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[pantryslut]

1. I spent all of today actually working. Writing, in fact. For money. Not a lot of money, but that's OK. Somehow, I feel horribly out of practice. But I think I did good nonetheless. I wouldn't want to work like this every day, but it was nice.

2. Meanwhile, I have been enjoying watching the women's NCAA basketball tournament, sometimes in the company of slackerstalker. If I didn't have a commitment on Saturday already, I would totally go to the game in Berkeley that day.

3. Dad called twice today, more or less just to discuss sports. But also Sylvia Plath's son.

4. I get my braces off tomorrow (and Thursday, I get my retainers).

5. Hard to believe it's been almost six months. And yet.

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[srl.livejournal.com]

You're a professional writer. When you need to get work done like that, how do you do it? For you, what are the mechanics of just sitting down and cranking out text? And with little kids around, how do you manage to get enough clear space in your head to write?

(I ask because I'm facing an upcoming year of dissertation-writing, and I really need to get a better process, including a daily practice. So I'm polling people who have experience with this.)

[pantryslut.livejournal.com]

I had child care yesterday -- I pay for it one day a week.

Other than that, it's just headspace. I find it helpful to plan out the night before what I'm going to do the next day, so I can just get up, eat breakfast, shower, sit down at my desk and *go*.