A publishing
schedule? Wouldn’t that be nice! Publishing is up to the magazines I submit to.
I’ve been blessed that Cricket Magazine will be publishing another of my YA
adventure short stories in their April 2018 issue. It never ceases to thrill
me!
As
far as my writing schedule goes, it’s getting everyone else to adhere to it
that’s my problem. Sometimes my family needs to understand that I AM, in fact,
writing and require thinking time. You know, peace and quiet.
Okay,
it’s true! My husband and five children, as well as my extended family, have all
taught me how to work in short spurts. But no matter how many times I try to
tell them that I work best in the morning—and if things are going well, maybe
the afternoon too—they continue to “need” me at different times. In fact, they
have this interruption thing all timed out. Of course, they change it up a bit
so it’s not the same person calling, stopping by, or requiring my help or
insight at the same time during the day. The funny thing is that they each
think they’re the only one interrupting me throughout the day.
No!
It’s not simply a matter of not answering the telephone. They know where I
live. Most of them still live with me!
Does an empty nest happen to everybody, or only a select few?
When I run off to the library, the family seems to know where I hide among the
stacks.
My
husband says it’s because “we all love you.”
I love them, too. I really do. In fact, sometimes I ask for
their opinions on how to describe a certain action to a young reader. I’ll ask
them about my word choice or the steps in a scene. They can be very helpful.
Then at other times, they just get stuck staring at me as I try so hard to
hammer out a scene in my story. I can stay in my chair and write if they’d only
stop boring holes in my head, waiting for me to “finish” so they can ask me
something.
I’m thinking about moving to a deserted island. Of course
I’ll need internet service…and electricity for my laptop. And maybe my teapot
and a teacup. Some tea and cookies… Anyone have a better solution?
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appreciated. I wish you all every success in 2018!
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