How to Balance Being a full-time Parent or Carer and Indie Author
Managing time as an Author-Parent/Carer with jobs, parenting or caring duties is tricky. So how do you juggle it all?
Fringe Highlight: Author Productivity with Mark McGuinness
If you struggle to find time for your writing and publishing amid the demands and distractions of 21st century life, this session is for you! Mark will help you carve out time consistently, while still managing all the other important commitments in your life.
Authors: How To Protect Your Writing Time
Writers must protect their time.
Kelly McClymer counts the ways.
Writers, especially self-published writers, often feel like they need a time bodyguard. There are always other pesky things to do like raise children, make dinner, do laundry, work. When I first began to write, I dreamed of the day I'd get an advance big enough I could justify holing up in my office for a full day of uninterrupted writing time.
Despite a dozen published novels, that day never came. I chalked it up to my inability to snag that coveted seven figure advance, and kept on writing, working, cooking, and cleaning (well…talking about cleaning, at least).