Comments on: The Moveable Muse

By: Kathleen S

Kathleen S — Mon, 23 May 2016 20:32:30 +0000

I've been stymied-- even though the grandkids have finally grown up enough to stay home alone I can't even think about writing. Now it is my husband! The company he worked for closed it's doors and he is at home all the time. Every time I move he pops up from somewhere with a question or a task or even some object he wants me to put away. Even when he is downstairs I can feel him breath. It helps to read what other writers are doing to find the time to write. Thank you all.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sat, 21 May 2016 17:57:05 +0000

In reply to littlemissw. Quiet time was how I dealt with it when I had one who had graduated from naps and one who still took them. We seem to have gotten away from it as I added kids. :)

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Sat, 21 May 2016 17:29:40 +0000

I write music and nonfiction as well as fiction, and with four kids it's a constantly shifting paradigm. I need complete silence in order to think, so I get up at 5 or 5:30 every day and get usually half an hour of concentrated work time. I've learned that I can write a blog post at piano lessons; I can sit in the van and revise; I can go to the library for the hour between workout class and preschool pickup and stay off the bleepety-bleep internet, which is almost always a guarantee of productive time. And I save research and writing piano parts for times when the kids are around, because it's physical and for that reason it's possible to do it. Those are a few of my coping techniques...

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By: Laura LeighAnne

Laura LeighAnne — Fri, 13 May 2016 20:26:45 +0000

I can't last more than a day without writing something; even if it's just a journal entry. My inspiration hits me most at the oddest of times, mostly when I'm Swiffering with the radio on and dancing, and also in my regular day job. The things people will say and do in my line of work (IT/IS, or Computer Instruction) always seem to spark ideas and quirky lines that I will play around with, but I write them down in a notepad when I hear them. As far writing time goes, my Navy Sons are both grown and gone and I'm twice divorced, so I can write without too many obligations or responsibilities, usually on weekends, two nights a week, and when the words just hit me. Sometimes I will even schedule an extra day of writing just by writing it down in my agenda book. I actually am starting to live "the writer's life," and I love being on my own, alone at 50 years old, to do it. I love this life! -- Laura LeighAnne

By: aimiekrunyan

aimiekrunyan — Thu, 05 May 2016 19:10:51 +0000

In reply to Laura Lynn Fictionista. I know... I'm learning that I can't count on any routine to last more than 5 minutes at this stage!

By: Laura Lynn Fictionista

Laura Lynn Fictionista — Thu, 05 May 2016 19:00:08 +0000

Everything changes when the kids get older. My teen son in the summer stays up all night and sleeps all day. It actually works pretty well for me except for the mess in the kitchen the next morning.

By: aimiekrunyan

aimiekrunyan — Thu, 05 May 2016 14:30:13 +0000

In reply to littlemissw. How lovely! I'll be implementing that strategy this summer and hope I can help my 3 year old off my lap :-)

By: littlemissw

littlemissw — Wed, 04 May 2016 10:21:36 +0000

After lunch we have 'quiet time'. I put on the cartoons, snuggle up on the sofa with my four year old and attack my key board for as long as I can before my mum-guilt kicks in - I usually get ninety minutes.

By: Aimie Trumbly Runyan

Aimie Trumbly Runyan — Tue, 03 May 2016 04:07:10 +0000

In reply to storywrtr. It's a great place for those sorts of services! I love our rec center!