Back to Weekend Blogging
I got the permanent job I applied for and I will start my new job on Monday. So, more than likely, I'll be back to weekend blogging.
I've tried to get a lot of writing done during my time off but I wonder, sometimes, if having a job and having to fight for the time to write actually makes me more productive. Not that I haven't accomplished probably more writing than I would have working full-time, but I think that the struggle to find the time to write makes that writing time even more precious.
Just a thought.
That's not to say I wouldn't mind making a living from my writing and not having to work at all. Not saying that at all.
But, for now, and the foreseeable future, I have to work and write. That's just the way it is and that's just the way I'll have to deal with it.
I've tried to get a lot of writing done during my time off but I wonder, sometimes, if having a job and having to fight for the time to write actually makes me more productive. Not that I haven't accomplished probably more writing than I would have working full-time, but I think that the struggle to find the time to write makes that writing time even more precious.
Just a thought.
That's not to say I wouldn't mind making a living from my writing and not having to work at all. Not saying that at all.
But, for now, and the foreseeable future, I have to work and write. That's just the way it is and that's just the way I'll have to deal with it.
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posted by Anna Black at
7:39 AM
"In the middle of the journey of our life I came to myself within a dark wood where the straight way was lost."
-- Dante Alghieri
4 Comments:
You know, I often think that I was far more productive and focused on my writing when I had a 'day' job. The writing time was so precious then that I really made the most of it... and now, it's so easy to fritter time away and waste it.
I'll bet your productivity actually rises!
That's the way I've felt these past two weeks, Portia. I mean, I'm very grateful for the time off but I can't help thinking I've frittered away so much time because I had so much time to fritter away!
I mean, sometimes, it's like that lovely Italian expression "dolce far niente", how sweet to do nothing. And I sure did a lot of nothing these past two weeks.
But I hadn't had a vacation in over a year and a half so I'm not going to feel too bad that I spent most of my time off just relaxing. I needed the rest. :)
However, I did start, draft and am currently revising a nearly 9,000 word short story, a historical fantasy, which I will be submitting this week. So it wasn't a total loss. :)
Yay for the permanent position! *dances* Go you, Anna!
I agree on the "less time, more writing" thing. I had a while between jobs where I could have probably cranked out at least one whole book -- probably two, since I wasn't, ya know, working -- but because I was so worried about money and fretting about not working for the first time since I became a teenager, I couldn't put a single word to the page.
As soon as I got another job, the ideas just about truckloaded me. *sigh* Of course, I didn't have time for them then.
Thanks, GB! It's only been a year and half of trying to find one but I was determined not to give up. :)
What you pointed out? That's exactly how it was and is with me. You have the time when you're not working, but unless you've won the lottery or inherited a fortune, you're worried so much about paying bills and such. Then when you do get a job, suddenly there's no more time. Ach!
But we find a way, somehow, to get those words on paper.
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