When I was a younger writer, I dreamed of swaying in a hammock in between palm trees while writing books. Now I'm all grown up, and I spend my precious lunch hour doing mind-numbing line edits on my novel.
The writing life is a series of compromises: deciding how much time to allot for the day job, your family, and your novel.
Our friend Susan Henderson is interviewing novelist/blogger/mother Patry Francis this week, diving into one of the most easily overlooked (but essential) questions a fledgling writer needs to answer.
Despite a busy life, how do you find a time and a place to write? Check out this marvelous answer:
"I think we writers can get too precious and mystical about the conditions under which we work - only in a certain room at a precise temperature, at an exact hour of the day. Lately, I’ve challenged myself to produce even when my son’s playing his electric guitar, my daughter has three friends laughing in the next room, the phone’s ringing, and the dog’s begging for a walk."
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