Again, one of my fav authors. She is rather prolific. I like that. I have fits and spurts of creative 'genius' that I am working on fixing. My main problem is that I've never been a 'schedule' sort of person. I know it would fix a lot of my issues, but I've never been one to force myself to a set schedule. My inner child(?) rebels at the thought of going to bed every night at 10:30 and getting up at 6:30. It would rather I push until the last possible minute to stay awake and then snuggle under the covers for as long as I can until I HAVE to get up. I usually wake up tired and underwhelmed in the motivation department. I have no kids and no one to rely on me except the cat and she's pretty forgiving.
I don't even have the party excuse. I'm not a drinker (read pathetic light-weight here) and other than sinus meds and aspirin for sore muscles and the occasional headache, stay away from drugs. Never anything illegal. But it's like my body is stuck in 5-year-old mode. But my day job varies things too. Sometimes there are meetings after work that have no end time, paperwork that piles up, phone calls that I have to make or emergencies that pop up and have to be taken care of. I can usually be home between 5 and 5:30 thru the week but it's never for sure. Then there are the exercise classes that my buddy and I take on Tues and Thurs. Hurry and rush there again. Gotta get my walk in sometime in the evening as well. That takes anywhere from 30-60 minutes depending on how bad the day has been. By the time I get through prep for the next day and wade through my email, I have little brain left for my characters, even though they have been snapping and grumpy in my mind all day.
I hate mornings. I love the solitude of them, though. I have to think of some reward or something for getting up and writing first thing in the morning. It will mean getting up at 5 am just to get a decent chunk of time, but hey. I need to suck it up princess and just do it. I will feel better.
