Schedule
I'm going to give you a sneak peek into my daily routine and you'll see when I get my writing done. This is what usually happens on a typical day.
4:00 AM My youngest son Peter is teething, so he wakes up between 3:00 and 4:00 am because he needs cuddles, a bottle and a diaper change. And so my day begins.
Lucky for me he went to back to sleep fairly quickly this morning. Other days he stays up an extra hour because the teething tablets don't do anything for him.
4:30 AM Toss and turn a bit and finally get back to sleep.
8:36 AM I'm actually awake. My sons are still asleep so I sneak into the study, check my email, write to my editor about Glass Frost. Submit my horror novel to Indie Gypsy (who by the way is super excited about the ms) and look over my WIP Decode after a quick breakfast of Honey Nut Cheerios. I've decided to change it from 3rd person (limited) to 1st person. Lucky for me I've only written 22 pages worth so it's not that bad....still annoying but not horrible.
9:15 AM My children begin to stir. Peter is the first one to wake up. Change his diaper and give him some breakfast.
9:37 AM Mason takes forever and a day to wake up.But he finally gets up, sits on the potty, has breakfast and watches cartoons.
9:45 AM I sit with them in the living room watching Super Why and thinking about what is going to happen to Bianca in the third book I'm also working on. Jot down a few notes here and there but nothing to write home about. I bring my netbook to the living room and check facebook off and on most of the morning. I also play My Little Pony on my cellphone. Sigh. I love that game.
For the record....my little town looks nothing like this. :) It's a giant hot mess.
11:45 AM Start getting ready to take Mason to school. I have to leave the house at 12:30 so I can get there in time and get a good spot on the line. :) If you're a mommy to preschool aged children then you know exactly what I'm talking about.
12:32 PM Kids are in the car, back pack is packed, snack is in the lunch box and we're ready to go. Oh yeah, I toss my notebook in the car just in case.
12:40 PM I'm in the school parking lot a little early but that's okay. Peter is asleep in the car seat and Mason is playing with his sunglasses while we wait in the car. I take my notebook and write. It's probably a hot mess and only makes sense to me, but hey at least I'm working on something. I manage to get about 5-7 minutes worth of writing in, which turns out to be only 3/4 of a page. It feels like it should be more. :/
1:08 PM I'm back home with a still sleeping Peter and my lunch. I carefully put Peter in his crib and hope he stays asleep for at least an hour. I eat my lunch and then head into the study to work. Not much inspiration at the moment so I spend the next hour and a half emailing reviewers and ask them if they would be interested in reading and reviewing First Frost.
2:40 PM Time to go get Mason. Peter is still asleep, so I gently nudge him awake. Change his diaper, pack a bottle for the trip and toss my notebook in the car.
2:50 PM On the road to go pick up Mason from school.
3:05 PM In the school parking lot waiting for Mason. Take those five minutes and look over my notes and manuscript. A few edits here and there but still nothing really good.
3:15 PM Mason's in the car...now it's time to go pick up my nephews at their school.
3:20 PM In the school parking lot waiting for my nephews. I take out my notebook once more and write. This time I actually manage to write two pages worth! Yey!!!
3:40 PM My nephews are in the car. Finally time to go home.
3:55 PM Finally home and surprise! My sister in law left work early and takes my nephews home. :) So now I won't have 4 crazy children running around my house. :)
4:40 PM Hubby comes home. Time to start dinner. Depending on what I'm cooking I'll bring my notebook into the kitchen with me and I'll have a chance to jot down a few notes here and there while dinner is burning cooking. :) Sometimes I'm lucky and I'll get 3-4 pages worth. Other nights I get nothing. But the only thing that matters is that I was able to squeeze some time in there for myself.
5-ish PM Everyone sits down and eats dinner.
5:30 - 8PM Feed Mason his dinner (he has a feeding disorder so this is often a two man job). Feed Peter. Bathe the boys. Change poopy diapers, convince Mason to sit in the potty. Wash dishes, fold laundry (talk to my characters while doing menial chores), try not to step on Legos and cars that are on the floor hellbent on destroying my feet. And somehow get enough quiet time for me to take a shower (often times my only alone time in the entire day).
8PM- 10PM Watch TV. I'm a big fan of shows like Community, Parks and Rec, Once Upon a Time, Smash, and Doctor Who. So I'll make time to watch all my favorite shows or catch up on the ones I missed. Or watch Cars, Cars 2 and Blue's Room or Blue's Clues for the millionth time. If this is the case then I'm definitely writing while my kids are engrossed in the movie.
10PM Kids have finally calmed down enough that I can put them to bed with little protest.
Sometimes I'll stay up until midnight to write but if I don't have anything in particular that I need to work on then I finally get to sit down and talk to my hubby and just let out a sigh of relief that we have survived yet another day in this crazy little house. Then off to bed and do it all over again the next day.
