Working As A Writer

I'm doing a final read-through of a short story collection, which will be coming out in May at Wiscon. I've had a busy February and March, and the busyness will continue into April and maybe longer. I feel stressed when I have deadlines, but working regularly on writing makes me feel better -- more like a real writer.

I have to get this manuscript back to the publisher by the end of the week, get a story to an editor in the same period, and attend a science fiction convention. And I'm taking part in an online seminar at the Crooked Timber blog. Nothing is up at the blog site yet, but I am emailing back and forth with the moderator.

After that, in April, I have to write another essay for Strange Horizon, get a couple of stories out and begin work on another short story collection.

There are plenty of writers who cruise through this kind of work, barely mentioning it, because they are used to working hard.