I can't
believe it's that time of year again. My kids are back in school. And not just
2 of them this year. My daughter joins the school age kids leaving me home with
my 4 month-old son. Puddin' started school this week. Although she's super
excited, I was reluctant to see her go. Even though my house becomes a Toy
Story nightmare and my writing often suffers from constant interruptions, I
like when my kids are home. Having the 3 of them at school left the house
eerily quiet. Especially with the baby taking a nice long nap without having
any screaming or fighting to wake him, which I'm sure he appreciated. It'll
take some getting used to.
And now
that school has begun, I'm hoping to get back into a writing routine. I didn't
have much luck with a schedule of any kind this summer. Taking care of my
family and a brand new baby took priority over everything else, so although I
did scribble some words down every now and again I didn't get much accomplished
on any of my major writing projects.
I did
manage to get some reading done which was nice. I put a small dent into the
massive TBR pile that I have awaiting me. You can see that list on Goodreads.
I'll be posting some book reviews in the next few weeks. I'm doing my best to
review the books that I read since I know how much authors rely on them to help
sell their books. As a former bookseller, I believe I can offer some advice to
readers in this area. Plus, I'm thinking about going through my boxes of
favorites and writing some reviews for those books as well.
As for my
future WIPs, I'm already putting together a few notes and ideas in preparation
for NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month) in November. Is anyone else getting ready for NaNo? I skipped last year,
but I think I might have a go this year. I have many story ideas in my idea
folder, but it's always so tough to pick out which one I want to write next.
They all seem to call to me at once!
Here on some links I found with interesting articles about writing schedules:
Do you have any tips on getting back into a writing routine?
~Tricia
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