![]() So, I thought maybe you might be interested in how 2015 is shaping up for me: it's not just company executives who run around in late December and early January brandishing year-planners writers do as well, so that their deadline dramas doesn't get too stressful: Despite that isolation, I'm usually so immersed in what I'm doing that it takes an hour or so after that to disengage and be communicative again - she's very patient with me. I'm at my desk by 7am, I run most days for around an hour, and knock off when my wife gets home around 5-ish. Writing is much like any other job, except your work mates are imaginary (though still dangerous - most of mine are armed and have secret powers) and your water-cooler conversations are with yourself. ![]() It's wonderful, the agent and publisher weep for joy, it becomes a bestseller and the writer becomes household name. ![]() At one of them, someone asked me whether being a writer was like in the movies, which she characterised as follows:Īuthor has writer's block and looming deadline, has screaming arguments with agent and publisher over the phone, procrastinates and gets sucked into human dramas, before having a life-changing moment that provides them with the insights required to finish their book. So, it's the new year, and the weather's been lovely so we've had a few barbeques and dinner parties. ![]()
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