I hate the way I let mundane, every day life distract me from my writing. I work in the morning--it seems to be the only time I am really creative. I have friends who don’t start writing until nine or ten at night. By that time I’m in my P. J’s, curled up in a chair reading and totally useless in the creative department. 

So why do I waste my creative time? I decided this morning we needed to have Fajitas for dinner, so I had to run out to the market. Who thinks about Mexican food at eight AM? Sheesh. 

I’d like to tell you the reason I’m distracted is because I’m setting my own deadline and not following one from a publisher, but I did this kind of thing all the time when I was publishing for New York houses. And now that I think of it, it usually had to do with food. 

It is so much easier to plan and cook a great meal than it is to write five pages of a manuscript.

Okay--Back to writing! As soon as I check email. And get a cup of coffee. And a snack.  :-)