{"id":27640,"date":"2023-03-11T00:05:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-11T05:05:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.asliceoforange.net\/?p=27640"},"modified":"2023-03-09T14:41:44","modified_gmt":"2023-03-09T19:41:44","slug":"when-youre-on-deadline-and-the-time-changes-and-you-freak-out-when-you-lose-an-hour-by-jina-bacarr","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.asliceoforange.net\/when-youre-on-deadline-and-the-time-changes-and-you-freak-out-when-you-lose-an-hour-by-jina-bacarr\/","title":{"rendered":"When you’re on deadline and the time changes and you freak out when you lose an hour by Jina Bacarr"},"content":{"rendered":"
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when the time changes and you don’t…<\/p><\/div>\n

If there’s one thing we writers never have enough of…<\/p>\n

It’s time.<\/p>\n

Words we got… thousands.<\/p>\n

Coffee… by the potful.<\/p>\n

Comfy bunny slippers… on automatic re-order from Amazon.<\/p>\n

But time?<\/p>\n

That’s as elusive as the instant bestseller.<\/p>\n

I’m on autopilot this week until whenever to get it all together and bring my next Paris WW2 novel home for my publisher Boldwood Books<\/strong><\/a>. Amazing company. They take good care of their authors… fabulous marketing team… I love my editor, Isobel… and the company has won several ‘Best Publisher’<\/em> awards in the UK and is up for more awards this year.<\/p>\n

And my fellow authors are like family to me.<\/p>\n

But in the end, it’s up to me to write the damn book.<\/p>\n

Sweat, tears… blood. Yes, I changed the order because I sweat<\/em> the small stuff like commas and the big stuff like research which turns into major tears<\/em> when I realize writing never<\/em> gets easier but tougher (you demand more of yourself)… and blood because if you don’t bleed<\/em> onto the page, you’re not giving it your all.<\/p>\n

So, mes amis<\/em>, tonight is the night we turn the clocks forward and lose the hour.<\/p>\n

But guess what. I’ve decided to do something about it.<\/p>\n

I’m going to type twice as fast for a solid hour<\/em> (accuracy is another story) and write twice as many words<\/em> and–<\/p>\n

Voil\u00e0!<\/em><\/p>\n

I’ve got my hour back… at least for tonight.<\/p>\n

Tomorrow?<\/p>\n

Well, that’s another day.<\/p>\n

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Some great book news:<\/p>\n

The trade paperback<\/strong> of my Paris WW2 novel THE LOST GIRL OF PARIS<\/strong><\/p>\n

is coming to THE WORKS stores in the UK<\/strong><\/a>… so check it out if you’re in the United Kingdom.<\/p>\n

Listen to an excerpt in the video below…<\/p>\n