Vacation
You know, I think it takes a sick person to be on vacation and be absolutely thrilled at the idea of sitting in front of a computer and writing. Clearly, I am deranged.
That said, I wrote 11 pages today! 
See, if I were writing full time and all my children were in school, I could write much, much faster than I do now. It’s the interruptions that kill me. I average about 4 pages an hour if I tie myself to the chair, know what I’m about to write, and do not touch the Internet. Anyway, it was a great morning, and I ran errands after that. I’m now going to kick back and do line edits on another project. I KNOW. The excitement is just too much! Hold me back! 
Yesterday, the children consumed their body weight in chocolate, several chocolate bunnies sacrificed their lives on the altar of joy, and hubby and I watched one of my all-time favorite movies The Karate Kid on DVD. Now if I could just train my children to wax the cars, paint the house, paint the fence, and sand the floor, and make them believe they were actually karate training, I’d be set. Oooh, there’s an idea! I could brainwash them into thinking that mopping the floor, vacuuming, and dusting, are all part of their karate training. Mop left-mop right. Big dusting circles. 
They must be coerced into the Master Plan.
So, did you have a nice Easter?
Michelle posted in Writing @ 1:27 pm | Viewed 2923 times
Crystal* Says:
There are all sorts of vacations. I’m glad you’re enjoying yours. Sounds productive.
Grins*
Tori Lennox Says:
Rock on, Michelle!!!
Melissa Says:
Eleven pages is AWESOME, Michelle! WTG!!!
Had a lovely Easter. Spent lots of time with my family and thoroughly enjoyed it.
kacey Says:
11 pages? You rock!!
okay, sitting on a beach is my favorite vacation,…but writing all alone in an empty house would surely rate right up there!!
Stacy Says:
Way to go on the page count.
I cringe at the amount of chocolate in the cupboard today because you know who will eat the most:chocolate:
Rene Says:
I had one of those days Friday. It felt so strange not having the constant interruptions. I managed to get 4 1/2 pages written which doesn’t seem like much except I was sick and felt lousy.
Since you read my blog already, you know how my Easter went and it wasn’t pretty.
Kristen Says:
I had a great Easter! And I totally understand the writing on vacation thing. I get so much written on vacation - which is part of why I am really looking forward to our trip to Kauai. I hope to come back with a few new chapters.
Michelle Styles Says:
It is easy to think that if you could write full time, you’d write much faster.BUT not necessarily. Muses are funny creatures…Many writers finally quit the day job to discover they are writing slower than ever, because there is no longer the pressure to get everything done and there are many more distractions. More free time does not necessarily mean greater output and in some cases, less.
Fiona Lowe Says:
Michelle,
That’s great going but I find that one day I will write like the wind (not often) and the next day I sit down full of expectations and nothing.
Sometimes I think short, sharp bursts of activity are MUCH more productive than a whole day.
Glad you had fun at Easter.:hello2:
Nienke Says:
Woo hoo on the writing! Let me know if the brainwashing works. I wonder if I could train my dog to do housework? She does help bring in groceries…
Peggy Says:
Woohoo on the 11 pages! Way to go! I agree, if I lived on my own, I’d have ten times as much writing done.
Amy K. Says:
I like your brainwashing plan. Please let us know if it works!
Congrats on the new pages!
Cindy Says:
11 pages is amazing. I would love that kind of vacation too.