Comments on: Writing in Stolen Time: 10 Ways to Create Time (Literally)! https://booksbywomen.org/writing-in-stolen-time-10-ways-to-create-time-by-hazel-gaynor/ Sun, 28 Feb 2016 12:21:21 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Carol Cameleon https://booksbywomen.org/writing-in-stolen-time-10-ways-to-create-time-by-hazel-gaynor/#comment-47233 Sun, 28 Feb 2016 12:21:21 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=4025#comment-47233 All of these points are so valid, particulary the last one. I’ve literally just finished a fantastic book which has motivated me to push myself more! #MondayBlogs

]]> By: Vivienne Nichols https://booksbywomen.org/writing-in-stolen-time-10-ways-to-create-time-by-hazel-gaynor/#comment-32008 Wed, 26 Nov 2014 00:25:11 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=4025#comment-32008 Fresh air, early morning, water….all are powerful instigations for me. Spooning while my husband soundly sleeps. And oh…the open road, landscapes. I have the best thoughts in the places it’s most difficult to write! It once took me 7 hours to make a 4 hour road trip because I was pulling off to make notes. Just last week, I thought it a pity someone hadn’t invented a wee “desk on a rope” that we could hang around our necks in the shower…teeny lighted keyboard inside for dark places, like movies..a microphone we could speak into. Smartphones are close, but not waterproofed…YET.

]]> By: Kelly J Youngblood https://booksbywomen.org/writing-in-stolen-time-10-ways-to-create-time-by-hazel-gaynor/#comment-21897 Thu, 04 Sep 2014 22:44:07 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=4025#comment-21897 Actually, you really can literally write in the shower! I got tired of losing out on the ideas I got while in there so bought myself a package of bathtub markers. They work great!

]]> By: Jilly Henderson-Long https://booksbywomen.org/writing-in-stolen-time-10-ways-to-create-time-by-hazel-gaynor/#comment-21332 Fri, 29 Aug 2014 06:52:32 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=4025#comment-21332 Love this article Hazel. As someone who also works full time I too squeeze writing in on the train, in coffee shops, during lunch. If there is any opportunity to snatch a few minutes, I find it. If you want to write you will find the time. And those precious minutes then become highlights of your writing day! Great stuff Hazel. All the best.

]]> By: Mia Randall https://booksbywomen.org/writing-in-stolen-time-10-ways-to-create-time-by-hazel-gaynor/#comment-14047 Mon, 23 Dec 2013 05:35:38 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=4025#comment-14047 Hi Hazel – good to know I’m not the only one that gets up at an early hour to write! I love the tip about keeping a notebook in the shower – I think this is a great idea!
I also do a lot of writing at random moments throughout the day whenever a few minutes present themselves.
Writing when you don’t have much time is a challenge – if you have kids / demanding job etc. Only the truly dedicated will MAKE time to write, using tips like the excellent ones you have listed!

]]> By: LM Milford https://booksbywomen.org/writing-in-stolen-time-10-ways-to-create-time-by-hazel-gaynor/#comment-6041 Thu, 10 Oct 2013 10:49:34 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=4025#comment-6041 Hi Hazel, great article. I struggle for finding writing time – my full-time job is a bit like having kids I suppose – but you’re right about just finding whatever time you can. I use my train commute to work for doing ‘new’ writing and am trying to give up TV to give myself time in the evenings too. Writing is very important to me, so the sacrifices are worth it!

]]> By: Colin Perry https://booksbywomen.org/writing-in-stolen-time-10-ways-to-create-time-by-hazel-gaynor/#comment-6035 Thu, 10 Oct 2013 09:24:03 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=4025#comment-6035 Excellent thoughts. I no longer agree with anyone who bemoans having “no time” or “too much going on”.

In the words of motivational speaker Lou Radja, “When the why is strong, the how becomes easy.”

]]> By: Kelly DuMar https://booksbywomen.org/writing-in-stolen-time-10-ways-to-create-time-by-hazel-gaynor/#comment-5287 Thu, 26 Sep 2013 08:47:38 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=4025#comment-5287 Hazel, I agree with yuor wonderful post! I’ve been getting up early to write for YEARS, and now sleeping in the a.m. is a rare need. Also, shutting my office door – when I leave it open, it’s a way of saying to the family “I’m available,” when, in fact, they don’t need me to be and they have a lot of respect for the closed door!

]]> By: Jo Carroll https://booksbywomen.org/writing-in-stolen-time-10-ways-to-create-time-by-hazel-gaynor/#comment-5105 Mon, 23 Sep 2013 17:20:06 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=4025#comment-5105 Why do the best ideas turn up when you’re in the shower? But they do – and it’s good to hear from another writer with than experience, means I’m not so odd!

]]> By: debs https://booksbywomen.org/writing-in-stolen-time-10-ways-to-create-time-by-hazel-gaynor/#comment-4914 Fri, 20 Sep 2013 07:40:21 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=4025#comment-4914 I’m with Rebecca.

My secret power as a writer is that I have a natural abhorrence of housework.

Gosh, you do some, and then in a few weeks, it all needs doing again.

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