Tired Thoughts

Writing is a job - an atypical job - but still a job. I will stop at 5 p.m., just like any 9 to 5 worker. That's the only way the work gets don.
The advantage is that I am in my own house, sitting at the dining room table, wearing shorts and a T-shirt. And since it is the end of the day and I am doing routine tasks, I have been watching Oprah.
This morning I worked on the final rewrites for my novel, The Gate House. I finished the actual writing almost two years ago. Believe me -- it has been a long pregnancy! But I am very proud of my baby! And I hope it will be the first of many. I've always loved large families, and books, unlike children, will sit quietly when I ask them to,