Enjoy your summer vacation. It sounds like a great opportunity to use the alone time to really get in touch with that quiet part of yourself you may not get a chance to indulge often enough. Sometimes in the midst of the bustle and craziness of our everyday schedules it's harder to find the muse when you need to write. But there's nothing like some quiet time. I know that whenever I have the chance to have some uninterruptd alone time, I can write my deepest, most emotional scenes.

J.K. Coi
Immortals To Die For
www.jkcoi.com

I'm oozing jealousy, Jeannie!! It sounds heavenly! My kids have another week left of school, but my schedule won't change all that much come summer vacation. I'll still be heading off to work while my husband gets to pack lunches and bring them to camp. Today is my day off from work; I work 9-hour days and get one day off every two weeks. It was supposed to be my day to get the bulk of my revisions done for my last WIP, but since my husband is also home...well, let's just say I'm not being very productive. Enjoy your alone time!!

Mike and I have almost always been on the same schedule --we worked more or less the same hours off the same campus for years, commuted together, and then and still often work from home together, though he goes into the lab and to teach class more these days, so we really have home routines that work. When we both notice it more is when he has to travel; I don't like being home by myself day after day then, because we are so used to being each other's company.

I think because we have worked together this way for so long, we both know we can interrupt, but generally leave each other alone to work. It's gotta get done. In fact, watching him work from home was what taught me how to do it when I made the transition from teaching to writing, which really wasn't easy -- we both worked out of the university campus for years, and then we were both working from home, and it was an adjustment, but we treat most days like work days even though we're at home, because that's how it's been for years. Our challenge was the opposite -- knowing when to shut down the computers and not let work take over, because it's very easy to do when you work from home.

Sam

So, now I have Jeannie sweating, nekkie and cooking in my head. Does anyone else call this a recipe for trouble?

I have to admit, I'm mostly jealous--about everything but the heat and the nekkieness. But then I realize how lonely I'd probably get if I were alone for longer than ten minutes. Still, wow, the idea of getting something DONE for the summer. That's just mind boggling to me!

Dee

I think your summer vacation sounds great!

Jeannie, since my kids are still relatively young, I can't yet imagine a quiet summer! It sounds like your summers have run the gamut and you're back on the quiet end again :) I, too, would hate having to worry about food, but on the other hand, if my husband weren't around, I'd probably survive indulging in all sorts of horrible junk that I wouldn't otherwise (hmmm... cereal for dinner, or maybe nachos, or maybe just fruit, or... wow--the freedom!) And I can't imagine the inroads I might make in my TBR...

As for being apart from your husband for such a long while, it does sound like maybe you ought to string up the trapeze in anticipation of his return ;) Enjoy, and happy writing!!