I am absolutely delighted to welcome Strange Chemistry Author,Rachel Neumeier to the blog today to share a Guest Post on Striking the Balance Between Writing and Life.
Rachel's Young Adult Urban Fantasy/Paranormal novel, Black Dog was released on the 6th of February 2014 by Strange Chemistry!
So without further ado let me turn the blog over to Rachel....
Striking the Balance Between Writing and Life
Once during a panel at a convention, one of the panelists asked everyone who was a professional writer to raise their hands. A lot of people in the audience raised theirs, including me. Then she asked everyone to keep their hands up if they made a point of writing every day. I was the only one who put my hand down.
Obviously that panelist was making the point that Real Writers make time to write every single day without fail, and I’m sure that’s the message that all the non-writers in the audience got. But I definitely don’t write every day – not even close. When I’m actively working on a new book, I do write every single day, or nearly. But when I’m not, I can go months without writing at all, not counting blog posts and things like that. It’s during that time off that I read most of the fiction I get through in a year, so taking a break is something I really look forward to! It’s also during that time off that I unfold the rest of my life.