I think you're a great writer, Paula. I know what you mean about the LJ account. Get out what you can, when you can! We'll be looking forward to reading.
I have to tell you, becoming a dad put the breaks on my writing for about 4 years, and when I became a single dad it was even harder, once I got the gumption to make the time.
Ultimately, that's the answer. Make it a priority, and make the time. An hour a night, an hour every two nights, whatever. Writing while you're in transit (modern technology is wonderful for that). I was writing prose and script in emails while at my old job during what free minutes I had, then I'd send those emails to myself and assemble the text into the piece I was working on.
It's tough, it really is, which means it requires a bit of pushing to get past. But I'm positive you can get it done, even if it's only a teeny bit at a time.
I hate to blame it on the baby, but... yeah. I didn't do crap after the boys were born until I set heavy, heavy guidelines. Even then, it took me about a year of limbering up with my pitch-a-week stuff before I had the stamina and ability to focus to write anything of any length... and I had to make rules that were, frankly, crazy and a little bit self-destructive ("I will go to sleep when the boys go to bed, wake up at midnight and write until 3 p.m. THIS WILL HAPPEN UNTIL THE GODDAMNED BOOK IS WRITTEN, SO SAYS PHAROAH!") before I could actually make it happen in a way that made me feel like I could call myself a writer.
So, yeah. Start small and don't do anything that takes more than ten minutes for the first few months. You'll get it back. Trust me.
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That means a lot.
Oh, why do I decide to jump on the blog bandwagon just before it's passe?
Ugh.
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Ultimately, that's the answer. Make it a priority, and make the time. An hour a night, an hour every two nights, whatever. Writing while you're in transit (modern technology is wonderful for that). I was writing prose and script in emails while at my old job during what free minutes I had, then I'd send those emails to myself and assemble the text into the piece I was working on.
It's tough, it really is, which means it requires a bit of pushing to get past. But I'm positive you can get it done, even if it's only a teeny bit at a time.
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So, yeah. Start small and don't do anything that takes more than ten minutes for the first few months. You'll get it back. Trust me.
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