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  1. Celebrate this short week after Memorial Day by writing consistently in short, manageable sessions. It's the whole short theme, see?
  2. One, two, three, TUESDAY ALREADY!!! Time to start writing....
  3. "Fortune befriends the bold." -- Emily Dickinson
  4. If you have chosen to not write today, enjoy that fully, and guilt-free. Guilt ruins things and spoils the rest in a day off.
  5. Get the 4 C's: Confidence, Competence, Creativity, and Career progression that membership in this Club can provide: ow.ly/bbWP0
  6. I double-dog-dare you to join us and finish that writing project you've been avoiding: academicwritingclub.com
  7. Even when friends are barbequing around you, you can sneak away for 10 minutes and write if you need to.
  8. This club promotes the 4 P's: Positivity, Persistence, Pride in a completed dissertation, and/or Publication: ow.ly/bbX1l
  9. One Writing Club participant just added up her "ten minutes of stolen writing" sessions and reported having written a darned lot! Cool, huh?
  10. The first day of our writing club feels like the first day of school. It's fun, & you can go get new shoes: academicwritingclub.com
  11. "Always remember that the future comes one day at a time." --Dean Acheson
  12. The world will spin without you for a while if you hide away and write somewhere for half an hour. Try it. Then plan to do it again soon.
  13. If you have been putting off your writing, you're in luck, because a new Writing Club starts tomorrow! academicwritingclub.com
  14. If you don't believe stealing ten minutes consistently can add up to a finished writing project, talk to us: academicwritingclub.com
  15. Give yourself permission to spend time on the projects that are important to you.
  16. At times, you may reach a "NFW I'm writing today" type of inner rebellion. Honor that, somewhere fun, & know you'll be back & writing soon.
  17. How to Make Peace With Your Internal Editor (and Whether or Not You Should): gblog2.academicladder.com
  18. "If you wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes. If you don't wait for tomorrow, tomorrow comes." ~Senegalese Proverb
  19. A paragraph is better than nothing. Write in small doses and write often, and watch it all add up to a finished product.
  20. If the thought of writing during the summer makes you want to give up and head to the beach, join us here: academicwritingclub.com