I have helped start and run a handful of businesses over the last decade, and I spend the majority of my working time running a lot of day to day activity for one of these businesses now. Business ownership / self-employment is not the ideal setting for providing an immense amount of free time for writing. Owning a business means wearing lots of hats, multitasking lots of projects, and spending lots of hours. The buck stops with you, which is great, but frankly, the buck stops with you. There’s no one left to pass it on to.
When you pare the multiple business hats with the husband, daddy, son, brother, and friend hats, the author hat sometimes gets a bit pinched…okay, sat on, creased, and thrown into the corner where the moths devour all but the lining.
Scheduling helps—forcing a block of time when writing will happen frees that feeling of “never getting to it.” Sometimes it is just a matter of choosing writing over relaxation even when tired. Writing takes more energy, but offers oh-so-much-more fulfilment.
This post isn’t really meant to be a how-to guide for time management. Rather, I’ve had several people ask how my book is coming along, and I wanted to give you all a quick update.
I’m nearly done with edits for the third (possibly final) draft of MIST FALCON, BOOK ONE OF THE WARRIOR POET ARCHIVES.
The author hat finally got enough time—picked up, dusted off, and patched before perched on my head. Stay tuned for more upcoming news on MIST FALCON, and if you want to be the first to hear writing updates and receive giveaways, sign up over on the right and I’ll stay in touch.
When you pare the multiple business hats with the husband, daddy, son, brother, and friend hats, the author hat sometimes gets a bit pinched…okay, sat on, creased, and thrown into the corner where the moths devour all but the lining.
Scheduling helps—forcing a block of time when writing will happen frees that feeling of “never getting to it.” Sometimes it is just a matter of choosing writing over relaxation even when tired. Writing takes more energy, but offers oh-so-much-more fulfilment.
This post isn’t really meant to be a how-to guide for time management. Rather, I’ve had several people ask how my book is coming along, and I wanted to give you all a quick update.
I’m nearly done with edits for the third (possibly final) draft of MIST FALCON, BOOK ONE OF THE WARRIOR POET ARCHIVES.
The author hat finally got enough time—picked up, dusted off, and patched before perched on my head. Stay tuned for more upcoming news on MIST FALCON, and if you want to be the first to hear writing updates and receive giveaways, sign up over on the right and I’ll stay in touch.
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