Some who write say:
“Sit your butt in your chair and write.”
Oh, if only it were that easy.
DH and the dogs vie for my attention especially at mealtime. Four in the afternoon Gavin starts to bug me. He pokes me with his nose, he stares at me, and he bows and barks. Patty dances and sings back up.
“It’s not time yet.”
“What’s for dinner?” DH asks.
“It’s not time yet. Can’t you see I’m trying to work?”
“Oh, I thought it was later.”
“That’s why you have a watch and half a dozen clocks around the house. So that you know what time it is.”
“I figured the dogs knew.”
“The dogs can’t tell time.” I reread what I wrote while he was talking. Hmm, not bad…and then my character can—
“Well, can you tell me what we’re having anyway?”
Typing frantically before I lose my train of thought I snap, “Food, you’ll like it.” I look up and brakes squeal—the train crashes.
I sit back, look heavenward, and the house adds its two cents by waving cobwebs at me from odd places.
Posted on January 3, 2011, in Writer, Writing and tagged Author, Bones, books, Books on writing, Bull Terriers, Care giving, Caregiver, Craft of writing, Dead, Disability, Doggoned, Family, Fiction, Home, Humor, Life, Love, MS, Multiple Sclerosis, Murder, Mysteries, Mystery, Novel writing, Post A Day, Writer, Writing. Bookmark the permalink. 2 Comments.
Doggonedmysteries 
It’s sooo funny! Downunder, I’m faced with what I call the ‘four o’clock frenzy’ from my four legged mob. Luckily, I don’t have any two legged ones to add to the mayhem:-) But just imagine a horse behaving like a dog…..now I know why they are sometimes called a nag!
Seriously, it’s a hard balancing act but worth it 🙂 Keep writing!
Thank you!
Yes, horses can be doglike and nags too when it comes to feeding time.
Yeah, sit your butt in that chair and write….I’m still waiting to brag about that FAMOUS MISTERY author I know.
LOL! Gee, thanks, Dear.