I’m Telling You
When I first saw my baby I thought Oh no–I’m never going to be able to write again–I’ll never be able to concentrate as long as this fragile little thing is staring up at me!
It turns out that I was right. Concentrating on writing while trying to be a good mother is exceptionally difficult. I often find myself staring blankly at the screen one minute – promising myself that I will not move from this chair until I have at least half a page written – and then holding my baby the next, and wondering what happened in the time in between. Suffice to say that when I get back to my computer, the half a page is still yet to be written…(although technically that does mean that I must be a good mother, right?)
That said, I do get lots of inspiration from the little one. He inspires me to write about all the shortcomings of men, and he also inspires me to write something decent, so that I might sell a book and instead of my husband having to try and cook, we could hire a chef a few days a week and I wouldn’t have to eat his ’food’.
Now I find myself thinking that there must be pregnant women out there reading this blog. So now I feel I should write something to all those women who may also like to write from time to time. Something positive.
The main thing I have to say about having a new baby is this: don’t panic. You will get time to do all the things you love, and you will still be able to afford that brand-new car (and you probably won’t need Liposuction surgery, that fat really will go away on its own with some decent exercise).