How do you leave your writing behind when you\u2019re traveling? There\u2019s a lot going on in a writer\u2019s office and a lot of loose ends to tie up when you leave for a few days. But how many of you leave your work behind when you travel\u2014or do you take it with you?<\/p>\n
I\u2019ve been known to work on books and articles while traveling\u2014even before the computer came into being. Still, pad and pen in hand, I will jot down impressions, thoughts and concrete article\/blog ideas. I will write reminders to myself of things I need to do when I return. I will come up with ideas I\u2019ll want to flesh out and discuss with colleagues, clients or the SPAWN board or that I want to write about.<\/p>\n
I know writers who read books to review while traveling\u2014my own books have gone on many an exotic and mundane trip while being studied or read for review. <\/p>\n
Now, with the travel-size computer, it is easy to tame the email lion. I mean, who wants to face the enormous amount of email most of us get in a day after a week or even three days away? It would take a lot of time to sort it all and address the legitimate emails.<\/p>\n
Many of my trips involve work, as I travel to speak a lot, which is what I\u2019m doing this week. I\u2019ll be speaking to a writers\u2019 group near Sacramento Saturday on freelance writing. While traveling, I\u2019ll also be working on presentations for the upcoming Ojai Writer\u2019s Conference in June. I\u2019m presenting a workshop on writing a book proposal and I\u2019m the keynote speaker for the luncheon. The organizer wants me to talk about the ABC\u2019s of self-publishing.<\/p>\n
I am bringing a couple of books to read that don\u2019t relate to writing. But I\u2019m sure that I\u2019ll manage to make them about writing. I\u2019ll come across a sentence style that I\u2019ll want to discuss in this blog, a phrase that will generate some ideas for a client\u2019s project, a concept that could be expanded and related to something I\u2019m working on, etc. <\/p>\n
Certainly, I\u2019ll bring home a lot of new perspectives from my interaction with the writers group. Sometimes these encounters result in new articles or complete books. <\/p>\n
I\u2019d say it is impossible for a writer to get away from her work altogether. An astute writer sees opportunities and ideas everywhere and an enterprising writer puts the promising ones into practice.<\/p>\n
While I\u2019m away, how about ordering my book, Publish Your Book, Proven Strategies and Resources for the Enterprising Author<\/em>. It\u2019s at Amazon and most other online and downtown bookstores. In fact, if you purchased your copy of Publish Your Book<\/em> or Promote Your Book<\/em> in a bookstore, I\u2019d love to hear where it was. Leave a comment here or email me at PLFry620@yahoo.com <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" How do you leave your writing behind when you\u2019re traveling? There\u2019s a lot going on in a writer\u2019s office and a lot of loose ends to tie up when you leave for a few days. But how many of you leave your work behind when you travel\u2014or do you take it with you? I\u2019ve been […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t