Monday, March 10, 2014

Writing + Motherhood = The Definition of Murphy's Law

I've been a mom for 7 months now, but it took me WAY less time than that to figure out that motherhood means never doing what you want, when you want to do it.

I swear to you all, my son has radar. He'll be happy and playful and contentedly amusing himself, until the second I decide there's something I need to get done - namely eating or writing. Then all of a sudden he goes from this:




To this:



I've also noticed this particular brand of Murphy's Law applies to his sleep patterns. When I'm bursting with a new scene to write, or dying to finish up an old one, I can almost guarantee this will happen:



But when I'm absolutely stuck, and couldn't get words down even if you bribed me with a night with Colton Haynes, that's when he does this for hours on end:


What about you, peeps? What are your hindrances to writing? When do you sneak in your creative moments?

3 comments:

  1. Thank God for Evernote! Because they absolutely know when I'm trying to write!

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  2. Yeah, children can be interesting little darlings when it comes to timing. I have a nine year old and get my writing in after I get home from work, help her with homework, feed her and get her in bed.

    I'm not sure if what I answered with helps or not lol!!

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  3. Hang in there, Gina! The period of my life when my children were babies is the ONLY period in my life when I did no writing.

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