TABLE OF CONTENTS
About the Author
Preface
Introduction
Chapter 1 Getting Started
Chapter 2 The Other Excuses
Chapter 3 Fighting the Fear
Chapter 4 Getting the Kids to Help
Chapter 5 Best Times to Write
Chapter 6 Sometimes You Have to Say No
Chapter 7 The Process of Brainstorming
Chapter 8 Start Your Own Newsletter
Chapter 9 Where, Oh Where Did My Muse Go?
Chapter 10 Never Run Out of Ideas
Chapter 11 My Own Story – Up and Running Again
Chapter 12 Interview With a Successful Writing Parent – Angela Adair-Hoy
Chapter 13 Tales & Advice From Other Writing Parents
Chapter 14 Bonus Articles – Over 20 articles written especially for parent writers.
Chapter 15 VERY Quick Tips to Help You Write Today
Chapter 16 Resources and Web Sites Worth Checking Out
Closing
Taken from chapter in e-book…
Getting Started
Anyone who has ever wanted to write longs for the opportunity to have nothing to do but write. If only there wasn’t a job they had to go to. If only there wasn’t class. If only the kids would be quiet. If only . . . But these are aspects of our lives and we must deal with them. We can either use them as excuses or get past them.
Many, many writers use their children as excuses to procrastinate. I know this because I am guilty of such. I have always said that it would be easier for me to write once my son started school. But then, by the time that day arrived, I had a new son. So I had lost valuable time. And I still lose this kind of time when I let my mind tell me there’s no way I can write with the kids in the house.
What has to be done now is you must make yourself sit down and write. Sounds simple enough, right? Try it. Find ten minutes and sit down and write. Is it working? Have you found the time yet? Probably not. You’re waiting for free time, aren’t you? That’s too bad because chances are, it won’t come. –
“I’ll Write When the Kids Are Grown” was written in an effort to help parents, grandparents and others who procrastinate and blame the kids for not being able to write. Each chapter offers ideas and tips to find more productive time and to utilize even the most minor moments to capture thoughts.
