If you’re a full-time writer—or even a part-time writer working at a desk for your day job—you know it’s true. We’re at risk for weight gain. It’s all that sitting. Plus we’re likely to eat the wrong things when we get hungry. We don’t want to leave our chairs, butContinue Reading
The biggest physical challenge for me is sitting for a long time in one spot! That activity—or lack of activity!—aggravates a lower back problem I have. To counteract the stiffness I develop from sitting too long, I take frequent breaks to walk around. Sometimes I just have a coffee andContinue Reading
As a writer, you may sometimes find that you lose faith in your work. I got a chance to check out the new movie “Keanu” a couple weeks ago, and it reminded me of this. Too hilarious, by the way, if you haven’t seen it. In the movie, the charactersContinue Reading
For the past five years, I’ve had a sore back off and on, but I thought it was just a part of living and getting older. However, two years ago, while I was about four months pregnant with my first child, something in my back gave out while I wasContinue Reading
There are a lot of things to consider when choosing a doctor. It’s not just the fact that some are more experienced or efficient than others. It’s that a good relationship with your doctor is important to your health, and let’s face it: we simply get along better with someContinue Reading
I typically experience headaches. I have been sitting at a computer for over 20 years as a business analyst. I have a pretty good handle on the physical aspects, sitting tall, stretching, etc. but my eyes can only take so much and well I am now in my mid 40’sContinue Reading
Did you know that working at the computer can cause hunchback? You’re knee-deep in your latest scene. You look and realize an hour has past. How was your posture? You probably didn’t think about it, but odds are you were hunched over that screen the whole time, upper back bent,Continue Reading
Obviously being a full-time author brings with it an excessive amount of sedentary time. For the most part, the only physical ailment (thus far) has been some back and neck pain associated with slumping over the keyboard all day. A few months ago I bought a posture shirt (the 2.0Continue Reading
It’s that time of year again—the time for spring cleaning! I’m feeling the urge to throw things away. Everywhere I look it seems I see too much stuff. On the desk, those papers, they need to go. In the closet, way too much. I haven’t worn that for a coupleContinue Reading
I started writing when I was young enough not to know any better. As a voracious reader, I just figured I could write stories and ideas as good as anything I was reading—ah, the hubris of youth! So with the encouragement of my husband, who knew even less about writingContinue Reading
by Sarah Schembri As a writer working from home, I know how creatively draining it can be when you don’t get out of the house to go to the office. I’m not complaining. Working from home allows me to create my own schedule and to work in complete silence, whichContinue Reading
I destroyed both my knees playing soccer with a group of parents who didn’t learn the sport until they were over thirty-five, but envied their children and wanted to learn a game which should only be played by the young. For me, the biggest physical challenge of writing is standingContinue Reading