There is never enough time to be a writer....I have known this for a long time. Unless fortunate enough to be able to write for a living (as we all hope to do i.e. one day being discovered), the reality of having to work and live tends to leave little 'spare' time for writing. Add in a busy family and my writing time dwindles to barely a couple of hours a week.

I am sure every writer wrestles with the same issue and I have long dreamed of taking some time out from work to just WRITE! My first completed novel took 10 years to write...in dribs, drabs, fits and starts...which was hugely frustrating. My second novel is 25% written and I have decided that it is time to take a gamble. So I have finally given myself a 6 month sabbatical from work, and am going to throw myself into my writing like a man possessed.

Will I be able to get 'noticed' if I finish the novel in this time? Maybe, maybe not - it doesn't matter. It isn't the reason I'm doing it - I just want to be able to write from beginning to end, in a short time frame, and create the very best work I can!

Time flies past so fast it is frightening...and it seems to be getting faster the older I get. I need to have this period where I focus on writing but it has taken the best part of 25 years to get myself into a position where I can take 6 months off work.

Let's see what happens!