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About This Author
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La Bene Vita
I am a professional musician  , worship leader , small business owner , songwriter , aspiring author and freelance nonfiction writer with a chemical engineering degree .
But that's just my resume.
My profile of qualifications is only one of the ways in which I am unique. Here I chronicle my personal and professional goals and my efforts to achieve them. Occasionally I fail. Mostly, I take daily baby steps toward all my long-term goals. Much like the stories I pen, the songs I compose, and the businesses I run, I am always a work in progress.
September 2, 2011 at 1:54pm September 2, 2011 at 1:54pm
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Sometimes I think I would write more if I had a comfortable place to do it. Looking for comments: Where do you normally spend time writing? What setup / posture / furniture / room do you find most conducive to your productivity (and creativity)? Music or quiet? What tool do you use most often (laptop? desktop? word processor? pen-and-paper?)
Personally, I need a bigger house. I need a quiet room way on one end, far away from kids and TV and garage (where Keith and the boys like to jam to hard rock and drink beer.) Music is okay for writing sometimes (classical music), but usually to drown out distractions. I prefer silence. I would like my room to be a library, with built-in bookshelves stacked floor to ceiling, with a big, comfortable, leather office chair tucked under a pretty mahogany desk. In the corner of the room, there's a recliner - or even better, a stuffed chair with an ottoman - with its own little end table and tall floor lamp. A fire is crackling in the fireplace, and there's a refrigerator stocked with beverages. No snacks, though. Snacks for me are procrastination, because I'm rarely *really* hungry. And of course I need a guitar stool in the other corner, set up next to a small table, with a music stand, a microphone on a stand and an acoustic guitar amp.
Sadly, all I have at home is a reclining couch in the living room and a coffee table with a top that lifts over my lap. On occasion, sprawled across the bed with a notebook and pen work, but only for ten or fifteen minutes at a time, before my back and neck start to ache. I have a better setup at work, but I can never write at work. I can only work at work. |
September 2, 2011 at 10:57am September 2, 2011 at 10:57am
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...my mother redefined "Labor" Day. Today, I get all the credit in the form of presents, well-wishes, candy and tequila! Go me!
My puppy is spending the day with me, which is nice. He's so adorable. He reminds me of a Muppet. Animal, usually. Right now, he's chomping on a Nylabone, which is the ideal replacement for the fingers (attached to my hand) that he was chewing on a few moments ago.
I wrote a Textbroker article today. I may write a couple more. TB has a slew of orders from Sears, and the project is expected to go into November. Once you write one or two, you get the hang of it, and they're pretty easy.
Or I may play video games all day. |
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Thanks for sharing!
Even better if she can whistle to the tune of Mozart or something. 
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