*Note: Took me six days to write this blog post. LOL This is what happened on Wednesday. :/
4:00 AM My youngest son Peter is teething, so he wakes up between 3:00 and 4:00 am because he needs cuddles, a bottle and a diaper change. And so my day begins.
Lucky for me he went to back to sleep fairly quickly this morning. Other days he stays up an extra hour because the teething tablets don't do anything for him.
4:30 AM Toss and turn a bit and finally get back to sleep.
8:36 AM I'm actually awake. My sons are still asleep so I sneak into the study, check my email, write to my editor about Glass Frost. Submit my horror novel to Indie Gypsy (who by the way is super excited about the ms) and look over my WIP Decode after a quick breakfast of Honey Nut Cheerios. I've decided to change it from 3rd person (limited) to 1st person. Lucky for me I've only written 22 pages worth so it's not that bad....still annoying but not horrible.
9:15 AM My children begin to stir. Peter is the first one to wake up. Change his diaper and give him some breakfast.
9:37 AM Mason takes forever and a day to wake up.But he finally gets up, sits on the potty, has breakfast and watches cartoons.
9:45 AM I sit with them in the living room watching Super Why and thinking about what is going to happen to Bianca in the third book I'm also working on. Jot down a few notes here and there but nothing to write home about. I bring my netbook to the living room and check facebook off and on most of the morning. I also play My Little Pony on my cellphone. Sigh. I love that game.
For the record....my little town looks nothing like this. :) It's a giant hot mess.
11:45 AM Start getting ready to take Mason to school. I have to leave the house at 12:30 so I can get there in time and get a good spot on the line. :) If you're a mommy to preschool aged children then you know exactly what I'm talking about.
12:32 PM Kids are in the car, back pack is packed, snack is in the lunch box and we're ready to go. Oh yeah, I toss my notebook in the car just in case.
12:40 PM I'm in the school parking lot a little early but that's okay. Peter is asleep in the car seat and Mason is playing with his sunglasses while we wait in the car. I take my notebook and write. It's probably a hot mess and only makes sense to me, but hey at least I'm working on something. I manage to get about 5-7 minutes worth of writing in, which turns out to be only 3/4 of a page. It feels like it should be more. :/
1:08 PM I'm back home with a still sleeping Peter and my lunch. I carefully put Peter in his crib and hope he stays asleep for at least an hour. I eat my lunch and then head into the study to work. Not much inspiration at the moment so I spend the next hour and a half emailing reviewers and ask them if they would be interested in reading and reviewing First Frost.
2:40 PM Time to go get Mason. Peter is still asleep, so I gently nudge him awake. Change his diaper, pack a bottle for the trip and toss my notebook in the car.
2:50 PM On the road to go pick up Mason from school.
3:05 PM In the school parking lot waiting for Mason. Take those five minutes and look over my notes and manuscript. A few edits here and there but still nothing really good.
3:15 PM Mason's in the car...now it's time to go pick up my nephews at their school.
3:20 PM In the school parking lot waiting for my nephews. I take out my notebook once more and write. This time I actually manage to write two pages worth! Yey!!!
3:40 PM My nephews are in the car. Finally time to go home.
3:55 PM Finally home and surprise! My sister in law left work early and takes my nephews home. :) So now I won't have 4 crazy children running around my house. :)
4:40 PM Hubby comes home. Time to start dinner. Depending on what I'm cooking I'll bring my notebook into the kitchen with me and I'll have a chance to jot down a few notes here and there while dinner is burning cooking. :) Sometimes I'm lucky and I'll get 3-4 pages worth. Other nights I get nothing. But the only thing that matters is that I was able to squeeze some time in there for myself.
5-ish PM Everyone sits down and eats dinner.
5:30 - 8PM Feed Mason his dinner (he has a feeding disorder so this is often a two man job). Feed Peter. Bathe the boys. Change poopy diapers, convince Mason to sit in the potty. Wash dishes, fold laundry (talk to my characters while doing menial chores), try not to step on Legos and cars that are on the floor hellbent on destroying my feet. And somehow get enough quiet time for me to take a shower (often times my only alone time in the entire day).
8PM- 10PM Watch TV. I'm a big fan of shows like Community, Parks and Rec, Once Upon a Time, Smash, and Doctor Who. So I'll make time to watch all my favorite shows or catch up on the ones I missed. Or watch Cars, Cars 2 and Blue's Room or Blue's Clues for the millionth time. If this is the case then I'm definitely writing while my kids are engrossed in the movie.
10PM Kids have finally calmed down enough that I can put them to bed with little protest.
Sometimes I'll stay up until midnight to write but if I don't have anything in particular that I need to work on then I finally get to sit down and talk to my hubby and just let out a sigh of relief that we have survived yet another day in this crazy little house. Then off to bed and do it all over again the next day.
*Note: Took me six days to write this blog post. LOL This is what happened on Wednesday. :/
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