Getting Personal: Writing Stats

                                                                   Photo credit: Florian Klauer

 How many hours a day or week does a full-time writer do her thing? Well, that depends on the writer. We all have our goals we want to accomplish on any given day. Some authors try to write a page a day. Some reach for a few thousand words, whether it's a first draft or editing.

As a homeschooling mom with a budding theater actor/musician teenage son who needs to get to rehearsals and shows, I have to manage my time with great care. My schedule is mine alone, so you can't take what I do as typical. But here's how it looks for me on any given week:

Actual writing or editing: 17 hours

Research: 4 hours

Managing my social media as a writer: 7 hours

Administrative/Marketing: 6 - 10 hours (depending on how close I am to releasing a book)

                                                                                Photo credit: Hannah Grace

It's a job, obviously. Fortunately, it's a job I love.

Do you have a question for me? Leave it in the comments, and I'll try to answer in a future blog.