A Day in the life of L. Shannon
4:00 AM
Moira Reid on IM: BUZZ!!
Moira Reid: Hey girl! It’s time to get up!
Moira Reid: BUZZ!! Get up so we can write something GREAT!
Moira Reid: Where are you? Did you hit the snooze again?
Shannon: huh? whaaa? *grabs a can of diet dew from my nightstand and slam it down in an attempt to become coherent*
Moira Reid: GET UP! TIME TO WRITE
Shannon: I’m up. I’m up. *grumble* (it’s 5:30 by now. Snooze is broke.)
7:00
Shannon: Bye chick, have a great day at work! (fall back into bed and stare at ceiling for another hour.)
8:00
Dogs wake up. They are so much smarter than me. I drink another dew and let everyone out to potty while I fix them breakfast. Then we play a little ball, come back in and eat.
10:00
Everyone is settled in and the house is quiet (except for the itunes playing disturbed *loudly*) I sit down (with another dew - I don’t remember if/when I finished the last one) and check my emails and try to get caught up on what I need to do today. I keep a daily list in a file marked PROJECTS and put the important things in red.
In theory I then get started writing or editing or whatever is on my to-do list. In reality, emails usually take an hour or more if the phone doesn’t ring. If it does… there’s no telling what will take over my day.
11:00
Dogs want out again. I go with them and throw the ball, feed the fish, clean the filters, try to catch the stupid snake terroizing my main pond. Then I check the garden, weed a little, water everything that needs it. I do all this one handed while sipping another dew.
NOON
Cat reminds me that I haven’t fed him in months (liar)
12:15
I clean up the dog’s room and wash and refresh all water bowls. Then I see that Lexy is all hairy again. (how dare she grow hair when I don’t have time to give her a hair cut?) So I set up the grooming table and trim her down and give her a bath. (hair in my dew-ewwww) During which time, Damian and Justin show their stinky butts so I bath them too. (Talbot hid. I’ll get him tomorrow)
3:00
Go get the mail (if I remember) Usually nothing but bills anyhow. While I’m out I weed around the mailbox and chat with my cousin’s kids just getting off the school bus.
4:00
Dogs back out again. Justin knocked down one of my fence posts so I have to go redig and plant a new post and put the fence back up all while telling him to get his formerly clean butt out of the creek. *SIGH* Get him out of the water and retreive the 5 tennis balls he has floating down stream. (drink another dew while considering a wine cooler)
6:00
Everyone is back inside. The A/C is on and they are asleep (in their crates because Talbot got up on the table to counter surf again. He ate an apple, two bites of orange and parts of three bananas.) Time for them to go to bed and let me get something done. Sitting down I have no idea what I need to do so I open up my PROJECTS file and look at what’s in red.
6:30
Moira Reid: I’m home. You ready to write?
Shannon: I’m too tired to write.
Moira Reid: No way. Get that file open.
Shannon: k
7:00
I am on dew number what? Have I eaten anything? Oh heck. I haven’t. I tell Moira I’m writing and go and make grilled cheese sandwiches. I’m back before she misses me and then I eat while trying to figure out what I should be writing.
7:30
Oh yeah I was working on a spin off story from my Vampire Oracle: Love story. I add another 1000 or so words before the phone rings and I have to help sort out something for the local dog club or for the local writing club or for family or for friends. Not that I’m indespensible. I’m not, but I do like to be involved so I think I often get the calls because I’m willing to take them. 
8:30
Take the dogs out again. Once their settled then I get back into the story. Make another chunk of headway. YAY! (some days this doesn’t happen because there are a few days that I like to spend the evening with my parents or gosh even have a date with hubby)
9:30
Moira Reid: I’m going to bed. See you at 4?
Shannon: I’ll try.
Shannon: I’ll set my alarm.
Moira Reid: NITE!
10:00
House is quiet (except for itunes playing Linkin Park *loudly*) I update my website, and then turn all my focus on the story. This is when I do my
