But when it’s my work, I’m like, “Oh, I can’t tell,” But I can learn from someone else and I come back to my work. When I’m editing someone else’s work I can really see clearly what they’re doing wrong or how they’re not evoking emotion. I think that my distractions are more like Instagram and being on my phone than other people’s work because their work keeps me in the zone. Honestly, if I got my phone out of the way I would get so much more done. And for one week I just focused on my own work. I really blocked out everyone else’s work. I just spent a week in Joshua Tree where I tried not to use my phone. I’ve realized how important other people’s work is for me, but I’m trying to learn how to value my work and carve out time for myself. But I’ve been trying to make deadlines for myself. And so, sometimes you’re dreading going back to your own work or reading it again. I hear you on the procrastination aspect of it. How do you make sure you keep coming back? But I also feel like sometimes, when I’m having a creative block with my own work, it’s procrastination, or just a fear of returning to my work. And in some ways I feel like that’s where I go when I need inspiration. I totally agree that there is so much energy that being part of community gives. Then spend a couple of hours a day on my own work. There really isn’t any formula to it, but each day I like to spend my time either editing student papers or promoting someone else’s book or reading a draft of someone’s work. It’s really easy for me to promote other people. I get a lot of the same energy I get when I’m in the writing zone, when I’m editing someone else’s work, or when I’m promoting someone else’s work that I believe in, so I definitely get something back from helping other authors. I try to balance promoting other writers or helping other writers and working for myself. What’s a day or a week like in your life? How do you balance time for other projects? For instance, this novel that you have planned. Your short story collection just came out, and you also run Red Light Lit which is both an event series for the community, and a small press.
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