Day in the Life is an author feature here on Ali's Bookshelf, its where I feature an author that shows us what their life is truly like. So today, we have author CL Parker showcasing her day with us.
A Day In The Life Of An Author
I thought this was a really important
one because readers need to know what goes on behind the scenes to really
appreciate the amount of work that goes into writing a book.
The first thing you should know is that
I’m not in this for the money. I’m an entertainer by nature with a vivid
imagination. Okay, so maybe I’m a little on the insane side. After all,
non-existent people talk to me from a non-existent world, and then all these
moving pictures flash through my mind. The ability to paint those pictures
through words for others to see is apparently a big neon sign screaming for me
to call myself an author. That’s what I’ve been told, anyway, so that’s what I
do. Hey, I’m just relieved that I’m not actually schizophrenic. Not that
there’s anything wrong with that.
I work what “they” call a “real” job to bring
home the bacon, and I’m now a single mother carrying the load of all the daily
functionality of my family, which doesn’t leave a whole lot of time for
writing. What it does do, however, is really pile on the stress. Because guess
what? I have a contract and deadlines associated with that contract. *gasp*
It’s cool, though; the tick I’ve developed is only a teeny tiny one, but I’m
working on making it a full-blown spasm because my motto is the bigger, the
better. Yeah, baby. *waggles brows* Just check out the descriptions of the men
in my stories. But I digress.
