Oh, man. I think that would be so very difficult, to switch between the 'fic' brain and the 'professional/academic' brain. WOW. Maybe, unless your academic stuff is super-deadline type writing, you can just say 'Friday evening is fic time, fic only', something like that? I dunno.
As you know - I totally get your frustration. Snow is the same, except for her its mostly stress from work and such, makes is so hard for her to get into the right mindset, wears her out. All of us, i think - or, a lot of us - as we get a little older, are finding the juggling of both worlds a little harder.
And i get especially fed up with myself, because my daughter is 21, she doesn't need me 24/7, and i'm divorced now (and happier for it), and i don't have all that stress and nonsense on me...and i *still* can't seem to cudgel my brain into writing, even when all i can do is think about it constantly.
YES. Fandom showed me that *there are other people out there like me*, who want to write, love to write, love to talk about writing and love to read writing and just.... Want to be in that world, and that it's not weird or stupid or a waste of time. It was so fucking *amazing* to find writers out there like you, and Snow, and Roxy, and everyone else, with all this *talent* and all these thoughts and ideas and desire to talk and talk and talk about it.
Pretty much one of the most wonderful things i have ever, and i think *will* ever, be a part of.
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As you know - I totally get your frustration. Snow is the same, except for her its mostly stress from work and such, makes is so hard for her to get into the right mindset, wears her out. All of us, i think - or, a lot of us - as we get a little older, are finding the juggling of both worlds a little harder.
And i get especially fed up with myself, because my daughter is 21, she doesn't need me 24/7, and i'm divorced now (and happier for it), and i don't have all that stress and nonsense on me...and i *still* can't seem to cudgel my brain into writing, even when all i can do is think about it constantly.
YES. Fandom showed me that *there are other people out there like me*, who want to write, love to write, love to talk about writing and love to read writing and just.... Want to be in that world, and that it's not weird or stupid or a waste of time. It was so fucking *amazing* to find writers out there like you, and Snow, and Roxy, and everyone else, with all this *talent* and all these thoughts and ideas and desire to talk and talk and talk about it.
Pretty much one of the most wonderful things i have ever, and i think *will* ever, be a part of.