Welcome to week 2 of the Marketing for Romance Authors 52 week challenge.  Each week, a lovely group of romance authors blog on a common theme.  You are welcome to join us.

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This week the topic is how our families survive our writing.  That’s not a problem at my house.  I’ve got a wee family — the teen-age daughter who locks herself in her room, the dog chasing squirrels in the backyard, and a big, fat, elderly cat who sleeps on the couch all day.  They don’t notice when I write.

Moreover, given the single motherhood and the high demand day job, I write in the morning, when everyone is still sleeping, on the metro on the way to work, and on weekends in between chauffeuring said daughter to the hobby de jeure, food shopping and those regular weekend errands.  At night, I do what social media/marketing/blogging I can, then sleep. That’s all the energy I got left.

So my issue is not how my family survives my writing, but how my writing survives my family.  As you can see, in my home, I sneak the writing in where I can. But equally challenging for me, is that the wider family doesn’t seem to care much about my writing. They never ask about my books or my blog. They may buy the book (and not always), but then they hide it away on their kindle or nook because I write ‘those’ kinds of romance (hot, explicit, often with racy covers). Their friends wouldn’t understand, they tell me.

So without my family as my first line of readers, book buyers and marketers, I feel like  the marketing mountain we all have to climb is sharper, higher, and more daunting than those who have that family support. That may or may not be true, but its how it feels.

How do I survive without family support of my writing?  Here’s how.  Meet Evan, the hero of my current WIP, Unnatural Allies. ~Le Sigh~  Having the time to write, to indulge my creativity and my imagination, is how my writing survives. Book boyfriends never hurt.

Check out all the other authors participating on the challenge here.

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You can catch up with week 1, my favorite things, here.  I had lots of fun with that one.

 

8 Replies to “Who’s Surviving Who, Writing at My House #MFRWauthor #amwriting”

  • I know several writers with full-time jobs who get up extra early to grab some writing time. I admire all of you. One of the great things about online groups like MFRW is the support we get from other writers. We’re cheering each other on and rejoicing with each other. Best wishes.

  • You accomplish so much to be proud of. Amazing! You should be very proud. I don’t have many family members as readers either – hubby, father-in-law, mum before her Alzheimers got bad. Wider family support would be nice but I’ve not looked to them for approval for a very long time.

    • Hi Heather. Thanks for the words of encouragement. I don’t need family approval, but it doesn’t ever hurt. Enjoy the blog challenge.

  • Reading your post reminded me of the days when my son was in school and I was working full-time and I wrote whenever I could get a chance. It seemed like such a miracle to get a day off and write that day. I don’t really know of many writers who have much family support unless the family member is an avid reader. I always thought I would be so excited if I had a family member who was a writer or actor or someone in the arts. I would be their cheerleader!!! But anyway book boyfriends are great! Love ’em!

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