In reply to Alicia Butcher Ehrhardt.

Well, there’s the part about the above not necessarily reflecting objective reality to consider. So far the only thing that’s worked reliably for me is waking up and going straight to my desk to write for a couple of hours. Unfortunately that option isn’t available to me, because of kids of varying ages with different bedtimes and school hours…these kids being the type who both want and need a lot of attention, which I’m happy to give them. So I’m trying to tell myself that there are other options. We’ll see if that works.

Hope it works for you – your method would drive me mad. Madder.

No one says you have to write any way but your own.

Go for it. How do you like the results? That’s the only thing that really matters.