We All Have 24 Hours in Each Day...

[jimhines]

One of the questions I hear a lot is about finding the time to write. My process has varied over the past 25 years. During my undergrad years, I’d write in the evenings. When I started working for the State, I wrote during my lunch hour each day, along with whatever I could squeeze in during evenings and weekends. When Amy was sick, I basically

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[ext_5557288]

For many years I managed to do some writing almost every day, usually in the evenings. (And even so, I average two books a year.) This year I've had more mental challenges (hello, COVID) and some fairly overwhelming physical ones (underactive thyroid causing exhaustion, which is really saying something considering I'm always more tired than the average person because of fibro and stuff). If I manage to write three or four times a week for half the time I used to, I'm doing well.

It's frustrating, but I know I'm doing the best I can under the current circumstances. And that's all any of us can do.

[jimhines]

It's so frustrating! But yeah, we do the best we can. Lately, it feels like we should get bonus points just for making it through each day with our sanity (mostly) intact.

[ext_5557288]

Do chocolate and wine count as bonus points?

[jimhines]

Always!