A Cautionary Comic For Writers

By Debbie Ohi  |  May 21, 2011  | 

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  1. Julia Munroe Martin on May 21, 2011 at 12:28 pm

    Thank you so much for the comical look at my life!



  2. Cynthia Robertson on May 21, 2011 at 12:43 pm

    Hahahaha! So true!!
    Someone’s been looking over my shoulder =)



  3. Birgit on May 21, 2011 at 12:45 pm

    Now that sounds familiar *lol*.



  4. Kerry Ann (aka vinobaby) on May 21, 2011 at 2:08 pm

    Fabulous! That is the absolute perfect example of my “typical” day. I swear I am just going to disconnect the internet from my writing computer. But I use the excuse of needing Dictionary.com at my beck and call.

    Thanks for a laugh.

    Cheers!



  5. Kristan Hoffman on May 21, 2011 at 2:11 pm

    Lol so. freaking. true!! And that’s precisely why I’ve started KILLING THE INTERNET for specified time periods. And then like magic, I suddenly pound out hundreds (sometimes thousands) of words.

    Freedom for Mac — I HIGHLY recommend it.



  6. Richard Mabry on May 21, 2011 at 2:38 pm

    Stop making me feel guilty–but don’t stop making me laugh. Thanks for sharing.



  7. Robin Weeks on May 21, 2011 at 4:29 pm

    Yup. Just like that. Except you missed “check blogroll to see if any of the blogs she’s following have new posts.” Which is how I got here ….



  8. Kathleen Bolton on May 21, 2011 at 4:34 pm

    *facepalm* This is me sooooo much! Thanks for the laugh!



  9. Lora Rivera on May 21, 2011 at 4:59 pm

    So true!! Ugh.

    @KristanHoffman I’m going to try killing the internet. Somewhat like a refrigerator/pantry purge when one is on a diet.

    *musing* What if I hooked up a timer to my internet connection? Like on light-up Christmas reindeer? Seriously, I think I’m turning over a new leaf. Great comic!



    • Geoffrey Talbot on May 27, 2011 at 9:20 am

      I have tried killing the internet and concentrating on writing, writing, writing but I just can’t do it…

      Probably why I am commenting on this blog right now…



  10. Therese Walsh on May 21, 2011 at 6:03 pm

    I second Kath’s facepalm. Thanks for the Comic of the Year!



  11. Edie Ramer on May 21, 2011 at 7:46 pm

    LOL How did you get into my mind? I shouldn’t even be here! I should be writing instead.



  12. Mandy Calvin on May 21, 2011 at 9:48 pm

    Delightfully witty comic, haha. I just posted on my blog about this very subject, getting sidetracked. It’s so very true though.



  13. VicK on May 21, 2011 at 10:15 pm

    That is my life.

    I’m going to print it off and stick it to my computer to remind me not to do that one last check…



  14. Kit MacConnell on May 22, 2011 at 12:01 am

    Wow. Story of my life. XD I feel self-conscious of my crappy routine now.



  15. Mallory Snow on May 22, 2011 at 1:32 am

    This is genius! Thanks for another great one, Debbie!



  16. anne gallagher on May 22, 2011 at 5:55 am

    How can you know me so well when we’ve never even met?



  17. Stacy S. Jensen on May 22, 2011 at 7:54 am

    This is exactly why I should check email at noon instead of in the morning.



  18. kathryn magendie on May 22, 2011 at 8:20 am

    Laughing! So true …. lawd!



  19. Amy Sue Nathan on May 22, 2011 at 8:27 am

    Oh so true. Oh so sad! Oh so me!

    Oh so sadly true for me!



  20. Lisa Rivero on May 22, 2011 at 8:29 am

    Perfect!! I so love your comics, Debbie, none more (so far) than this one.
    ~ Lisa



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  22. Lorna Suzuki on May 22, 2011 at 10:24 am

    Oh, so true! lol That is why I must make sure I get a specific word count down before I get sucked into that vortex known as Twitter! And though fans have started the Imago Fantasy series FB fan page where I’ll be posting movie updates as it marches toward production, I deliberately avoid having a personal FB account I use otherwise, I know even less writing will get done!
    Thanks for sharing in your wisdom, Deb!



  23. Lou Belcher on May 22, 2011 at 10:41 am

    Wow… this hits home. Great comic.

    Lou



  24. Katherine Hyde on May 22, 2011 at 2:15 pm

    This is why I do all my web activity on my desktop computer and my writing on my laptop. My laptop is connected to the Internet so I can do research if I need to, but other than that I pretend it’s offline.



  25. Celia on May 22, 2011 at 7:51 pm

    Ha ha, excellent! I’m getting off the computer right now …



  26. Jeffrey Keefer on May 22, 2011 at 8:16 pm

    Alas, my life.



  27. jenelcc on May 22, 2011 at 11:46 pm

    Love this! I thought computers were supposed to make us MORE productive. :-)



  28. Rich on May 23, 2011 at 7:17 am

    This is too damn true…and hysterically funny.



  29. Debbie Ohi on May 23, 2011 at 7:53 am

    Heh. Thanks, all. The comic isn’t at ALL based on my life, of course (ahem). :-)

    Seriously, though, I’ve been feeling this way more and more lately. So much so that I’m going to change around my work day so that I minimize my online time in the mornings. I’ll be posting more about this in Inkygirl.com today.



  30. Debbie Ohi on May 23, 2011 at 7:54 am

    And uh, YES, I’m online now to post this comment. I did say “going to”…. :-D



  31. Rachel on May 23, 2011 at 11:29 am

    OMG! This is so me! Thanks for the swift kick in the rear. I will start writing immediately…well as soon as I read your other blog post.



  32. Yahong on May 23, 2011 at 2:05 pm

    LOVE this. Love. This.



  33. Jemi Fraser on May 23, 2011 at 3:07 pm

    That’s so true!!! :)



  34. Sophia Chang on May 23, 2011 at 3:11 pm

    This is so frightening I think it singlehandedly make me decide to go on another internet-dark period.



  35. Amanda on May 23, 2011 at 9:53 pm

    Oh my – how terrifyingly accurate. Were you looking in my office window? For five hours?



  36. Darren Cormier on May 24, 2011 at 1:06 am

    And what did I do, once I saw this… I tweeted it. And posted it on a couple of Facebook and LinkedIn message boards.
    And how did I find this? From a different article on this blog that another writer friend had posted on Facebook. And what was my intention when I got home from work today (instead of Facebooking and tweeting?): to write… and fold laundry.

    I’ve written Facebook comments and tweets and folded half of my laundry. I guess that’s productive. : )



  37. StaceyW on May 24, 2011 at 1:21 pm

    It’s sad how true this is. Great, fun little post. And a quick one, too. :)



  38. Moxie-Dude on May 26, 2011 at 11:20 am

    HA-HA! So happy to learn that I’m not the only one who has days like that. DAYS?!! Ok. Now I’m just sad.



  39. Geoffrey Talbot on May 27, 2011 at 9:21 am

    I believe I have an addiction and this blog highlighted this… I must make sure my wife never reads this post…

    Thanks a lot!



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  41. Phil Mills on June 5, 2012 at 8:36 am

    I think you could change “writing” in your first image to “[name of your obligation here]”. :)



  42. Arun Kumar on July 12, 2012 at 11:26 am

    I use pomodoro try it out http://www.tomighty.org/



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