now the book has reached a point where she has to commit to it and really begin working on it. This is going to mean significant expenses...since she needs to establish regular hours to work on it...would all come out of the family budget...giving up some of the freedom, security and GAL activities that I now have.
Nope.
I get up at 2:30 in the morning to write. And I write until roughly 6:30 when I have a quick shower before the kids get up. Or did, anyway, until D-bomb put a crimp in my schedule. But that's a GAL for me.
"Find the time to write" -- the oldest story in the writing world. "I can't find the time to write" -- the oldest excuse -- Excuse # 1 -- in the writing world.
Now if she needs to go on a research trip out of town or something, you might suck that up as an act of Friendiness.
But sitting down at home and writing? It's up to her, not you. Sorry, but that's the way it goes in our world. If she can't hack it, then that's on her. But this is one of those times when you need to draw a clear and inviolable boundary.
If you give up your progress, you're heading back to Square One. And since, Blithe, you're already dead -- what's the point in that?
