Richard Aaron

July 2008

Is it normal to be so damn busy?

July 24, 2008, 1:17 pm PT

At the moment… I am managing my business, which takes 60 or 70 hours a week (and no I don’t trust anyone else to do it!).  I am working on the sequel(s) to Gauntlet.  It feels like that takes another 60 or 70 hours out of my week.  Of course I need to spend time with my family — say another 60 or 70 hours per week.  My editor says that I need to do book reviews. When you include READING those books, I’d say that’s another 20 hours a week. She also says I need to do writer’s forums — say 20 hours per week.  There are only 168 hours in a week, total. I think I am using them all, at this point. I am also thinking about murdering my editor.

Is this normal??