Ongoing Studying and Training

It seems that I am continuously studying and in training for the next job I want to pursue. Often, I'm not even aware that I am studying. I just do not like to be bored. So learning and training fill any void moments that may occur in my life.

Perhaps I am learning how to do a new craft or learning a new technique for a craft I have been doing for years. I practice until I get it right. Sometimes I incorporate the techniques into my own patterns or I create my own techniques for my patterns. Sometimes my own techniques are delivered via a blog post as a tip or I might create a video to show how the new technique should be performed. Others may be training as well.

I have even been known to make videos to bring someone else's technique or tutorial into better focus for the student. The original instructor does get the credit, but I like for people to understand features that may be missing from the original instructor's instructions.

I practice my transcribing and typing speed when I have a slow day.  That usually occurs about once a week for a couple of hours. I think that's important if someone has spoken a book they wish to have transcribed. This might come in handy for someone who has spoken ideas rather than a book as well,  and is in need of a ghost writer to put everything in order.

In case I decide to start speaking instead of writing my books, I do have Dragon Naturally Speaking for myself  but the program isn't as easy to use as the commercial claims. Hopefully I can get back to practicing that soon after my son graduates.

I like to study authors from the past, authors from my region, authors who were born in my birth month of March, and those who have won prizes in writing--especially the Pulitzer and Nobel Prizes. My recent studies have made me curious about Rose Wilder-Lane, Laura Ingalls-Wilder's daughter. She had a nice writing career and some even believe Rose wrote the books that her mother was accredited for. It's interesting to discover that Dr. Seuss would take a year sometimes to complete a book, and that Ernest Hemingway would often have a new book ready to publish in a only couple of weeks.

I take more of the Dr. Seuss approach with my e-books and blog books. But I can usually write an article within a week or two. Ernest Hemingway had someone else to do his laundry, clean his house, wash the dishes, and other household chores that allowed him to dedicate eight hours a day to writing. I prefer to do all that other stuff myself as well. My husband offers to help but he has a full time job. He doesn't need to come home to more work. Ü With a definite hire I would, of course, create a new routine so I could write eight hours a day at least four days a week though. That is the new dream I am leading life to.

Thanks for visiting,

 Patricia