I am sure that I not the only writer that found themselves in the position of trying to juggle their daily life of home and work with the deep burning desire to write. You know what I mean. The kids fighting, the stack of dishes in the sink, never ending laundry and those oh so important, “we need you to come in, even though it is your day off,” requests by the frantic boss.

So when do we, the writers, find the time to sit down and give into our “muse” and pour out our creative juices onto paper. (0r computer, if you will). It can be hard at times to find time for everything. Especially during the summer months when my “little angels” are home from school and bored out of their little gourds.

While I am patiently waiting for my children to return to school, I am trying to squeeze in an hour here to write the next chapter of what ever story I happen to be working on and 45 minutes there to do another endless round of edits. I have taken the last resort of using my breaks at work to hurriedly scribble down my ideas for my stories and write dialogue. Then I take them home and try to transcribe them while the kids are taking their “quiet time”, which never lasts as long as it is suppose too. I am sure my co-workers think I have lost my mind.

My hubby and room mate have taken pity on me and try to keep the kids occupied for a few hours each week so I can work uninterrupted on whichever story I am working on. Aside from those few precious hours, normally on the weekend, I have resorted to stealing every minute than I can and search for more creative ideas to entertain my “bored” little angels. So does anyone have any ideas, aside from gagging them and putting them in front of the tv, that actually work? LOL.