My mood always controls my writing. As in I haven't been in the mood for six months. I went back to college in Jan 06. Decided to try this writing thing around Dec 06. Not the best planning.

I finally decided I have to finish this school thing and not beat myself up about the rest. I'm only one person and there's only so much I can do. Full time job can't be ignored. Nine year old can't be ignored. Groceries, laundry, school work can't be ignored. Unfortunately, that left the writing to be ignored.

So be it. I'll finish school in June and then I'll have no more excuses. Right? RIGHT?!

Sorry you're having a rough time. Hope the clouds clear out soon.

Oh, Terri, you are an angel. I just have to figure out if I want the writing to drop until May when semester ends.

I don't think I can since it is the only thing that seems to be keeping me sane.

As much as I want to drop the groceries I guess I can't can I?

I'll be honest, I've really let the grocery shopping go. LOL! No one says you have to give the writing up. You just have to let yourself off the hook if something else take precedence. It sounds like the cry of the procrastinator (and it might be) but there will be time eventually to do what you want to do.

My mood controls many of the things I do. :)

Give yourself permission to write or not to write, a little or a lot. I'm not always 100% successful with my 200 words a day, but if that's all I get, at least it's something.

I know we've all discussed that writing has to be a priority, but even those who do it full time have to take a break now and then. Life is life. If you find five minutes, write for five minutes. If you don't, cut yourself a break.
Hugs.

Renee, I think I'm exactly where you are. I enrolled for classes and then suddenly got an agent, which I thought was going to take at least 6 months. And the classes are self-paced where you read the text books and just take one huge test at the end and that's your grade. I'd just started them and then got the agent, so I put them on hold while I was writing the blurbs and the short synopses, and then just had to write 10 pp synopses (and all that means plotting everything out). And then I had to get the beginning of the 2nd ms written. And now I'm back studying (and I already forgot everything I learned before I stopped!), but I feel under so much pressure to be writing. I hope I don't have a nervous breakdown before this is all over. And I hope you don't either. I agree with Terri--there's only so much a person can do. We're already committed to finishing the classes so we just have to do it and know that it will work out in the end. (Honest:-)

I try to jump in when the mood is right, but I fight against it if it's wrong. I kind of follow Nora Robert's attitude; drag the muse to the keyboard kicking and screaming if necessary.

You guys are wonderful! Hi Stephie!!!! Unfortunately, for my classes I have deadlines. But I'm coming to realize that my Lit class and Comp class will help me in the long run with my writing. And the Geography class I'm taking is helping me become more efficient at researching in a timely manner. I still haven't figured out what the heck Algebra is good for. No, Alice do not tell me it's for business math, I just refuse to believe that. I can add and subtract just fine, as well as multiply and divide. And I have a computer to tell me when I'm in the red.:)

Alice I've heard that just never knew where it came from.

Maddie, you're the best, really you are. (Well among many bests) ;)

Terri, don't forget those times when your child needs surgery and you must be at their beck and call for days on end to make them feel better. *rolls eyes* :)

Hugs to you all.

It was in an interview with her in RWR just a few months ago. Nora actually has quite the mouth on her sometimes.