Moms with Writers Block

There’s something liberating about being your own boss. I started my own Web content business after I got laid off in February. It’s been just me up to this point, although I’ve formed an LLC and will be hiring other writers soon.

So I write articles for my clients every weekday. I write thousands of words each week. I also maintain multiple blogs and write for sites like Type-A Mom. That’s a lot of writing!

I know there are many moms in the same position as I am. Writing is a great business if you’re good at it. But all of the writing can really wear on you after a while, particularly if your writing clients have some dry or depressing topics they want you to write about.

I’ve had writer’s block.

The great thing about writing for clients is that they supply what they want you to write about. Well, they do that most of the time. There’s more research than creativity involved in my copywriting.

The bad thing about that is that you sometimes just don’t have the mental energy left to write for your own projects. After copywriting all week long, marketing yourself on sites like Twitter, and – oh yeah – spending quality time with your family, how in the world are you supposed to come up with your own topics to write about?

I think I’m going to start a list of things I can write about for my own projects. And when (if?) I have the time, I may just sit down and write as much of that list as possible. Then I can save what I’ve written for a rainy day when I just don’t know what else to write.

Of course, this plan is doomed to fail if I can’t find the time to brainstorm a list of things to write about, let alone actually write about them.

Do you have any tips for dealing with writers block? If so, can you share with the rest of the class by leaving a comment? Thanks in advance for sharing your tips!

Christina Gleason is 30 years old, wife to Tom and mother to TJ.  Read her blogs at Cutest Kid Ever and Cute Mom Clothes, follow her on Twitter @cutestkidever or @ChristinaGayle, or connect with her on LinkedIn!

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