Comments on: Between Two Worlds https://booksbywomen.org/between-two-worlds-by-louisa-treger/ Fri, 06 Nov 2015 07:21:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Alison https://booksbywomen.org/between-two-worlds-by-louisa-treger/#comment-46850 Fri, 06 Nov 2015 07:21:11 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12527#comment-46850 I know this book thrall; my characters and imaginary world fill my head, Housework is often only done when visitors come.
But while neglecting dusting is fine, ignoring a child is not. Sorry.

]]> By: BLOG: Louisa Treger ‘Between Two Worlds’ | theprimewriters https://booksbywomen.org/between-two-worlds-by-louisa-treger/#comment-46439 Fri, 26 Jun 2015 07:04:10 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12527#comment-46439 […] Louisa Treger writes about when real and fictional worlds collide. I am addicted to writing; it’s salvation, as essential as breathing. Without it, I am grumpy and, frankly, a little unhinged. I am sure it’s better for my family that I am fulfilled and doing something I love, even if it’s at the expense of cooked breakfasts and my undivided attention. Yet having a foot in two worlds is a strange mode of being; the journey between them produces feelings of motion sickness, and can be bumpy. (Published by www.booksbywomen.org) Read more. […]

]]> By: The Highs and Lows of Life After Publication : Women Writers, Women's Books https://booksbywomen.org/between-two-worlds-by-louisa-treger/#comment-46354 Mon, 08 Jun 2015 08:36:27 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12527#comment-46354 […] the end, I kept going because I had to, because writing is part of who I am, necessary as breathing. Without it, I am not well or whole. And actually, I believe you are a writer if you feel like this […]

]]> By: Poppy Peacock https://booksbywomen.org/between-two-worlds-by-louisa-treger/#comment-46321 Mon, 01 Jun 2015 09:18:06 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12527#comment-46321 Oh Louise, fantastic article, you’ve hit the proverbial nail right on the head… and like others I seek comfort that I’m not alone in my writerly detachments akin to madness. I’m forever torn between the outer voices (and needs) of my nearest and dearest and the voices of my fictional friends clamming to get out of the draft drawer and tell their tales.

]]> By: Debra Brown https://booksbywomen.org/between-two-worlds-by-louisa-treger/#comment-46295 Fri, 29 May 2015 17:25:25 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12527#comment-46295 Wow!

]]> By: Louisa Treger https://booksbywomen.org/between-two-worlds-by-louisa-treger/#comment-46287 Tue, 26 May 2015 20:23:39 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12527#comment-46287 In reply to Suzanne M. Brazil.

I am happy you liked the piece, Suzanne. You are definitely not alone!

]]> By: Louisa Treger https://booksbywomen.org/between-two-worlds-by-louisa-treger/#comment-46286 Tue, 26 May 2015 20:22:26 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12527#comment-46286 In reply to Carlie.

Thank you, Carlie, you are not alone! And no, I don’t think men struggle in the same way. They are far better at compartmentalising, at focusing on the task in hand without feeling torn by other demands like we do.

]]> By: Louisa Treger https://booksbywomen.org/between-two-worlds-by-louisa-treger/#comment-46285 Tue, 26 May 2015 20:20:44 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12527#comment-46285 In reply to Carlie.

I am so happy you liked this, Carlie. I think it’s something that nearly all working women struggle with. And no, I don’t think men feel torn in the same way. They are far better at compartmentalising. They focus on the task at hand, cutting off from other demands.

]]> By: Suzanne M. Brazil https://booksbywomen.org/between-two-worlds-by-louisa-treger/#comment-46279 Tue, 26 May 2015 13:30:41 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12527#comment-46279 Needed to read this today…had a walk and talk with my husband yesterday where I said I’d spent the last 25 years attending to my children’s needs and I wanted to put me first now. I felt like the lowest of criminals and was sure he’d disown me. But he agreed. Whew. I was going to do it anyway! Thank you for making us all realize we are not alone.

]]> By: Carlie https://booksbywomen.org/between-two-worlds-by-louisa-treger/#comment-46278 Tue, 26 May 2015 10:15:01 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=12527#comment-46278 Oh! Like the ladies above – so relieved I’m not the only one that forgets my children (and my husband, house, dogs, food…)

Do men struggle in the same way do you think?

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