Giveaway: Bliss Mid-Back Management Office Chair ($263 retail)

As writers, we all know the importance of B.I.C. (Butt in Chair) if we want to get any work done. We spend hours in front of the keyboard on a daily basis, so why not give your behind—and your back—the comfort it deserves!

WOW! Women On Writing is proud to team up with ComputerChairs.com and inmod.com for this luxurious giveaway. The Bliss Mid-Back Management Office Chair – 7202 by SAFCO features Tilt Tension Control, 4-Position Synchro Lock Mechanism and Height Adjustability, making it perfect for use as an office chair or conference chair for any home office or meeting room. Its comfortable seating and adjustable features create a look that is contemporary and functional. It’s valued at $399 and retails on ComputerChairs.com for $263. It’s available in flowers (as pictured) or plain fabric (your choice!). Full details and dimensions can be found here: http://www.computerchairs.com/safco-bliss-mid-back-management-office-chair-7202.html

Here at WOW! Women On Writing, we want you to know that we appreciate you! We want you to be comfortable while you are penning the Great American Novel at your desk or typing your next blog post. To express our gratitude, and to encourage great writing, we are giving away the Bliss Mid-Back Management Office Chair to one lucky reader! Simply fill out the Rafflecopter form below for a chance to win. Good luck!

[Notes: This contest is open to US residents only in the 48 contiguous states (which excludes Alaska and Hawaii). If you can't see the form below, click the "Read More >>" link or click here.]

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BIC or Pajama Day?

Friday was a fantastically awful writing day. I slogged through my daily word count. Sure, I wrote 1000 words, but my editors will never see any of it.

The next day everyone else in the family had a Boy Scout hike. Ten blessed miles. That meant I would have something like six interruption free hours. What to do?

I could take the BIC approach. For those of you not familiar with the phrase that means Butt in Chair. You sit down and write even if all you produce is crap.

Thanks, but no. I’d already done that, and I was frustrated beyond belief. I’m sure you understand the horror of struggling all day to produce . . . nothing. Did I really want to do that again?

The BIC crowd would have said yes, but I’ll let you in on a secret that I’m hesitant to admit. I’m not a BIC kind of girl. Any time you tell me that I have to do something without fail, I look for an out.

Fortunately, I saw an out and I took it. Instead of practicing BIC on Saturday, I declared my day alone Pajama Day. Pajamas during the day means one of two things: Either I’m sick or this is a relaxing, fun day. Obviously, I was opting for the latter.

Clad in flannel pants and a long sleeve t-shirt, I could have still put my BIC. Instead, I baked two batches of cookies while I listened to an audio copy of Louise Penny’s A Trick of the Light. I finished reading Debby Dahl Edwardson’s My Name Is Not Easy. I baked bread. I even took care of some business e-mail, not because I had to but because I wanted to. Pajamas have amazing powers to let me do what I want, not what someone else says I have to do.

What does this have to do with writing? BIC when I’m tapped out is nothing but frustrating. My writing doesn’t get better. It gets worse.

On Monday after Pajama Day, I was fully recharged. How do I know? I wrote approximately 2500 words and most of them were usable.

If you normally advocate BIC but seem to have hit a wall, try switching projects. If that doesn’t work and you simply cannot get the words to flow on any project at all, give yourself a Pajama Day. Or you might try a jeans and hiking boots day. Or a swim suit and flip flops. Whatever you wear, spend a day doing whatever you want.

You may be surprised at how the words flow when you sit back down at the keyboard.

–SueBE

Author Sue Bradford Edwards blogs at One Writer's Journey.

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