An off the cuff title that popped into my head. I kind of like it. It has a...quirky catchiness to it. Maybe Wednesday will be official hump day on my blog. Anywho, taking a few minutes to type up this post and start hump day with some happiness. We're halfway through the week now and a good week it has been so far.

My muse decided it was bored and came back to fill my head to overflowing with ideas. Now, if only Motivation would show up, things would be rockin' in the writerly world more than they are. Guess I really can't have it all, so I'm making do with what I have.

Freelance Friday is fast approaching. Don't wander off too far, you won't want to miss this week's lineup of awesome freelance writers. Speaking of which, thanks to the interview with Suz Alicie on Monday, it sparked an idea for Motivated Monday.

What better motivation, besides cute kitties, could there be than to get to know our fellow freelance writers? Knowing the odd, unusual or random tidbit about our fellow writerly friends and their writerly world can inspire us to reach for the stars. We all have our own personality that I'd like to see shine and maybe inspire others.

With two jam packed writerly days, I have many Monday's and Friday's till the end of the year. Do you want to be featured on Friday or interviewed on Monday? Better yet, is there someone, or someone's, you feel should be featured? Leave names in the comments nominating folks for Motivated Monday and Freelance Friday. You can also email me at kbfreelancing@yahoo.com with the subject line of MM or FF with your nominations. I could pick them myself, but I'd love y'all to chime in and toss some names in the ring too. We're a huge community and maybe I'll pick up some new friends along the way.

It's time for my day to begin. Work is fairly screaming my name, yelling write me, no write me. Sounds like a bunch of kids wanting to be first on the team. Thank goodness for an ever revolving queue and numerous documents with title ideas. No article will ever be picked last for team Karen. See y'all soon!

Motivated Monday

Monday, the day of the week everyone hates the most. It doesn't matter if your job is inside or outside the house. Monday just seems to creep in determined to start things off on the wrong foot and leave you looking something like this....

Singer cat, flaivoloka/sxc.hu

I know, it's a really cute picture and that alone should be sufficiently motivating. I need more motivation besides a cute kitty though, so let's kick up the writerly motivation machine with some articles by fellow writers on keeping up motivation while writing and a few other hints and tips that might help.

Try using Lyn Lomasi's suggestion of goal lists to stay motivated. In Using Goal Lists to Stay on Task in Freelance Writing, she tells us the type of goal lists and the best place to keep them so they're most effective at keeping our Monday motivation going.

Another by Lyn, Freelance Writing Tips: Maximize Productivity and Inspiration Through Timing, she gives us tips for motivating ourselves through those times when the muse deserts us and we can't seem to get any words typed onto virtual paper.

Jaipi Sixbear shares her wisdom in Online Article Writers Tips - Exit the Pity Party. When your day just seems to be a big ball of, "I wanna rip my hair out and scream," (doesn't this sound just like Monday?) find out ways to move your writerly behind and get producing.

Another great article by Jaipi, Online Article Writers Tips - Share Your Goals, helps all us writerly types swing our focus out of the singular bubble we are in. Reach out to one or more people and find some motivation in sharing your goals to keep you going through the Monday blahs.

If you, or someone you know, has written articles on how to stay motivated as a writer, drop me a line at kbfreelancing@yahoo.com, subject line Motivated Monday Articles. I'll hang on to them for use in future Motivated Monday blog postings.