tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588376429247025873.post1174544022893556235..comments2024-02-23T05:16:12.783-05:00Comments on VOICES FROM THE HEART: News Over A HolidayMona Riskhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14923883333893160794noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588376429247025873.post-75885095885807624442011-07-05T16:59:26.096-04:002011-07-05T16:59:26.096-04:00Amy,
I like your reference to unpaid jobs. Sometim...Amy,<br />I like your reference to unpaid jobs. Sometimes I think I have a dozen---but most of my time these days is trying to keep track of my 16 year old daughter. <br /><br />I don't remember my older sons (now 34 and 31) taking up so much of my time.Josiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05930730661273079224noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588376429247025873.post-19641952513417896712011-07-03T20:06:54.446-04:002011-07-03T20:06:54.446-04:00My children are grown and married or almost marrie...My children are grown and married or almost married. And I feel like I had more time when I was doing car pool, scouts, baseball, swimming, etc.<br /><br />I like a tight schedule where if I don't do it now, something else will come up that needs to be done. I get lazy with hours of time.Jill Jameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10754506629717417267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588376429247025873.post-50554242844131585582011-07-03T16:42:26.096-04:002011-07-03T16:42:26.096-04:00Amy, I'm retired from my day job and retired f...Amy, I'm retired from my day job and retired from my housewife job, meaning I don't do laundry anymore. DH took over when he couldn't find a clean shirt. I don't clean; DH hired a cleaning lady when he got fed up of vaccuuming. I don't go grocery shopping. Guess who took over? Okay, and I cook only twice a week. The rest of the time we eat leftovers, take out, or sandwiches.<br />Still I can hardly cope with writing, editing, critiquing, emails, blogs, comments, contests judging,...I'm sure I forgot a few.<br />Since I live in the head of my heroine, I can do one book at a time. But of course I stop when needed by trips, editors' editing, or grandchildren's visit.Mona Riskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14923883333893160794noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588376429247025873.post-33452960107124333932011-07-03T12:29:00.321-04:002011-07-03T12:29:00.321-04:00Amy,
I waste time, often I call it research, but w...Amy,<br />I waste time, often I call it research, but when someone tells me they need something in two months or two weeks I get it done. This usually involves no staying late at my paid work, dining out of the microwave, and wearing whatever I can find clean. This is not good time management. I can learn from you.:)morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02817293003630581559noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-588376429247025873.post-63628400367356978672011-07-03T11:37:18.398-04:002011-07-03T11:37:18.398-04:00Amy, I'm retired. My grown children live in ot...Amy, I'm retired. My grown children live in other states. My husband, also an author, understands the time needed to write, promote, critique, mentor, etc. Even so, I feel time-drained. My cumputer is chugging along from 9am to 1am--we're night owls here.<br /><br />So it is with great awe and respect that I watch you younger writers with outside jobs and children still at home. I marvel at all you achieve. You are literary heroes, every one. Time management? I don't see how you do it; yet you seem to with grace and style.Vonnie Davis ~ Romance Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07360480832587538895noreply@blogger.com