Out of Office

The guides to blogging say only blog if you have something interesting to say and whatever you do don't blog about not blogging; but this is a post about not blogging. I had a spectacular November with NaNoWriMo. December brought the decision to go on the 'Writing Train' in the Big Smoke Writing Factory which starts in two weeks *big smile*. Over Christmas the internet connection went in my house for a whole week so instead when not nappy changing or tripping over diggers, I organised shelves, tidied under beds, made soup, baked bread and enjoyed being trapped indoors by the snow. The best part was being completely unattached to my laptop (read two whole books!). I think the internet is a great place but it is also a dangerous place for a tired end of day mother that just wants to zone out....At times when I am supposed to be writing (or in bed, like now!) I drift on to facebook or find myself reading top ten tips for writers, or about some celebrity I forgot existed till her latest marriage break-up is announced, I love blogs, reading about competitions... so much that an hour, two hours, just slips by. It is like sitting in front of endless re-runs of Scrubs - it is mostly zombie time sitting in front of a screen no matter how much you convince yourself it's 'research'.

So I am putting an out of office on this blog for a while. I hope to be back, with tales of published articles, stories submitted to competitions and a three book deal... Positive visualisation is a great thing. But for now I need to spend my small bit of time left in the evening just writing.

Finally, I don't imagine I have more than two readers given how inattentive I've been to this blog but if any mother bloggers are reading - how do you do it? Seriously! Thanks and hope to be back soon.