I hate the “how do you balance writing and family” question because no one *ever* asks male authors.
That said, the answer is that I exclusively sign my kids up for activities that have long practices near dive bars that are particularly conductive to hunkering down to write.
@keith_rosson Do they really have little targets painted in the urinals to encourage aiming and thus reduce potential gross? I read somewhere ages ago they'd installed such in the Newark Airport and cut cleaning time by 2/3...
@V_V_G The only crime of my childhood was to steal the copy of Long Live the Queen from my 6th grade classroom library because I didn’t want to go a summer sans re-read. Sorry, Mrs. Sheppard!
@ORAmyW I might be on your kid’s side, actually. I nearly dissociated at Fred Meyer today when my twins shrugged and said we should “just get Bic or whatever.” Who ARE these children?
Imagine your job is Fulton County mugshot taker. The pressure of knowing someday soon you will produce what will inevitably be one of the most circulated (and OMG most Etsy-ed) images of all time.
My Barbie memory is that one time in the late eighties the neighbor kid wanted us to make Barbie and Ken fuck and I made Barbie and Ken get an HIV test first because my parents were two of the like twenty-seven people in Utah who believed in comprehensive sex education.
The think piece I am waiting for is an analysis of the "Barbie bump," breaking down how much extra press Oppenheimer is getting due to its incongruous release date twin.
@rebeccalehmann If you get stuck/frustrated try something wild (a switch to first person from third, present tense from past) for a chapter or so. Yeah, you’ll wind up changing it back, but the extreme change will refocus you on the fundamentals of your voice and make you fall back in love.
@jacasiegel I know you said you’ve muted this but for anyone else reading the thread: asking to keep the lead blanket/shield thing on post X-rays helps with getting through the rest of the proceedings so damn much. Signed, my 2022 root canal and crown.