Don’t you just hate it when people talk about themselves in the 3rd person?
Seriously though, I do try to keep my fiction writing separate from well, everything else I do in the business realm. Yes, it makes me a little psycho, but hey, who needs a calm, centered fiction writer? We’re supposed to all be a little crazy.
Me crazy?
Definitely (and yes, I know all of you except my dear sweet husband will disagree with the crazy comment as a clinical hypnotherapist, I’m not really allowed to be crazy, I think). I beat myself up in the gym or TKD – I’ll take a round house kick to the jaw and just shake it off. I’ll take on too many projects. Try to balance everyone and everything (and fail miserably 99% of the time), and miss catching up with friends because by the end of the day, I want a buffer between me and people. I lose my temper with the small child no matter how much I try not to. I think it’s a mom thing. And I write in sprints. Some days focused and channeled, some days, all over the place.
The sane part of me is teaching this week.
I couldn’t justify going to the RWA Conference this year. It ends up costing to much and yielding too little. Hell, if i wanted to hang out with my favorite writing buds, I think I’ll just host a writer’s retreat and invite them all HERE. It would be less expensive, we’d get a lot done and progress would be made. Not that I don’t envy all those AT the conference this year 
Who doesn’t love a Disney trip?
But, for those of us not at the RWA10 this year, Savvy Authors is hosting a Summer Symposium (we won’t mention how many times I’ve had to backspace on THAT word). I offered to teach my Muse class, focusing on stress management and relaxation techniques to allow writers to focus on their craft.
I love teaching this class And, there are a lot of other online classes being offered. I can only hope to keep up with reading them all.
You should check them out! What other writing classes, online or other, have you taken and really gotten a lot out of?
PS – I uttered a VERY bad word today when pup and I got lost trying to get to the Baltimore National Aquarium. Bad mommy. I don’t like getting turned around in an area of town that had me wishing I had weapons on me. Thankfully? “That’s ok mommy, I know you’re just worried about getting us there safely.” I do love our 6 year old. He rocks.
I think you do a fantastic job keeping our household sane. As for Baltimore, there’s an old SNL bit where the Larry King impersonator says “Baltimore is a dirty, ugly city.” Don & Mike played that a million times. That thought crosses my mind almost every time I’m there. It’s not the easiest place to get around. Glad you got to see the inner harbor and the National Acquarium. The recap was great!
Hell, if i wanted to hang out with my favorite writing buds, I think I’ll just host a writer’s retreat and invite them all HERE.
LOL! Don’t think I haven’t thought about that myself. Although, I was thinking something like renting out a couple of rooms in the North Carolina mountains and having our own retreat up there. Talk about breathtaking and inspirational. It’s not exactly Disney, but it’ll do.
As for writing classes, I’m taking a “refresher’s course” in deep POV this month. Of course, I haven’t had a chance to do any of the homework yet, so go figure.
Marcia,
Love the idea of the NC mountains! Keep me posted if you do LOL. I’ll go! I participated in Savvy Authors Symposium while the RWA Conference was going on. Great classes on Deep POV and Skinwalking.
~S