Where do I find the time, is probably the number one question I get as a writer, full-time employee, and mom. These are some great tips for anyone who wants to write but isn’t quite ready (or able) to make the leap to full-time. Thanks, Don for putting this all together (and yes, I want to hear more about this marketing resource of yours).
Someday I would love to be a full-time writer, but for right now, I have a 50-60 hour a week day job that requires my attention so that annoyances like bills, mortgage payments, and insurance can be provided for. I’ve written and published ten books in the past five years while satisfying the demands of my day job. People always ask me how I do this, so here are some tips to help others that might be in this same predicament. I will expand on each of these within this post:
- Think about your writing during every minute that you have available
- Maximize your idle time
- Travel and free time
- Use your daily experiences to help you
- Claim your non-work time
- Sleep less
- Work on multiple writing projects simultaneously
- Outsource your marketing/advertising
- Automate your social media campaign
- Don’t give up
I hope this list is helpful. There may be other…
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Allie Potts 
I was with him up until sleep less. This momma loves her sleep. Although, now that I think about it, I lose sleep lying in bed thinking about my book, so I guess I’ve already bombed that one. A couple nights ago, I had to slip out of bed, open the laptop, and jot down a few things before I forgot them. Sadly, it seems I do my best work when I ought to be sleeping. 🙂
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The muse is a cruel friend. Yeah, this momma needs her sleep too, but everything else was a solid tip
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Agreed.
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Number 1 for sure–I think about writing all the time, and I keep notes on my phone until I’m ready to “put pen to paper”!
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That’s a better strategy than my way of scribbling on random bits of paper
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Especially at 3 in the morning!
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Sleep less, indeed! Good advice here.
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It’s great advice – though I already have little enough sleep as it is, but other than that, great advice
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