RS, Author, Novelist, Prosaist<p><strong><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/PennedPossibilities" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>PennedPossibilities</span></a> 768 — How do you balance writing with personal life?</strong></p><p>Yesterday: On Vacation on the Central California Coast</p><ul><li>Woke, tried to sleep but wrote the current chapter in my head.</li><li>Spouse drove to the next town for breakfast. I wrote on iPad.</li><li>Ate breakfast on restaurant patio. I wrote.</li><li>In passenger seat going back to hotel. I wrote.</li><li>Ditto to wine tasting up the coast. I wrote.</li><li>Enjoyed flight of wine overlooking the sea coast. I wrote.</li><li>Some shopping, returned to hotel, then to swimming pool to swim. Paid attention.</li><li>In hot tub. Wrote on iPhone.</li><li>In jacuzzi in hotel room. Hour and a half soak. Wrote on iPhone.</li><li>Late dinner in room. Wrote on iPad.</li><li>After dinner. Wrote and finished chapter just before midnight. 6,100 words total, about 2,500 today.</li></ul><p>Um…</p><p>Yesterday was a good day.</p><p>PS: Up at 4:00 AM. Found and answered this prompt, demonstrating <em>show don't tell.</em></p><p>[Author retains copyright (c)2025 R.S.]</p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/BoostingIsSharing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>BoostingIsSharing</span></a></p><p><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>gender</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>fiction</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writer</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>author</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writing</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writingcommunity" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writingcommunity</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writersOfMastodon</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/writers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>writers</span></a><br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSdiscussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSdiscussion</span></a> <br><a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSstory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSstory</span></a> <a href="https://eldritch.cafe/tags/RSReluctanceStory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank">#<span>RSReluctanceStory</span></a></p>