Over at the Murderati blog, J. T. Ellison writes eloquently about information overload and writers. I think she’s absolutely right. I get more done when I disconnect from the Internet than I do at any other point. You have to quit thinking of the Web as a necessary information feed and think of it as what it really is: a distraction feed. It is feeding you distractions. Like this blog.
And so I’m not going to say anything more today, because you need to get back to your real life after you read J. T.’s words of wisdom, and I need to go write. Have a great weekend!
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Learning to disconnect has definitely been an important 2009 lesson. As the Pimp My Novel blog said yesterday:
“Good Idea: Reading industry blogs to improve your writing and querying.
Bad Idea: Reading industry blogs instead of writing or querying.”
http://pimpmynovel.blogspot.com/2010/02/good-ideabad-idea.html