A private book.
How wonderful.
The only thing I've written since releasing The Shadow Guardian is this blog. And lots of letters seeking publishers and agents. But I digress.
The reason I haven't written is because of life. A seemingly vague reason but a valid one all the same. Instead of writing I've been living.
In an effort not to be a starving artist I've worked. And I've paid bills. Did laundry. Cooked and snuck away from work to go swimming one afternoon.
All of these mundane tasks have been keeping me from my new passion. Writing is suddenly becoming a hobby for me and I think the self-deprecating comments I make on this blog are perhaps the only thing keeping me from feeling like I'll never write again.
I thought back today and tried to figure out when I used to find time to write before. Then I remembered that I had given up sleep and all forms of any kind of social life to work on my book. Suddenly I yearn for those 2AM sessions when I lost myself in my characters and my plot.
And it makes me beg the question: how do other writers find the time to write? We all have made huge sacrifices to get the point where we have been able to publish a book. I'd love to know just how everyone else manages to make time to pursue this noble undertaking we call writing when they have laundry, family and jobs.
So sound off and tell me just how you guys are able to make it work.
