I am very lucky to have a home office that I love -- but I also have four kids and a husband who constantly knocks at the door and a very busy run around schedule and sometimes the "butt in seat" recurring task list to get my writing done doesn't happen in the afore-mentioned seat. And I'm here to tell you, when you have to get those words on the page, you have to do that, anywhere and everywhere you are. Carry your notebook everywhere, and/or liberally deploy the notes app o

One of my greatest challenges as a writer is capturing the ideas, the notes, the scenes, the perfect lines of dialogue that all seem to occur to me when I am NOT at my desk. I have tried all sorts of things to corral the madness. Little notebooks all over the house, in the car -- but then those notes have to get transferred to the MASTER notebook. Texting myself -- same transfer issue, and honestly I'd forget I'd sent myself a text. Emailing myself -- same problem. You all ge