Thursday, December 16, 2010

Writing Balance

I wrote that story yesterday, the one from the dream I had about a man and his wall gadget. It turned out pretty good! It's more sci-fi/time travel, which I'm happy about because I've been meaning to write time travel but have been staying in the literary/mainstream genre for awhile now. I love both and so I'm completely happy with what I'm producing.

I notice that while writing a whole story, in a day or a few days time, that I pay less attention to the kids and get grouchy when they interrupt me. Most of the time I'm doing dishes, laundry, reading books, basically being a mom. But when I get caught up with writing, being a mom gets pushed to the side and it makes me feel guilty. But then I'm happy that I wrote something and worked hard. I'm happy that I have another piece to send out.

Anyone else have this problem of being engrossed in writing and feeling the rest of their world crumble? How do you cope?

6 comments:

  1. Oh God ALL the time! I feel guilty even when the dog whines because I'm not paying her much attention.

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  2. For me, it's housework and personal hygiene! Not good.

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  3. Lol Talli. Do you get a little bit foul sometimes? Haha. Love it! But you wrote an awesome book, so it's totally acceptable.

    Jessica, I know what you mean. Henry the Dachshund makes all these groans and sighs when I've been writing too long!

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  4. My chores are overtaking my writing at this moment in time - so it's the writing that's going overboard :( Love your stories though Amy. Keep them coming!

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  5. Thanks Miss Mol! I'm doing chores now too : (~

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  6. Amy. I'm up in the morning at least three hours before anyone else. Those 3 hours are my lifeline. It's amazing how much one can get done when there's nothing to distract you. After that....

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