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Minutes from my first board meeting

The meeting was commenced at 7:07.

Attendees: Tim Haag, Boo Haag

Approval of minutes: N/A

Officers Reports: Tim reported he had started a new blog that will, in the future, consist of a variety of forms of writing, including advice columns, cartoons, recipes, telegrams, and classified ads.

Boo presented his daily ‘Premeditated Canine Starvation’ report in which Tim is accused of spending far too little time attending to Boo’s dietary needs.

Main Motions: Moved by Tim and seconded that the daily writing warmup will continue. The motion carried with two in favor and zero against.

Moved by Tim and seconded that the theme for the wordinventions blog will soon change. The motion carried with two in favor and zero against.

Announcements: Boo shared his strategy of seconding all of Tim’s motions as long as he is is graced with a peanut butter-enhanced Kong session.

Boo also expressed dissatisfaction that we did not include him in the Kong photo.

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URL: https://dogs.thefuntimesguide.com/files/dog-and-kong-by-oakleyoriginals.jpg

Adjournment: Boo moved that the meeting be adjourned, and this was agreed upon at 7:29 PM.

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After a Scrivener session…

A few more helpful bits to apply to my projects…

  1. There is a ‘Snapshot’ feature that encourages you to experiment with your writing and then roll back to the point where you ‘took a snapshot’ and followed the alternative path.
  2. Consider using one of Scrivener’s own project templates. It helps to streamline the Compile [i.e. export] process to Kindle and other sites.
  3. Scrivener auto-saves every two seconds. Niiiiice.

I’ve really enjoyed working with this product.  Very affordable for its extensive features and customization options.

Just a sample of some of the options…[click the image for a close-up]

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Self-accountability…

I have to remind myself that the blog is just as much to make me accountable to myself.

With that in mind…

“So, Tim, what’s going on with your Lisa G book?”

“Sitting down and editing never feels like I’m getting anything done. It just doesn’t feel ‘concrete’ enough. It feels better when I see new words on the screen.”

“It’s only 2000 words, for god’s sake. Just set a timer for 15 minutes and forge ahead!”

“Okay, yeah, yeah. What a nag.”

“Gimme a break. You’re just wussing out to resistance. Remember–just 15 minutes. And check back with me tomorrow.”

Shame on me…

About five years ago, during a short midday stroll, I approached a tall thick hedge.

On the other side of that hedge, an SUV driver was blindly backing up at a good clip.

Something [call it a guardian angel] caused me to pause as I reached the hedge. [Guess you could say I ‘hedged at the hedge’…**]

One more step and I’d have been seriously munched.

What’s the point?

In his ‘Read Obituaries’ section in Show Your Work, Austin Kleon tells us of how George Lucas, after nearly dying in a car accident in his teens, decided ‘every day now is an extra day’.

Shame on me for not making that my mantra since that near-hit day.

 

 

**Hey! Blame Austin Kleon for that one.  Quote from Show Your Work:  “Take inspiration from the people who muddled through life before you…making do with what they were given, and having the guts to put themselves out there. Follow their example.”