“It’s my turn already?”

Writing is the love of my life. Being married to my co-writer, I can safely say this without the fear of being hit over my head with our laptop. Loving writing is no different than loving my wife. They are one in the same; I can’t function without either. (Stef might sometimes disagree with that last statement, but that’s her opinion). And that brings me to my next point: like marriage, writing can be difficult.

I’ve always been more laid back than my wife. She, on the other hand, is the definition of driven. She’s more of a romantic when it comes to writing, and I am very much a realist. We balance each other out. While our goals for writing are exactly the same, we are two completely different beings. My wife can balance three jobs—as well as an art career on the side—and still find time to create beautiful prose. I work just one—mind you, it’s more than enough—and I have a tendency to be quite the lazy daydreamer. Writing isn’t always on my mind. As you might have guessed, this makes for an interesting writing relationship.

Now don’t get me wrong, I am a writer. My wife and I have already self-published two novels with a trilogy on the way. I’m serious! Those are my words on those pages too! I love writing…unfortunately I’m easily distracted. And it is my occasional lack of self-confidence which leads to my frequent sessions of sitting and staring at the monitor. Did I mention this makes for an interesting writing relationship?

-Matt