Finding Time

I can understand why many people don't actually become published until their kids are grown and gone. I imagine many of them are in enclosed atmospheres like I am. This house is livable - but still so small that it's impossible to get away from everyone and be able to work … well, not impossible, but mighty rough to organize.

I've been editing my first book to get it ready to present at a convention or send to agents soon. And last night I was working on a chapter - really going at it good. Only I couldn't finish the chapter because my son wanted to go to bed. Upstairs there's my studio and his bedroom - two really small rooms across from one another. He claims the light bothers him - I say shut his door - he says the light bothers him still from under the door. Well, that's bull. I'm pretty sure it was hubby talking more than son at that point.

Anyway, I had to quit before finishing the chapter and that hasn't helped my confidence at being able to make the writing thing work. I always get this. And mind you, the family should not have felt any neglect at this time - I had already spent a lot of time with them - my husband and I had a lot of alone time before hand - and the kids had a wonderful weekend.

But I did get a lot of work done last night in the time I had to me - did a lot of brainstorming for a direct marketing letter, messed with getting files in order, and then much of that chapter edited - and it turned out to be heavy editing. Not changing anything, just heavy revisions. More than just a quick spelling and punctuation correction run.

I thought I would rest a little and watch tv and then work a bit more on something once hubby went to bed. And he went to bed, but not to sleep. Kept clapping his hands and hollaring at me to get back there. He had a headache and his chest hurt a little and stomache's upset, so he was needy. He's got to learn how to eat just a little for supper and not as much as he can fit in! … and get some excersize.

Anyway, today isn't as smooth as I hoped, but I'll still get a little copywriting done - research gathered, and maybe some fiction work. Not sure what yet. The kids are home so I might just get to go to the studio and edit a little more tonight. In order to make the progress I want I really need to commit four hours a night to it - but my family life just doesn't allow that yet. I'm working on that.

I do have about an hour's worth of agent name gathering done. Next I'll sort them, crossing off the one's that don't cater to my genre and who aren't reliable. Hopefully, I'll still end up with at least five I can submit to.