{"id":4276,"date":"2017-01-06T06:32:52","date_gmt":"2017-01-06T13:32:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sallyfranklinchristie.com\/wp\/?p=4276"},"modified":"2024-07-09T16:04:54","modified_gmt":"2024-07-09T22:04:54","slug":"4276","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/sallyfranklinchristie.com\/wp\/4276\/","title":{"rendered":"Procrastinating, Dilly-dallying, Puttering"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"4277\" data-permalink=\"http:\/\/sallyfranklinchristie.com\/wp\/4276\/raven\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sallyfranklinchristie.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/raven.png?fit=200%2C251\" data-orig-size=\"200,251\" data-comments-opened=\"0\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"raven\" data-image-description=\"&lt;p&gt;raven &lt;\/p&gt;\n\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sallyfranklinchristie.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/raven.png?fit=200%2C251\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-4277 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/sallyfranklinchristie.com\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/01\/raven.png?resize=200%2C251\" alt=\"raven \" width=\"200\" height=\"251\" \/>Hello again and Welcome to Fiction Friday.<\/h2>\n<p>All new years start off with good intentions.<\/p>\n<p>I am writing this Fiction Friday post because I am putting off revising a scene from my WIP.<\/p>\n<p>I have committed FaceBook-ary, Tweeted, researched the nature of Ravens and watched The Blacklist. \u00a0Now, I&#8217;m here..<\/p>\n<p>I know <em>Procrastination<\/em> is a serious problem. \u00a0Look at all of the words related to the topic. \u00a0The person who gathered this list probably should have been cleaning up after the family cat.<\/p>\n<p>The scene I am working on, should be working on, is an interesting one so I am not at all sure why I don&#8217;t slip on a pair of Nikes and just <em>Do It<\/em>..<\/p>\n<p>My protagonist, Judy Hawks is doing a welfare check for her home-bound friend, Carl Eps. \u00a0She arrives at the elderly social worker&#8217;s house and finds her dead. \u00a0Just dead. \u00a0The front door is open, the refrigerator is humming and Mrs. Finley is sitting in a task chair at her desk, stock still, her hair a halo of white and unexpectedly soft as Judy leans in to touch her cheek.<\/p>\n<p>While I am not revising this scene I thought I&#8217;d give you a list of Procrastination&#8217;s closest known associates, partners in crime or at least accomplices of some sort.<\/p>\n<p>Why don&#8217;t you all join me as I participate in\u00a0Procrastinating, Dilly-dallying and Puttering.<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Words Related to Procrastination<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 60px;\">dalliance<br \/>\ndawdling<br \/>\ndabbling<br \/>\ndelay<br \/>\ndelaying<br \/>\ndilly-dallying<br \/>\nfrittering<br \/>\nfrivoling<br \/>\nidling<br \/>\nloafing<br \/>\nloitering<br \/>\nplaying<br \/>\npoking<br \/>\nprocrastinating<br \/>\nputtering<br \/>\ntoying<br \/>\ntrifling<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<h4 style=\"padding-left: 90px; text-align: right;\">Don&#8217;t touch anything sharp.<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have committed FaceBook-ary, Tweeted, researched the nature of Ravens and watched The Blacklist.  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