Frustrated

So I've been in between "traditional" authors and "self-published" authors all day and it's very interesting to see the amount of negativity toward self publication from the traditionalists.

In my opinion, if I wrote something that I believe is quality enough to be read and received well by the public, I should be able to put it out there. Thanks to companies like Createspace, that day is finally here. Every person should be able to be proud of their craft and if what they put out there is not received well, so be it. That's the chance that every author takes, agented and with a publisher or not. Landing an agent and getting into a publishing house gives you a better chance of being more widely received by the reading public, but it is by no means the ONLY WAY!

I was told, more or less, that it is and that since I've chosen to believe in myself and put my own work out there, my work must be of poor quality. Ha! I've written and edited the work myself. I have labored over this novel and will I have made some mistakes? Possibly, but that is also how I will learn and improve my craft. So I just wanted to get this off of my chest.

Time in the Day

As a mother, a wife, an educator, and now a writer, it seems that there needs to be more time for everything. Organization is the key. I know some people can organize their entire life through the Google calendar and it works. Unfortunately calendars have never done much good for me. I've tried to use them many times and end up writing a few things down, maybe doing them or maybe not, and eventually getting rid of them all together.

We all have a system that works. We're all busy. I have a very detailed mind in which I section off portions of time for particular activities. For example, I know that I'll get up most mornings and exercise, then get ready and go to work, then come home and clean, make dinner, play with kids, spend time with husband, then finally, I'll spend some time working on either my current novel project or the blanket that I've been crocheting for my daughter. I finish most days by opening the novel I'm reading currently and soaking it in until I get sleepy. This is pretty much routine for me but I'm also very flexible. If something happens that throws things out of whack for me, I roll with it.

As I said earlier, we're all busy individuals and we each work in our own way....... what works for you? How do you find enough time in the day for everything you need to get accomplished and what do you do when things don't happen the way you like?