I try to limit it on the weekends so that my partner and I can have more time together. Whether it’s for an extended period of time or just a few sentences, I usually write something. But actual sit-down writing….no.ĭo you write every day? Do you give yourself weekends or days off or vacation time away from writing?

Suddenly, I had “time” and I just took a few weeks to exhale and relax! That’s not to say that I didn’t tinker with outlines or jot down notes here and there. In the past, I was used to spending every weekend tending to all that, sneaking in writing when I could. We have a large piece of property with two vegetable gardens, flower gardens, some fruit trees. I think it was because I was relishing something I hadn’t had before-time. The first several weeks, I didn’t write at all. What was the process of moving into full-time writing for you? Actually, I’m not sure I do have a routine yet! But it took me a little while (months!) to find a routine. How long have you been writing full-time?

Gerri took the time out of her busy schedule to answer my questions about her latest novels and her life as a full-time writer. Since she has 25 novels published and more on the way, I was sure that Gerri had been writing full time for a long time, but it turned out that she gave up her day job and became a full-time writer around the same time I did–at the beginning of this year. Some of her novels such as Artist’s Dream, Gulf Breeze, and Sierra City, are still on my all-time-favorite list. Way back when I first started reading lesbian fiction, one of the first books I read was one of Gerri Hill’s romances.

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