When Life Gets in the Way…

I wanted to touch on a subject that, as writers, affects us all.

LIFE.

First, as humans, we often are compelled to do what we like. That's our prerogative. As writers though, our preferences usually border on obssession. As "published" authors, with the deadlines, the promoting, and the required socializing, all of the above merges together into something akin to insanity.

To add to the ever-expanding list of 'published author' must-do's, most of us have families and the evil day job to contend. We