The lovely Rhobin has set another interesting topic: During the sometimes hectic holidays do you find it hard to find writing time? If not, how do you handle it with the expectations of others to visit and share time together? Or do you appreciate taking a vacation from fiction to enjoy time with family and friends?
Yes, I do find it hard as I’m the chief cook in this house, although I do have a bottle washer. Actually running a kitchen where you make something and continue in that vein or with the results is an ongoing task and it takes up a lot of organisational skill.
For example, if you cook a turkey, then there’s always a carcase and stock to make. Once you have stock, you need to make soup… If you ordered too much cream and bought too much cheese, and who didn’t, then pudding or pasta recipes need to be looked out.
It’s all a bit like writing a novel – keep it wet along the edge and everything will be fine.
Other people are always a bit uncertain about how a writer works. Do you have a routine? is the favourite question and it’s hard to answer. ‘Sort of’ is the best I can do. Curiously, I find my most productive moments are the hour before a meal when I would be cooking it, if anyone was home to eat it. Maybe one creative energy substitutes for another.
And yes, it is nice to take a vacation from writing sometimes. Get out into the country and walk. Go to the theatre. Visit folk. shop in the Sales where the wonder of human nature is seen – red in tooth and elbows.
But finally, who can say they don’t get a lot of ideas and inspiration from gatherings of relatives, whether they are your own or others?
I love Christmas, but Do Not Buy Me A Onsie. You have been warned.
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