It is difficult as a writer to find time doing what you love: writing. Everything else in the world seems to try and get in the way. I own a business with my husband. It’s a used bookstore with a cafe. We serve coffee drinks of all kinds, food of a limited but healthy variety, and the warm hospitable atmosphere of a bookstore. It’s a dream. It’s also all encompassing on my time. As I write, I’ve taken a sub position at a local school just to have a little time to write. So here I am, at some stranger’s desk writing about the frustrations of life as a writer. After this, I will work on my story. Take some time to work on yours today, no matter what it takes. Get up early, stay up late, or just tell people to scurry off and leave you alone already!

Just do it. I will. Promise.