habits – Mark Posey–Crime, Thrillers, Suspense

The Recliner Is Not My Friend

Leave a Comment / Writing life / July 20, 2026 / author life, creative process, distractions, Fall From Grace, fiction writing, focus, Grace Worthington, habits, indie author, mark posey, novel writing, procrastination, productivity, Saving Grace, Thomas Billings, thriller writer, time management, writing, writing process, writing routine

Some writing obstacles aren’t plot problems or lack of inspiration—they’re upholstered. After unexpectedly finishing an entire chapter of Fall From Grace in a single day, I discovered the biggest difference wasn’t my writing. It was where I sat. The recliner I’d always considered a harmless pre-writing stop had quietly become the world’s most comfortable procrastination machine.

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The Things We Plant

Some of the most important things in life begin as something small and uncertain. A packet of seeds. A first chapter. A conversation. Standing in the garden this spring, watching green shoots push through the soil, reminded me that growth is often invisible until suddenly it isn’t—and that the things we plant today may become far more than we ever imagined.