How many of us are getting up before dawn or staying up after midnight because our dream might just inconvenience someone else? Let them be inconvenienced for a change!We ladies bend more than the karma sutra and that is okay, but if our husband actually has to watch the kids for an hour in the evening that is too much?
No.
Because this is me. I fit my writing in wherever I can, and I don't ask my husband for any extra time. And it's not like he'd ever say no. He's totally supportive. But I feel guilty taking time away from him and the kids to go write. After reading these articles, though, I knew I have to do it. Just for November, I'm telling myself. We'll see how it goes. But on days when the older kid comes home at noon from preschool (there are two days a week where he stays in the afternoon, giving me several glorious hours for writing), I will leave once my husband gets home and go to the library for an hour and a half to write.
Yesterday I took three loads of laundry to the laundromat (because the piles of laundry were seriously starting to take over the house, and we don't have a working dryer) and got started on my NaNo book. It's my first foray into YA, a supernatural thriller set in the 1960s. I'm so excited about it. 1750 words so far, folks. Yay!
Are you writing a novel for NaNo this year? What's your schedule like? Do you have trouble giving priority to your writing?
You know, that's what I figured a few years back. And it was NaNo for me too.
ReplyDeleteI think, if it's important enough for us, we will find the time to write. And if this sometimes causes inconvenients to people living with us... ok. Be it.
I am doing NaNo, though I'm revising a novelette and writing loads of blog post.
Having a lot of fun so far.
How's yoru going? :-)
Good, except yesterday my husband had a dentist appointment, so no going to the library for me. :(
DeleteToday the kid is at preschool until 4pm, though, so I'll get to try and catch up!
Yay! You're writing! I'm so happy for you!
ReplyDeleteThank you!
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