Finding Time to Write - Day 4
Today my guest is Karina L. Fabian, a full-time writer. I asked Karina the following questions and she was gracious enough to provide me with the answers.Karina, How much time do you devote per day or per week to: writing? editing? networking? marketing? queries? research? How do you determine how much timeto devote to each of these?"I can't really tell you because I don't measure them. I have a schedule ofdays and tasks. Monday, I do work for the Catholic Writers Guild and anyconferences I'm participating in. Tuesday is marketing day; Wednesday is allfor writing; Thursday writing and the basic administration; Friday, computerwork

Finding Time to Write - Day 3
My next guest is Tamara Kaye Sellman (www.tamarasellman.com) who works in several different areas of the publishing world (writer, editor, literary outreach, networking)."For me, the schedule changes radically everyday. I'm one of those people who has ongoing projects as well as one-time projects. I used to be more "organized," meaning I slotted certain hours and days to do certain kinds of word, but everything varies so much that I just have a feel for prioritization now. It all gets done, and on time, and I rarely have to work outside of my normal hours (8:30am to 4pm). I've learned to be flexible with my time after years of juggling and so it's no longer a stressful thing to

Finding Time to Write - Day 2
Day 2 of my series of guest bloggers. Today, Devon Ellington, (http://www.devonellingtonwork.com/)a multi-talented, full-time, professional writer is sharing her thoughts on how to be an organized writer."I write full time, although I still make the occasional foray intobackstage Broadway work, if something good's offered."I devote as many hours per day to each aspect of the writing business aspossible, dependent on deadlines and payment. The earliest deadline withthe highest payment gets first priority. Deadlines are reshuffled asnecessary. I usually spend a full eight hour day on my work -- more ifnecessary, less if it's appropriat

Finding Time to Write
Over the next few weeks, I will be posting guest bloggers. These wonderful people all helped me when I was researching an article which now appears on the Writing World web site. (http://www.writing-world.com/life/organize.shtml) The first person to visit is Poetry writer and editor of The Centrifugal Eye, Eve Hanninen. (http://centrifugaleye.com/)"I write full-time and part-time, depending on my editing schedule for the magazine, and many tasks often overlap. Sometimes my writing is not for me.Per week:writing - avg. 25-50 hrsediting - avg. 30-80 hrsnetworking - 10 hrs or moremarketing - avg. 1-10 hrsqueries - 1-2rese

Muse On Line Writing Conference 2010
It's time to sign up for next year's Muse OnLine Conference. This is one writing opportunity you don't want to miss. This conference is the brain child of Lea Schizas and Carolyn Howard-Johnson. A large number of talented writers, editors, publishers, and agents donate their time for a week to offer live chats and forum workshops in a variety of writing areas. This year, as in past years, there have been sessions devoted to web site building, writing for the trades, children's writing, world-building, improving your writing skills and a number of other sessions to improve your writing. New this year were live sessions where you could pitch your novel directly to a publishing house such