This post won’t be full of quotes from Norwescon but since I did come to this conclusion at con, I include it in this month of wisdom. Last December I started getting up at 5A so I could write before my son woke up and sucked all the time out of my day. After all how could I call myself a writer if I was not actually writing.
The problem was, I was miserable. Miserable. Miserable.
In fact, I seriously considered quitting writing.
All the people who kept telling me to just keep working away at it. Keep posting and publishing and eventually I would garner a following because my writing was sooo good, infuriated me. More years of this getting up before dawn to be miserable? AGHHHHHHHHHHHHHH
So I decided at con to quit.
My alarm clock that is. I get up at 7 maybe 730 now and I’m happy. My bio-rhythms just don’t like to get up that early. How will I find time to write you ask? I started giving my kiddo one hour of free screen time a weekday on the basis that he will not bother me for anything short of a German Invasion for that hour.
T.A. Henry 
I trust you are sleeping at this moment my friend and dreaming up the next great American novel! For me, sleep is elusive, I’ll grab it when I can. Happy Friday!
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Ha ha, ‘anything short of a german invasion’…
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smiles, I was hoping someone would remember that.
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Sounds blissful! If only my four-legged alarm clock would let me sleep in too!
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That’s rough.
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Congratulations on finding your rhythm and sticking with what you like doing by doing it the way you like. NaNoWriMo helped me write several novels and a novella at my own pace also. Sleep, of course, is always a good idea!
Gail’s 2016 April A to Z Challenge
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Thanks for stopping by.
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I used to think sleep was for the weak. Then I discovered that I’m very weak indeed! The problem with cutting back on sleep is that it made me too tired to be creative. So now I get a good night’s sleep and squeeze the writing in as I can. Far more productive! 😀
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I fully agree
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No time before 7A will ever be in my natural state of existence. I’d rather do it at 11PM….
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I’m used toast brain wise by the time I get the kiddo to bed which is why I tried early. Bad bad idea. LOL
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Sometimes it’s all about finding out what DOESN’T work….
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I hear that.
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