Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Holiday Madness:
(cross-posted to my book one website.)
There have been some authors who are basically anti-social. They live alone in sparsely populated areas or on properties that discourage visitors. Some of them get a lot of work done.
While I've thought about how quiet and distraction-free it would be to live somewhere on the South Island of New Zealand, the truth is I'm a social animal and a born city boy. I get lonely when Erik travels for business. I love my family and friends, and though I would move to New Zealand if the opportunity arose, Erik and I would probably live around the city of Auckland. (Erik is also a city boy, if only by the nature of his work.)
So sometimes, especially at American holiday times, my work flow gets interrupted by family and friends, and by holiday travel. (December is usually when Erik and I take our vacation.) So as we approach the Thanksgiving holiday I find myself with a house full of family, and next week we travel down to Florida to spend the holiday with my in-laws.
The funny thing is, last time I was at my in-laws I got a lot of work done. Don't ask me how it works.
But the holidays always slow down my book work. I've learned to accept this.
The other thing, and I knew this would happen, is that the process slows down as soon as you're working with someone else, (editors, proof-readers, etc…) There's nothing wrong with this. It's just the nature of the business.
So I expect to get little work done before January, then it will be mostly work.
(It took two sessions and 5-7 days just to get this post done.)
(cross-posted to my book one website.)
There have been some authors who are basically anti-social. They live alone in sparsely populated areas or on properties that discourage visitors. Some of them get a lot of work done.
While I've thought about how quiet and distraction-free it would be to live somewhere on the South Island of New Zealand, the truth is I'm a social animal and a born city boy. I get lonely when Erik travels for business. I love my family and friends, and though I would move to New Zealand if the opportunity arose, Erik and I would probably live around the city of Auckland. (Erik is also a city boy, if only by the nature of his work.)
So sometimes, especially at American holiday times, my work flow gets interrupted by family and friends, and by holiday travel. (December is usually when Erik and I take our vacation.) So as we approach the Thanksgiving holiday I find myself with a house full of family, and next week we travel down to Florida to spend the holiday with my in-laws.
The funny thing is, last time I was at my in-laws I got a lot of work done. Don't ask me how it works.
But the holidays always slow down my book work. I've learned to accept this.
The other thing, and I knew this would happen, is that the process slows down as soon as you're working with someone else, (editors, proof-readers, etc…) There's nothing wrong with this. It's just the nature of the business.
So I expect to get little work done before January, then it will be mostly work.
(It took two sessions and 5-7 days just to get this post done.)
# posted by Phillip T. Alden @ 5:16 PM 
