Several weeks ago I started a new job which has taken a good deal of writing time away. When I worked from home I was able to slip in a few hours here and there but now that I work elsewhere, my home time is spent catching up on everything I was able to do whenever I felt like it – washing, cleaning etc.
However, due to the funny hours I work – I start at 4.30am three mornings a week – I find I have a few spare moments where I can write rather than stare out into space. So although I haven’t completely abandoned The Secret Diary it’s just too big a project to even contemplate tackling at work. Instead I’m satisfying my hunger for writing by indulging my other writing fetish – short stories.
I adore short stories. Short, sharp, precise. Perfect. So I’ve got one going that is shaping up into quite a fun little project. I don’t have a title yet, nor a real plan. The idea was simply to get myself writing again and that’s what it’s achieved. I’m being excruciatingly careful about when I write and where it’s written, but a writer must write and that is what I intend to do. 
Congratulations on the new job. I’ve been wondering how the writing and new job fit together. I know what it’s like to have to work out a new routine, as I’m doing that myself at the moment.
Anyway, good luck with the short story writing and the new job. 4.30am start?!? Now that’s early!
Thank you. I’ve read how you’re sorting out your new routine – how fantasic is it to have so much time available to spend writing! I’m glad it’s working out.
Yes, 4.30am is a tad early but once I’ve got myself organised I can spend a good hour or so writing. The biggest pain is I have no access to files and I can’t save my work. But the short stories will fill the void until I can figure how best to work on The Secret Diary.