BAM! Sound of Schedule Crashing

My work schedule has just exploded into shrapnel, ash, and smoking ruin. As of last Monday, I won’t be able to write in the morning, when the house is quiet. Or at night, when the house is quiet. My work schedule has been slammed straight into midday, when the kidlet is up, homeschooling is in progress, and the Million-Question Parade has now been routed from the kitchen, where it didn’t bother anyone, straight through my office.

I remind myself that I used to have my desk in the living room, where I wrote while the two older kids did homework, watched movies, and argued endlessly. I know that I can do this. I just don’t remember how.

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By Holly

Novelist, writing teacher, on a mission to reprint my out-of-print books and indie-publish my new ones.

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NoelFigart
16 years ago

iTunes and headphones are sometimes the closest thing to solitude I can get.

Mary
Mary
16 years ago

Whenever something like this happens to me, I keep repeating the age-old saying, “This, too, will pass away.” Actually it also helps me enjoy the spectacuarly wonderful times…

Tech
16 years ago

I hope it will be straightened out soon. I write in my living room, but it’s a quiet place for the most part. I can’t write without it being fairly calm. I get distracted if the TV’s on. I do listen to music a lot. Would headphones help you shut out the distractions any? Or maybe headphones for your kids while they watch TV?

Chassit
16 years ago

Good grief, I know how you feel. My desk is in the living room, and I have to write with the TV blaring and music blasting, depending on what my family’s doing. What happened? Why can’t you write in the morning or evening?

Tech
16 years ago

I have faith in you. You can do it if anyone can.

What happened, anyway?

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