Coffee With David

Erle Stanley Gardner (author of Perry Mason, among a wide range of other mysteries) once said that sleeping was a habit. He would only sleep when he had to. This was not just the statement of an author who wrote for a living, but of a man who was also was a practicing attorney. He held two professions at one time, just like most of us writers.

I joke about my schedule and all the projects and events going on by saying, “I burn the candle at both ends and in the middle.” Personally I run on 4 to 6 hours of sleep each night. This week, I think I have turned those flames into a blowtorch . As a result, my body just crashes. This week has been a week of that for me. There are a lot of projects at my “bill paying job” that have been slowly bleeding energy away. While I would like to make writing my number one priority, paying the bills is number one. I have not been writing at night like I should.

However, not all is sadness. By this weekend I will back to running full steam and back to work on the short stories and novels I am working on. If my blog entries are a little sporadic, you will know why.

To give you a sneak peek, tomorrow and Saturday’s entries will be on two questions I have been asked recently:
What motivates me to write?
Where do you get your ideas from?

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