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Finally Have the Time and Space To Write #FuckYeah!!!

15/2/2017

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PictureMy writing is not rigged. Happy Late Capitalist Holiday That Makes You Feel Like Shit!
The title of my blog says it all.  I have been struggling to eke out some writing time between my full-time job, union work, organizing, and family obligations.  Also, we moved to the South Side of Chicago, which is awesome.  South Side!  The problem has been that we have to commute back to my son's old school  That literally ate up all of my morning writing, which wasn't more than a couple of hours max, 30 minutes min.  Today, I had an epiphany I've been toying with, and was like, "Screw it.  Do it, or this novel will never get done!"

I am writing when the amazing husband drives me to work and when I'm in the car, as a passenger (duh). The kids are also strapped into their seats and usually entertained.  Bonus!

Anyway, I wrote for over an hour today and finally had time to develop ideas.  I posted the new additions to The Harvest link. 

Guess what I am doing now?  Writing some more.  I will post those bits, if the restaurant WiFi allows.

Keep on!  Keep writing.  That is all.  SAD.

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    Pen Name: 
    María J. Estrada
    Chicago, IL

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    MARIA J. ESTRADA is an English college professor of Composition, Literature, and her favorite, Creative Writing. She grew up in the desert outside of Yuma, Arizona in the real Barrio de Los Locos, a barrio comprised of new Mexican immigrants and first-generation Chicanos. Drawing from this setting and experiences, she writes like a loca every minute she can—all while magically balancing her work and family obligations. She lives in Chicago’s south side with her wonderfully supportive husband, two remarkable children, and a menagerie of animals

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