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Ten hours a week may not be much, but I’m trying to make use of every last minute. Naptime? Scribble, type, type, type. An offer of an hour’s break from my husband? Scribble, type, type, type. A quiet moment when Sweetpea is doing puzzles and doesn’t want help? Scribble, scribble, scribble.
I’ve covered almost 5,000 words so far, though I’m not entirely through with them yet. Not terribly quick progress, I know but these were chapters that needed major changes throughout — the wholesale ditching of some parts, construction from scratch of others, and drastic modifications to the rest. So I’m actually quite happy about the progress I’ve made.
I wish that I could write after P has gone to bed, but every time I try this my mind runs riot and I can’t sleep that night. And without sleep I crash the next day. But this week I’ll have some sitter time to write, so I should be able to break the ten-hour barrier without crossing into insomniac territory.
If I don’t run out of steam, that is!
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I’m impressed that you’re digging out ten hours–I know how hard that is, because that few is not just sitting there waiting for you! I think it’s great that you’re keeping it going; that’s the important part and why you’ll keep making progress. Congrats!
Thanks, Becky! The ten hours are definitely not easy to find, and some weeks writing is downright impossible. But I find I’m a happier person and a better mom if I use my free time to create something, rather than just read, read, read. (Reading is *so* tempting when I’m tired, and sometimes that’s what I do. And that’s fine, because reading is a lovely thing to do, too. But what makes me feel really good is writing.)
Yay for ten hours a week. Hope the steam keeps steaming.
And good idea not to become an insomniac mom or writer.
A good idea indeed! Especially the mom part. That’s one reason why writing (much as I love it) will definitely stay a sideline while my daughter is small.