Advice requested/needed

[matrixrefugee]

I sometimes feel like I wish I'd never been open about writing/trying to get published. Because now my mother is nagging me to write something new, but right now, I'm feeling beyond uninspired and dry. The reason for this being the fact that I've been working more hours than I'm really capable of handling with the way my brain is wired, a fact that I can't seem to get through to her, either. What do I say to her, since right now, I'm so frustrated all around that I can barely keep civil, and I can barely keep from screaming at her than I can't crank out stories as if my brain were some sort of story factory? The best I've been able to do lately is a few MxO-related bits and a "Criminal Minds" fanfic that I'd had in the back of my head for a while.

Comments

[jezebelesque.livejournal.com]

I've written a couple of articles for magazines, and when people find out, they bug me to write an article about something/for someone. But I can't. I write randomly, whenever the mood strikes. I can't crank out articles.

[matrixrefugee.livejournal.com]

Hee, that gives me an idea for what to tell her when she starts bugging me again. Thanks!

[poelaramont.livejournal.com]

At least you have a parent who doesn't think you're wasting your life on your writing. Some people aren't so lucky.

Still, I understand when the well is dry, especially due to busting butt at work.

Do you write every day? You know, just to keep in practice?