So today my self-imposed holiday ends, and I’m back to work – but just writing. For the foreseeable future (and that could change at any moment, should I receive a phone call for a job interview) I’m a full-time writer.
I’m looking forward to this. I have great dreams of this being a marvelous time. Not only do I get to write every day (or nearly every day – being full time I might actually get to have a day off a week), but I also anticipate that I’ll develop a routine to stay on top of the housework and have a shiny, clean house.
Stop laughing. I will do it. You’ll see.
I hate you all.
I’ve not had the chance to write full time since Feb/Mar 2008, and back then I was still the wannabe, striving to achieve the great goal of publication. Yet, I was very disciplined and did a sterling job of writing every day. Now I have a contract. Deadlines. Expectations. Hopefully my discipline will be up to the task.
I’m making another change to the writing situation. Currently, I work out in the dining room. When I started, this worked well but as the pressure and stress built, my ability to ignore what was going on around me decreased significantly and I started to be easily distracted. I’m generally quite good at ignoring distractions (comes from being the eldest of seven children and my first job being a teacher) so it’s been hard to have to work at it.
The obvious solution would be to move into the spare room, except that would involve taking the bed down and we kinda need that until after the launch. So, onto my temporary solution which is more psychological than anything else.
I’ve bought myself a cheap and strangely attractive cane room divider. I say strangely attractive cause I actually don’t like cane as a furnishing material, but for some reason this piece actually looks OK in our mix of wood, metal and glass furnished dining room.
So when I’m just mucking around on the computer, it’s off to the side but when I’m actually working, it’s going to be up and round me. A temporary, not very efficient writing room that will hopefully help me to concentrate. I’ll let you know how it goes.
Today, I start work on Rogue Gadda, going over it myself and with the aid of readers comments. I’m expecting the copyedits of Power Unbound to arrive June 21, so I’m hoping to have Rogue Gadda just about ready by then. Take a few days to polish it before handing it on July 1, then get copyedits finish and hopefully field lots of media requests and letters of congratulation and the launch of Secret Ones.