When is the last time you had quiet time to sit and write whatever you wanted for an entire morning or afternoon? Do you ever get free time to just write without interruption? <\/p>\n
It seems as though, for most writers, life gets in the way and writing takes a backseat to work, family, entertaining, travel as well as events such as relocating, changing jobs, family illness, volunteer projects, extraordinary family demands or exhaustion. Do you see yourself in this paragraph? Does it make you sad to think that you don\u2019t have the time to write? <\/p>\n
What would you write if you could? If you had the uninterrupted time to sit and write all afternoon even one day per week, what would you write? Do you have an unfinished novel, business book or children\u2019s fantasy you would LOVE to finish and publish? Or do you enjoy whiling the hours away writing poetry?<\/p>\n
Do you have plans to someday get back to your writing? How is that plan shaping up? Do you see the light at the end of the tunnel leading to your writing desk? Or have you nearly decided to drop this dream along with those about marrying a rich bachelor, winning the lottery and becoming a famous athlete?<\/p>\n
I\u2019m blessed in that I can write every single day. Oh, there are days when it\u2019s nearly impossible to tend to business (and my writing has become a serious business) because there\u2019s a 3-year-old in the house or a sick cat has my attention, for example. But I\u2019ve managed to weave writing into my life so that it is as much a part of my existence as is daily exercise, eating and pursuing my close relationships. There are times when I write probably forty hours per week. I love when that happens. When you have created a writing-related business, however, you have to pursue a lot of other tasks that don\u2019t directly involve the act of writing. And I spend an additional twenty hours per week on those activities. <\/p>\n
When life happens, those numbers are reduced or my sleeping hours are interrupted so I can put in the time and get the work done. And I generally do work seven days per week, with some time off for good behavior. For example, it\u2019s 5:15 on a Sunday morning here in California as I complete my blog so I can get back to work on the revision of my Over 100 Good Ideas for Promoting Your Book<\/em><\/strong>. This morning, I\u2019ve already designed an order form to tuck in with the new perfect bound version of Catscapades, True Cat Tales<\/em><\/strong>\u2014to be produced, hopefully, by the end of March. (Let me know if you want to receive an announcement.) I also crunched some numbers in an attempt to determine how many copies of this book to have printed.<\/p>\n I am self-publishing both of these books through Matilija Press, my own publishing company.<\/p>\n So how much time do you spend writing each week? I hope it is enough to fill your soul and respond to your deepest creative needs. What do you give up in order to write? Is it worth it? Do you see hope for a more active writing future? Let\u2019s talk about it. Leave your comments here at this blog site.<\/p>\n And if you want to discuss your writing or your writing project with me, contact me at PLFry620@yahoo.com. In the meantime, I provide an enormous amount of help and resources for writers and authors at my website: http:\/\/www.matilijapress.com<\/a> <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" When is the last time you had quiet time to sit and write whatever you wanted for an entire morning or afternoon? Do you ever get free time to just write without interruption? It seems as though, for most writers, life gets in the way and writing takes a backseat to work, family, entertaining, travel […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[4],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t