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11/19/2005: "Motherhood, apple pie and being a writer"
mood: :-)
I know Agatha Christie did it. A mother, a wife, a bestselling author of over 80 crime novels. What I don't know, is how. How she had the time, not to mention the mental energy, to sit down (without a word processor, mind you) and produce her 1000 words a day. Yes, she had a nanny for her daughter. And yes, some of what went on in the nursery found its way into the books ("One, two, buckle my shoe", "Ten little
The present time is no different. Mary Higgins Clark did it (wrote her first novel, I mean) at her kitchen table before her kids got up in the morning. Minette Walters has two sons. Perhaps one day they'll tell me how they do it, and I'll be as famous as they are.
For now, though, I'm going to go to my room... oh, of course, I don't have a room. I have an open-plan space that I share with my husband. For now, then, I'll go to the kitchen and finish baking the apple pie for tomorrow's play group. The prequel to "Murder @ Work" can wait.
Yvonne Eve Walus on Saturday, November 19th 2005 @ 10:56 AM GMT [link]