A Day In My Life
Firstly, apologies. I said from the beginning I wouldn't blog regularly. However, I had intended to do more than I have. Sorry. I will try to do better.
05:50 – ‘sunrise
alarm clock’ starts kicking in
06:15 – alarm
now has full sunrise in motion, accompanied by radio kicking in (time to groan
and roll over)
06:20 –
gradually drag myself into the land of the living
06:35 –
finally admit I cannot stay in bed all day (begrudgingly), and heave arse out
of bed
06:50 –
valuable reading time done whilst carrying out ablutions (tmi?)
07:00 –
having thrown some clothes on, stagger downstairs to make packed lunch &
breakfast
07:10 – eat
breakfast trying to catch some news on BBC Breakfast
07:20 – shit!
Is that the time?? Rush out the door. Get to car. Rush back in for Kindle.
07:50 – phew,
made it into the day job OK. Thanks be for quiet traffic.
08:45 – had
coffee, which helped me get through meeting first thing
10:00 – been
hard at work ‘adminning’ (yes, I made up a new word), but now wondering how
many hours are left in the day. Decide it’s too many!
10:30 –
coffee number 2. Will this day ever end? Storyline is knocking but I’m trapped
here so I can’t do anything about it.
13:00 –
managed to be productive, but tummy rumbling means time for cheese & apple
lunch. 30 minutes to scoff food and read some other indie authors’ work.
13:30 – back
into office. Feel sleepy after food so coffee number 3.
16:30 – yay;
I managed to focus on admin work all day (well, I did it, whilst my heart was
longing for a farmhouse retreat)
17:05 – get
home. Option 1) exercise 2) feed cat 3) collapse on sofa (interchangeable
dependent on mood)
17:30 – if
not done so already, feed cat (anything to stop the meowing)
17:35 – check
in with fb/Twitter/Goodreads/Amazon sales or reviews whilst greeting hubby as
he gets home
18:00 – time
for feeding! Option 1) hint at hubby until he makes dinner 2) make it myself
(usually option 1 wins out here)
18:30 – eat
dinner, perhaps whilst still typing replies to people
18:45 – think
about blog.
19:00 – brain
hurting. Just sit and relax in front of TV
19:05 – get
distracted by personal fb
19:10 – write
sarcastic comment on hubby’s fb, just so he knows I’ve remembered he’s sitting
next to me :-/
19:30 – try
to promote existing books and worry I’m not doing enough
20:00 – need
a bath (tends to keep flies away). Take opportunity to read.
21:00 – too
tired to do anything now. Plan on writing book as soon as I get home tomorrow.
22:00 – Go to
bed, exhausted (having actually done PC work most of the evening even in the
gaps where I’ve pretended I don’t)
Exciting,
huh? Weekends might see a bit more sleep, sometimes a day out or amusing step
kids. I occasionally get space and time to write.
This sounds like I’m moaning. I’m
really not. Having been made redundant five times I’m grateful to have a job at
all. I need to keep a roof over my head somehow. I just wish I was able to
ferret myself away when the writing bug grips me, just to get some words down.
The writing Mistress is a cruel one; sometimes she comes calling at
inappropriate and/or inconvenient times. By the time I manage to get home I’ve
forgotten what she was trying to tell me.
But I
wouldn’t change it. I love writing. I truly do. And for now at least, I’ll just
grab the best opportunities I can to practise my craft.
One day I’ll
get that farmhouse. Mind you, I’m sure that naughty writing faery will still
wait until I’m with a holistic client before making an appearance ;-P
But here’s the thing; I spend my life
feeling exhausted. Sometimes there’s holistic clients and step children to slot
in around my hours. I write, re-write, get proof readers, edit, stagger through
book cover options, promote with every spare moment. Fine, that’s my choice.
But with an increasing number of sites advertising free eBooks, there’s fewer
and fewer people willing to pay for all this blood, sweat and tears. It’s not
like I’m asking for much; way under what the traditionally published hard
copies of yore would’ve done. Just an acknowledgement / a small token of my
hard work would be nice. And something which costs nothing; a review once you’re
done please.
There are
currently around 287,000 romance books in the Kindle book store. If I ever want
to climb the rankings I need people to buy my books, but for more people to buy
my books they need to know they exist, guess how you can help. Yes, those
precious reviews really do help others notice and decide whether or not to buy.
So please please do leave reviews for books you’ve read. I personally read
every single one, and get thrills of excitement every time. I just love hearing
what people think.
And the best
thing about the modern way of publishing means that the majority of authors now
have some sort of social media presence. You can like fan pages, chat to us
etc.
Should you
wish to find me, I can be located here:or: https://twitter.com/TLClarkAuthor
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