A question for the writermamas

[azhure]

How soon after your bub was born did you go back to work writing?

How do you fit writing into your day?

Mirrored from Stephanie Gunn.

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[aliyna.livejournal.com]

In the beginning, when she was still young- like Liam- she spent a lot of time in her swing or in a sling on my chest or napping on a blankie on the floor. Like Australia, Arizona was very warm, so she spent a LOT of time on the floor, a lot.

Anyway, that made it easy for me to plonk down just about anywhere with my laptop and get writing in. I admit that for the past three years or so I haven't done much writing that wasn't after her bedtime. Sometimes she'll busy herself with watching a movie or something and I can sit and brainstorm a little or hack out a dialogue that's been bugging me, or whatever. Really it's become an enjoyable ritual- I'll make myself a big cup of tea, light a couple candles, put my comfy pants and big slippers on and then get to work.

She's three and a half now- almost time to ship her off to school- so once she's gone for half of the day, or all of the day, I'll do quite a bit of writing in her absence, I suspect.