tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498845843905507548.post1316687817890058175..comments2024-03-28T00:24:39.106-04:00Comments on ROMANCE WRITERS OF AMERICA NYC: WHAT DO YOU DO WHEN YOU WEAR TOO MANY HATS? (includes book excerpt and giveaway)Native NYerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16239230892287943136noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498845843905507548.post-11831069841223818502010-05-28T08:51:52.185-04:002010-05-28T08:51:52.185-04:00Hi Rebecca, sorry i'm just now getting to this...Hi Rebecca, sorry i'm just now getting to this, talk about wearing too many hats and being to dang busy. This week has been one big mess, lol. So....the beach?? uh jealous here !!! As for the hats, i don't think as women we intentionally do that,( and i don't want to leave out the men becuase there are a good number of them out there that have to do the same if they're single working parents etc.) it just happens. Once you graduate high school and/or college and your life starts taking course, it's hard to stop the flow.....jobs, dating...marriage....kids and before you know it you're working full time, have 3 kids at different stages of their own lives and busy, busy, busy with school activities, work, house chores, did i say work? and then the reading and writing, which i love both. Sometimes i sit and wonder where the heck i find the time to do everything in the course of a day or a week that i actually do, even amazes me sometimes. The reading i LOVE and i try to find time anywhere to do that, on my lunch hour at work, maybe for a half hour before bed or while my significant other is watching tv, even in the car as a passenger of course....and the writing, well i LOVE that too, mainly why i didn't get discouraged while getting the publishing rejections but with a contract signed, it is a little bit lighter on my shoulder load, still not completely gone tho becuase i know that's just one book and each additional book or story i write will be a new adventure in writing and publishing. ok...sorry for that lengthy post.....sometimes it just hits me...which is how i write too...i can be at my desk at work and have thoughts come to me, open a word document or grab a paper and before i know it i have 1K or 2K words.....the miracle of a busy mind....hope every one had a great week and a wonderful weekend to come and can't wait to hear how your beach week went Rebecca !!Krista Plotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14106874138560025737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498845843905507548.post-81308642564247123262010-05-27T16:01:02.540-04:002010-05-27T16:01:02.540-04:00I'm so glad I saw the email about the blogs wh...I'm so glad I saw the email about the blogs where you were commenting. I've always been a reader and raised four children who are all readers. Now that I have adult children, I read for relaxation in the evenings. I don't watch a lot of TV.Andrea Ihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09910641116517171459noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498845843905507548.post-36780441984025860272010-05-27T14:21:41.791-04:002010-05-27T14:21:41.791-04:00Thanks for the cool comments!
Love them! Always lo...Thanks for the cool comments!<br />Love them! Always love to see how much thought I provoke in a reader of a blog and how much thoought a reader puts into my brain after they read and post a comment;<br />It's cool to be linked in such a way to fai8r strangers;Rebecca Draco-Savage-Giallongohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17012234166312444444noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498845843905507548.post-70690505865439018032010-05-25T10:13:56.065-04:002010-05-25T10:13:56.065-04:00These are issues I struggle with constantly. I hav...These are issues I struggle with constantly. I have a full-time day job, huge caregiver responsibilities for an elderly, ailing husband, and an ongoing battle to balance getting enough exercise with getting enough sleep. (I can't seem to fit both into my life.) I've taken the schedule that got me through my online MPA from Marist and am writing in the same loosely flexible time frame--a couple hours every evening after supper, and as many weekend hours as I can fit in--usually six or so, spread out over the two days. I can't really watch TV or do fun things like going shopping as a diversion. For me, this is a career choice and is meant to be a future career change--I take it seriously and am flat out pushing forward to get published and build up over the years to being commercially viable to some extent. I can't think of anything better than writing exciting, entertaining books that I love to write and others love to read--and getting paid for it. So that's the plan. I hope this post isn't too long, but Rebecca struck a nerve. Elizabeth PalladinoAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498845843905507548.post-77498870057430197332010-05-25T09:46:36.134-04:002010-05-25T09:46:36.134-04:00Great post! I've always been careful to block ...Great post! I've always been careful to block off time for writing--for reading and for learning about writing too. This week, my new book is due to my editor (actually, I'm turning it in today!) and it's been crazy. I've had to turn down so many lovely invitations. But once it's turned in, things will go back to normal. <br /><br />That's one thing about the writing life: you've got to thrive on pressure!Lisa Dalehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10234985727595064652noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498845843905507548.post-66070622112471207102010-05-24T13:58:01.892-04:002010-05-24T13:58:01.892-04:00Turn off the TV, turn off the TV. I have found th...Turn off the TV, turn off the TV. I have found this frees up much time in the evening, at least two hours before I have to go to bed. I don't think its good for a writer to isolate herself from the larger culture (though helpful at times, if it can be managed!) so when I choose to participate, I make it part of a plan and I actually watch something or listen to something with my full concentration, and never as just "background noise." I do think all those experiences, including the "working for a salary and benefits thing" make us better writers. How many MFA Creative Writing graduates are there who have never had a real job and their writing shows it? Work, church, family, and life is not a "time suck" -I think participating in those things actually helps us grow into bettter, more mature writers.Mary Lambhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15302445627461725040noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498845843905507548.post-35566418078424085272010-05-24T13:37:12.421-04:002010-05-24T13:37:12.421-04:00That's a very tough question, Rebecca. Balanc...That's a very tough question, Rebecca. Balancing a more-than-full-time job in the finance industry with putting together a marketing plan for my debut novel (In the Arms of the Enemy, due Oct 1, 2010 from The Wild Rose Press), volunteer work and trying to have a social life is difficult indeed. When do I find time to write (or read, for that matter)? I squeeze it in on evenings and weekends when I have a little energy left over! :)<br />Good luck with your latest book. It sounds intriguing (and as Beatriz said, hot)!Lisbeth Enghttp://www.lisbetheng.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4498845843905507548.post-2782328388280039952010-05-24T11:35:55.880-04:002010-05-24T11:35:55.880-04:00So true, Rebecca! The more hats you wear -- or hav...So true, Rebecca! The more hats you wear -- or have worn -- the richer your writing, in my opinion. I was a management consultant in London with a finance MBA before having babies and turning to writing; now I juggle a husband and four young kids with various school and community responsibilities, and do my writing at night when everyone else watches TV. I may have missed every single episode of LOST, but at least I have a novel coming out next year!<br />Best of luck, Rebecca -- the new one looks hot!Beatriznoreply@blogger.com