Where Has Susan Disappeared To???

No, I have not been playing in my She Shed :-)  I have actually been 

writing my book.  I promised my Mama that I would get it done, and

although she never saw it's fruition in her lifetime,  I certainly want to

get it finished in her memory, and Daddy's too!

Writing a book is all consuming.  It's hard to focus on much else.

Scheduling is tough too.  A writer hides out in their own little world,

and few understand that kind of solitude.  Some people think I am

a hermit, a loner.  I would say they are partially correct.  I actually

enjoy my own company.  That's not all of it though.  I have to spend

time alone to get into my character's heads.  

Little interruptions during the day disturb the cadence.  Charlie, who

sprays for mosquitos outside.  The plumber.  John who sprays the

inside and outside of the house to keep the roaches away.  You 

should see the size of the tree roaches in the street when Bentley

and I take our nightly walk!  David texting from work because he

wants me to research something.  The normal kind of interruptions 

of life that are typically acceptable, become major ones for 

a writer deep in thought.  

I could write late at night and then sleep during the day, but I 

don't think that will work for me.  I have been faithfully getting

in a workout everyday and I now sleep very soundly all through

the night.  No more insomnia!  So now that I have a good

sleeping pattern established, I hate to disrupt it.  So I grab

parts of the day to work, but my routine is not yet firmly

established.  

If it seems as though I am ignoring you, well, I am.  If I 

chatted with you all of the time I would never get any work

done.  Forgive me.  I still love you and have not forgotten you.

At the moment I am trying to make everything run smoothly.

It will, I promise, it will.  Then I'll be back and we can have

lots of long chats.  In the meantime, there will be little

chats about what is ever floating around my mind.

Big Texas Hugs,

Susan and Bentley