It was Virginia Woolf who famously noted that female authors need their own space in which to work.
We writers need the peace and quiet...and the NOT GETTING INTERUPTED...in order to create. Not only the women, but all writers need to focus their thoughts on the words bouncing around inside their heads.
Her adage about having money applies to all equally well. To write is to not earn a living, and if you have bills to pay, you know you have to be doing something with your time that brings in an income.
I tried to fix the cover of Lace Curtain Irish today, and for someone not accustomed to using Adobe's fabulous software, it takes every brain cell to figure it out. I'm not to be allowed to focus any brain cells on the project that needs to be finished, and very soon.
Maybe later? Maybe after the family's gone to sleep, and assuming I'm not nodding off myself?
A room of my own, and money. What an impossible dream.
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