7 things I do on deadline

That I think will make make a better writer but actually just create more work for myself

I’m on deadline for the next draft of GUARDIANS 2 and I am in full-on ADHD panic mode. This, of course, means that in order to avoid doing actual work while feeling like I’m doing work, I have:

1. Bought several books on writing craft and read exactly 0.684% of them all

Surely if I read a book on how to make something good, it will do the work of making it good for me!

2. Obsessively organized my entire life via every planner and planning app imaginable: bullet journals, Google Calendar, Notion, et al

Surely if I micromanage my neurodivergence down to the millisecond, that somehow means through the power of transference, the time I waste organizing minute details will be spent on fixing my book instead!

3. Made a bazillion little tweaks to my website that no one will notice but me

Adding content warnings for my books is work! It c…