No Time To Write - I Keep Getting Interrupted
Sculpture by Philip Jackson, Image Copyright Janet Cameron 'It's not my fault I don't have time to write,' said a fellow-writer. 'I'm too available. My sister phoned at 8.30 this morning to say she was in trouble. Her entire life is the pits. I wished she'd left it till this evening, as I'd promised myself an uninterrupted morning at my computer. But I listen. What else can I do?' Does this sound familiar? It's the downside of being a freelance writer. You may feel bad about being unavailable, but that person probably has a sister, husband or friend who is in a 'proper job' and they wouldn't dream of turning up at their places of work with their problems. You, however, are flexible, and in most people's minds, flexible means not urgent - maybe not even very important. You may be on a high, fully aware that if you don’t commit your creativity to a permanent medium this minute your synaptic connections will go AWOL. O...