Scheduling Writing Time

I was right! It took me a few days, but I am back to writing at least one hour a day, more when I have more free time.

But this is the wrong way to think about it. I need to consider writing as my job; phone calls, shopping, family matters (unless there's bleeding involved), should not be allowed to interfere with my writing time. That's so easy to say, but what do you do when someone comes to the door and it is your writing time? Or calls. Easy enough to say, don't answer, but suppose it's an emergency?

I could tell family and friends that my writing hours are such and such and not to disturb me at those times. That would lessen the disturbances. Or I could choose hours that are less likely to be disturbed which is what I am going to try. I am going for one hour in the morning before my grandson comes and one hour in the evening after he goes home. That doubles the time I have been spending at the computer and I have so many projects to complete, I need all the time I can get. I'm aiming for one hour on my magazine work and one hour on my books. Let's see how it works!