Almost-full-time: having taken the decision to write full-time but being unable to say no to other jobs.

Things I do now that I write almost-full-time:

1, Over-watering my plants.
Me, walking back and forth in the hallway, talking to myself: “Think, Katarina. How hard can it be to come up with a personality for the love interest? A Startrek fan? A lover of cute youtube videos on cats? Dark childhood trauma?”

And if you absolutely must walk back and forth in your hallway while talking to yourself, it often feels nice to pick up the watering can and water your plants.

The result: three half dead chili plants and one really grumpy basil plant. Still no personality for the love interest.

2, Spend three hours thinking up names for the cool and cynical best friend
Pia?
Irene
Ulla
Ingrid
Carina
Elisabet
Ingegärd
Margareta (Maggan)
Gun?

The result: minus three hours and still no personality for the love interest. But with a shortlist for Names for the cool and cynical best friend.

3, Look into my closet and think: “This could do with a re-arranging.”
The result: no re-arranging of closet. I’m not crazy yet.

4, Make lunch
Google slow-food recipes and then settle for a salad. But if this writing don’t turn out OK I could always turn this into a food blog.

5, Send text messages to all my friends
The following is an average a day during the week:

My sister: 4 (answers: 1)
Isak: 13 (answers: 7)
Carina: 0 (since she’s just been with me to the US, I’ve decided to give her a break for a while)
Simona: 2 (answers 2)

The result: no love interest for the personality, and all my friends now remember to turn of their phone during work hours.