Today, I'm honored to have my good friend Tara Tyler stop by my blog as she continues on her Broken Branch Falls Summer Blog Tour. She'll be sharing some wonderful tips for finding time to write in the midst of our busy lives. Her ideas are also great for people who want to pursue other creative endeavors but always seem to find themselves asking, "How do I make time?"
Thanks so much for being here, Tara. Take it away!
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Writing in the Game of Life!Dana was one of my first blog buddies. I met her way back when I was still figuring out how to improve my writing and what to do with it, on Absolute Write. (It's okay for getting advice, but it's more of a distraction with lots of word game threads...)
Dana and I are both busy moms (but that statement is redundant, isn't it?). Her three kids are much smaller and more needy while mine are bigger and self-sufficient, but still needy. No matter the ages of kids, they always take up a ton of your time—silly kids, needing stuff from their moms! And there's always work to be done, in and out of the house.
So how do busy, hard-working moms find time to write?
Well, here's a glimpse at my writing schedule...
- Weekends and Days Off
- I usually wake up a good two hours before the monkeys, and this is my favorite time to write.
- Unfortunately, half of this time is used on blogging, emails, etc.
- Work Days
- I take every spare moment
- lunch, coffee breaks, waiting for stuff
- not only to write, but to read, blog, jot notes, edit printouts.
- Waiting is a great time to get stuff done, if I remember to bring it!
- for kids at practices
- for water to boil
- at a restaurant
- at games (halftime, between innings, when we have to be early, etc)
- Bedtime
- My kids sometimes stay up later than me! But they are supposed to have quiet time in their rooms...
- I'm always tired, but I try to get at least an hour of work done.
- Then I read a few pages of the book on my night table, and... zzzzzzz
When is your favorite time to write? Morning? Evening? Throughout the day?
Dana always has something special to share—from laughs, to art, to sweetness.
If you aren't following her, you should! Thanks for hosting me, girl!
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by Tara TylerRelease Date: June 24, 2014 (NOW!)
Publisher: Curiosity Quills
Gabe is an average fifteen-year-old goblin. He’s in the marching band, breezes through calculus, and gets picked on daily by the other kids at school, especially the ogres. But Gabe wants to break out of his nerdy stereotype and try other things. He has his eye on the new ogress at school. Though it’s against all beastly rules, there’s just something about her.
Gabe starts a fad of mingling with other species, forcing the High Council to step in and ruin things by threatening to destroy the school and split up Broken Branch Falls. With help from other outcast friends, Gabe sets out on a quest to save his town. They'll show 'em what different friends can do together!
Tara Tyler has had a hand at everything from waitressing to rocket engineering. After living up and down the Eastern US, she now writes and teaches math in Ohio with her three active boys and Coach Husband. Currently, she has two series, The Cooper Chronicles (techno-thriller detective capers) and Beast World (MG fantasy). She's an adventure writer who believes every good story should have action, a moral, and a few laughs!
Also by Tara Tyler, techno-thriller detective series,
The Cooper Chronicles, Book One: POP TRAVEL
