Who has time to write?
November 8th 2006 01:44
My partner is at work for say 10 hours a day. If I sit down and start writing as soon as he leaves and finish when he comes homes, I could be churning out an article or a book chapter per day! Instead, more often than not I end up with a clean page – and a spotless house.
It starts off as a matter of time management. I’ll just put some laundry in the machine, and write as it’s washing; pop dinner in the oven and write as it’s cooking; spray the shower with Shower Power and write as this wonder product does the cleaning for me. I could even paint my fingernails and write (very carefully) as the polish is drying. I can do it – I can achieve the dream that has felled scores of women before me. I can be both super wife and super career woman!
Problem is, once the washing is done the casserole needs stirring. Then the shower needs rinsing. And while I’m at it, I may as well do the hand basin. Then another load goes in, more stirring of dinner, and before I know it, I’m desperately slopping nail polish on minutes before the man returns home.
And not a lot of writing has been done. The man, by the way, loves it. He comes home every night to a spotless house, freshly ironed shirts and a gourmet dinner. And a wife who is surprisingly silent when he asks (more out of a sense of self-preservation than genuine interest) how was work today…
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Comment by K.L. Almeroth
Motherhood
To Writer's Lounge,
I loved this post. And how true it is!
I have a two-year-old, though, so not a lot of writing gets done during the day.
And my house isn't so spotless!
I enjoyed this.
K.L.
Comment by Margaret
Do you write romance?
Comment by K.L. Almeroth
Motherhood
To Margaret,
Yes, it's romance writing for me...more romantic suspense than traditional romance, though.
I like to think my little one benefits from me being home...only time will tell! If she starts reading romance novels addictively, then I'll know I've done something wrong!!
K.L.