I had full intentions of keeping up with this blog more regularly but the past couple of weeks have been a bit of a whirlwind. I picked up a new day job and I think I’m almost through with my training. I imagine next week I’ll be flying solo and getting used to a (hopefully short) bus commute since my assigned location is not the one I’m training at. The whole experience definitely has been pushing me out of my comfort zones. Growth is always uncomfortable, right?

Since I have the day off today, I’m trying to get an e-book editing project off my plate. I’m waiting on approval from the client and then I should be done. I might spend some time working on personal projects today. I think I’m starting to resemble Kafka’s quote regarding what happens to writers who do not write. It’s been too long since I put fingers to keyboard for anything other than mundane matters or editing others’ work and I’m starting to turn monstrous.

Perhaps all writers are monsters anyway – barely contained in cages to exhibit social niceties and other requirements of being a modern “civilized” being – but this one needs to stop courting insanity or they just might implode. I’m starting to feel a little less rough around the edges already from this short blog post, but I’ve a need for more time spent in my own invented worlds. What are your favorite tips or tricks for keeping enough time for your own creative outlets? Asking for a friend. Or an enemy. Or both.