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Re: [GWL]: Finding time to write with children

Hi ya'll,
I started my 'fulltime' writing career (spending retirement cash on computer 
from last 'real' job) in part so I could be home with the young ones. They 
did, like Zoey, have a tablet near my desk, and soon their own computer. I 
also found that taking plenty of vitamins allowed me to work while they 
napped. Soon, castoff equipment became their favorite toys (defunct cell 
phones, etc) Now that the youngest is 12, she has her office set up in the 
attic and at times, her desk is cleaner than mine by a long shot. She 
calendars her assignments for academic and extracurricular activities, and 
never misses a deadline. Once he got to high school, my smart son figured 
out how to take a list with him and stop at the grocery, dry cleaner, bank, 
etc, on his way home - thus giving him the all important vehicle access all 
teens crave and giving me more time to write.
So my advice is - don't make the work a secret or sacred space- and it will 
become their world, too. And it helps to cultivate selective hearing, so you 
can tell the noises of joy from the other kind and don't have to interrupt 
your flow.
By the way, the son is a National Merit Semifinalist and wants to be a 
writer. :)
Nellie Neal

>From: Diana Pederson <gardenwriter@enabling-gardens.com>
>Reply-To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
>To: Gardenwriters@topica.com
>Subject: [GWL]: Finding time to write with children
>Date: Mon, 21 Jan 2002 12:39:36 -0500
>
>Hi:
>
>I have a friend with 3 kids (soon to be 4).  The youngest is
>going on 4.  She homeschools the older kids.  Since Zoey was
>2, she has had her own set of books to "write" or "scribble"
>or "whatever" in while the older ones work in their
>workbooks.  My friend gives Zoey some simple assignments
>like "draw me a picture of a tree", etc. as her schoolwork.
>
>Maybe something like this could work with your 2 1/2 year
>old.  Get her a "desk" with a cup of crayons, pencils,
>paper, whatever else is needed.  Let her work at her desk
>while you work at yours.
>
>--
>Diana Pederson
>Enabled Gardener Editor
>http://www.suite101.com/welcome.cfm/enabling_garden
>
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