Paul Michael Peters
Every Saturday and Sunday morning I wake up bright and early and go to the world’s greatest coffee shop. Please keep in mind that in my day job I travel the world extensively and have tasted thousands of different types of coffee, and when I say this is truly the best coffee in the world, I mean it.
So, I snuggled into my little table with my cup of hot coffee and a bottle of soda water and I will sit there for 6 to 8 hours every Saturday and Sunday. People frequently ask where do I find time to write? You don’t find time. You make it. If writing wasn’t so important to me I would be married, have children, exercise, and all those other fun things people do. I don’t do those. I write. I drink coffee. When my hands get sore, when I start losing my train of thought, I stop and start taking notes for the next day. When I’m not writing, I’m thinking about writing, I’m thinking about plot and character and motivation. Many call it day dreaming. I wish I were interested in sports. Life would be easier if I were interested in sports. There would be so many more to people to talk about sports with.
I live with two cats. My cats love that I write. They love to distract me when I am at home by sitting on my hands on my keyboard. When a new box of books come in they know that the books are subsequent to the box they get to sit in. The paper wrapping that comes with the box is perfect for bedding and they steal it from the box, drag it away, and make a little nest of it. When I mail out copies of my book to avid fans they love the printer labels, they love the postal envelopes that I use. They play with all of it.
Coffee. Books. Cats. Outside of my day job, that’s it.
So, I snuggled into my little table with my cup of hot coffee and a bottle of soda water and I will sit there for 6 to 8 hours every Saturday and Sunday. People frequently ask where do I find time to write? You don’t find time. You make it. If writing wasn’t so important to me I would be married, have children, exercise, and all those other fun things people do. I don’t do those. I write. I drink coffee. When my hands get sore, when I start losing my train of thought, I stop and start taking notes for the next day. When I’m not writing, I’m thinking about writing, I’m thinking about plot and character and motivation. Many call it day dreaming. I wish I were interested in sports. Life would be easier if I were interested in sports. There would be so many more to people to talk about sports with.
I live with two cats. My cats love that I write. They love to distract me when I am at home by sitting on my hands on my keyboard. When a new box of books come in they know that the books are subsequent to the box they get to sit in. The paper wrapping that comes with the box is perfect for bedding and they steal it from the box, drag it away, and make a little nest of it. When I mail out copies of my book to avid fans they love the printer labels, they love the postal envelopes that I use. They play with all of it.
Coffee. Books. Cats. Outside of my day job, that’s it.
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