When Do You Find Time to Write?

Okay, so it's no shock to you that I'm nosy. Do I occasionally ask intrusive questions? Yes. Do I often probe to find out the whole story on a juicy piece of gossip? Uh-huh.



Look, there's a reason I subscribe to UsWeekly, Entertainment Weekly, InStyle, and...well, we won't get into the full subscription list...but it's not for the ads. I'm just very curious about how people live their lives. UsWeekly has two features I devour each week:
1. What's In My Bag?
2. 25 Things You Don't Know About Me.

So I have a weird fixation on knowing what Jennifer Lopez deems worthy to carry in her purse each day. I refuse to apologize.

With that in mind, I'd like to come back to a question I've asked on this blog before.

When do you find the time to write?

Have your writing hours changed over the years? Or do you keep the same schedule year in, year out? How do you fit writing in on a regular basis?

Like you, I fit my writing schedule around my personal schedule. Since I'm blessed to stay at home with our kids, I write while they are in school. Every day, the time passes too quickly. I don't write at night--I'm usually cooking, helping with homework, and shuttling back and forth from sports' practice or a game, depending on the season. I also don't write on weekends because that's our family time.

If we're going full disclosure here, I will admit to wanting more time to write, more time to social network, more time to work on my writing career--whether it's designing a new website, reading books on the writing craft, or chatting on Twitter. Like many of you, I fall into bed exhausted each night and often fantasize about two extra hours a day. But I love writing and social networking and studying and revising and the whole shebang. I can't help but want more, more, more!

So come on, spill--when do you write?

Have a fantastic weekend!

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