Like most people who write fiction, I do so for fun.
I am fortunate enough to spend part of my life as a professional writer (e.g., working on my dissertation) and part as a mama to very active toddlers. Much of the rest of my time is consumed by mundane human activities (i.e., showering, cooking, jogging, sleeping, etc.) or nurturing my marriage and friendships.
The difficulties in balancing recreational writing against professional and personal commitments are well-trod territories. I’ll probably explore them more at some point, but in this post, I have something else in mind.
For the moment, I’m interested in the balance between our lives as readers and our lives as writers. In the few hours a day that I’m able to snag for myself, either early in the morning before the kids are awake or in the evening after they’re asleep, how do you decide when to read and when to write?
Emma Barry 