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#146116 - 04/20/08 05:19 PM
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hi Dotsie, Congratulations! That's wonderful that you have a publisher interested in a book from you. If you decide to do it, I'm sure that you will make the time. Just use one of the 7 schedules I present in TIME TO WRITE.  Best wishes, Kelly
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#146118 - 04/21/08 09:32 PM
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Thanks Dotsie.
I wanted to show people how I had started a successful writing career while working a full time job. So many said to me, when they learned my novel was getting published, that they wished they "had time" to write a book, as if I lounged around in my PJs all day eating bonbons. I wish! I wanted to show people that even if you work full time, like I still do, and have a family and other typical obligations that you can still get your writing done. All of the 104 successful writers I interviewed for TIME TO WRITE are busy people, both before and after publication.
Kelly
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#146119 - 04/21/08 11:08 PM
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Dotsie, I dare say you might have to forfeit one thing for a while to take on the task of writing. You support writers here. Remember what Julia Cameron says about "shadow artists" for example those who own a gallery but don't paint even though deep inside they want to but they are afraid. You've got to start on a writing schedule. I think you already decided, but you are stalling. I know that stalling tactic very well! I think I made a terrible mistake by substituting other activites to avoid finishing a second and third book.
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#146120 - 04/22/08 06:48 AM
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Substituting other things to avoid writing is also what is known in psychology as resistance. For whatever reason, it's human nature to put off or totally avoid doing things that are good for us or our lives. There's an exercise in TIME TO WRITE about resistance to writing and managing resistance to writing that helps combat this issue.
Kelly
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#146121 - 04/22/08 08:52 AM
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Ladies, I will be on Book Talk with Gail Cohn, Sandy Springs Radio, tomorrow (Wednesday April 23) at 12 noon EST, 11 CST. I'll be discussing TIME TO WRITE and how you can find time to write no matter how busy you are! Click below to listen via live streaming: http://radiosandysprings.com/booktalk.phpHope you listen in! Kelly
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#146123 - 04/22/08 06:28 PM
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Hi Dotsie,
If you mean how I found time to write despite working full time, I started getting up at 3:30 AM and writing for 2 hours before work every day. Then on Saturdays, I wrote for about 3 hours. I took a break on Sundays.
Is that what you were asking?
Kelly
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