My baby is psychic...

[przed]

...and not in a good way.

She seems to be able to tell when mommy is just about to start writing. See, I foolishly signed up for the discoveredinalj Anarchy challenge. Got a cool prompt, have an idea for a nice meaty, plotty story. Even have a number of scenes mostly written in my head. The problem is transferring the ideas to paper. Or electrons.

See, if I'm lucky, the baby goes down for a two hour nap in the afternoon. Which generally gives me enough time to get the lunch dishes cleaned up, watch an episode of something to keep the PVR down somewhere below 95% and then maybe do a bit of writing. Except for the past three days I get to the part where I'm going to do some writing and the baby wakes up. Today, I'd only managed to re-read what I'd already written, had typed literally two words and then there was crying.

Sheesh.

At least she's gone down nicely tonight and after watching an ep of Supernatural with the Sweetie (All Hell Breaks Loose, Part 2, yay!) I actually got some work done on the story. Nearly 3,000 words. Which would be cause for more Yay! except for the fact that I'm still working on the set-up. Darn my propensity for meaty, plotty stories.

Should be cool, though, when it's done. If the baby doesn't continue to be psychic.

Comments

[st-crispins.livejournal.com]

You could always try using a hammer (just kidding).

Seriously, your mistake is doing the dishes, etc. When my son fell asleep at that age, I literally ran to the computer and started typing as fast as I could. Eventually, he started sleeping three whole hours in the afternoon and that's how I managed to write anything.

When he was older and I was working on my diss, I hired a sitter.

Now he's 15, too old for naps and a sitter and always wanting to go somewhere. So it's worse and I get no writing done at all.

[schnuffi.livejournal.com]

Hm... Maybe you should read the story to her after you finished. She might like it and let you write next time *G* Yeah, come on - grow up another Pros slasher for our ranks!

Anyway, can't wait to read it once you succeeded in writing it.

[sunray45.livejournal.com]

They ALWAYS know when you want a bit of time to yourself. Leave the dishes and GO WRITE - dishes can be done any time.

I'm being a bit selfish here; I really want to read your story.

[callistosh65.livejournal.com]

I'm with sunray45 here, leave the dishes in the sink and get the writing done THEN. Baby, then fic, then dishes.. see??*g*

[keelywolfe.livejournal.com]

Babies are always psychic. My son was always good for a nice two or three hour nap. My daughter? Hour and a half, tops, and that's if I'm lucky. She's also a very light sleeper. I just end up writing at night, since she goes down at seven. :)

[heliophile-oxon.livejournal.com]

I've heard laudanum is supposed to be quite effective .... :D Seriously, though, I'm with all those who say screw the dishes - here's to meaty, plotty stories!

Screw a couple of hooks into the ceiling and hang a baby-chair-type-thing with safety straps, so you can rock while typing? ('course you rock anyway!). That worked on zoic#1 for a while. (Sadly I was work-typing at the time rather than story-typing, alas.)

[msmoat.livejournal.com]

You know, you could have gotten away with doing a bit of writing while the baby is napping--especially after being all conscientious about the dishes and stuff. But, you tempted fate unbearably when you added in the fatal "meaty, plotty" story. Really, what were you expecting? It's like spitting into the wind. Tsk. *g* Not to mention that there's a deadline. Still, it's great to hear you have a solid idea and that you've gotten at least a little bit of it written! Just remember that late is okay. *g*

[paris7am.livejournal.com]

Paper and plastic disposables! I know, I know, it's terrible for the environment etc… but sometimes we've got to make sacrifices. For the common good, and all. :)
Feeling your pain and sharing it, even not being an author.

[faramir-boromir.livejournal.com]

This is where you pay yourself first. You put everything else (dishes, ep watching, write) in reverse order (write, ep watch, dishes) and you will definitely get the writing done.