Donna Barker asked Courtney M. Privett:

You've got three young kids, you're a crafter, play an instrument, have narcolepsy and you've published 11 novels with a 4.45 average rating... once I pull my jaw from the floor and am able to speak again, I have to ask: how do you do it? I'm awestruck.

Courtney M. Privett Despite the narcolepsy, I don't sleep much when I'm writing. I tend to write in energetic bursts with a lot of sleepy downtime in between drafts. I wrote my first five books before I had kids, and I definitely had more dedicated writing time back then. Now I sneak in writing time when I can... during naps, while the eldest is at school, after the kids go to bed, and sometimes I sneak off to the library for a couple hours on the weekend. I look forward to the day I can say I have eleven published novels, but for now I have eight published, one that will be in the next year, a story in an anthology, and an in-progress short story collection. That still feels like a lot, but I've been writing for over twelve years, so maybe it's reasonable.

Thanks for your question! Sorry it took me a little while to answer it, but I haven't been online much this month due to holidays and birthdays.

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