July 19, 2021
Is there a certain time of day when you are most creative? When you handle the ‘business’ side of writing? What’s your favorite time of day?
My bedroom faces south. Despite the room-darkening curtains, daylight has a habit of sneaking in long before I’m
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ready for it. I can roll over and ignore it for only so long until I succumb to its invitation and crawl out of bed.
But those early mornings, while I’m sipping on a glass of orange juice or a cup of tea, are the perfect time to check emails and social media. I can be productive while getting my brain warmed up. Just in time to go to work!
The evening brings another round of social media—some sites may be different. There’s always the check to see if I’ve sold any books, or if there are publicity opportunities i need to take advantage of. There may be chores to be done, supper to be cooked and eaten, or any number of errands.
Once the sun has set, and life has slowed down, my fingers itch for the keyboard. All those ideas that have niggled at the back of my brain all day seek release. That’s when I can shut out the rest of the world, put on some music, and crawl into the worlds I create and spend time with my characters.
That time is never long enough. Hours after dark, I have to watch the clock. Much as I hate it, I can’t write as until the words run out. Real life interrupts. I’m too old to operate without enough sleep.
What’s my favorite time of day? It depends upon what day of the week it is, and what season. Each day brings new joys. Perhaps it’s the moment of a summer day when the temperature is just right and the birds are calling their joy. Or that minute when a gentle snow starts falling at night and glows in the light shining from the windows of the house. Maybe it’s that second when I read what I’ve just written, sit back, and say “Damn, that’s good.”
Those all are contenders. But none of them match the eternity when my husband and I pass each other in the hallway or in the kitchen and he reaches out to touch me.
What about you? What’s your favorite time of day? Tell us about it in the comments, if you’d like to share. In the meantime, let’s check out what the other authors have to say by following the links below.
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July 19, 2021
Is there a certain time of day when you are most creative? When you handle the ‘business’ side of writing? What’s your favorite time of day?
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Real life is always getting in the way over here too. I thought that when I was retired I would have more time, pity it didn’t work out like that.
I will have to develop new habits when I retire. But I’ll worry about it when it gets here.
A effin’ men
I meant that in response to Richard. between look at all the sh*t other people think you can do now on top of Covid and constant Chinese Water Torture proximity there is rarely any peace. And that’s all I need.
Trying to fit writing into life can be such a struggle. My husband has a patent he’s trying to complete and I’m his writer, so much of my writing time gets eaten up by that. I’m hoping that settles down soon.
My dad looked into getting a patent on something he invented once upon a time and decided it wasn’t worth it.
That’s my feeling, but he’s got his heart set on it. Sigh!
As it turns out, what he created would have been replaced by wireless technologies by now. He was ahead of his time, but his system was based on landline telephone wires, and wouldn’t have been useful for long.
Heddy Lamarr didn’t see the value of her wifi technology and never filed a patent. And that’s why my husband wants to. He’s discovering though that the bar for getting an approved patent is high.