Writing every day

I am reading The Artist's Way by Julia Cameron. She offers a 12-week course in the book, which is great. What intrigues me most, though, are the two pieces of advice she gives early in the book: set up an artist's date with yourself once a week and complete morning pages (3 pages of longhand writing) every day.

I've been doing both the morning pages and the artist's date for a few months now, and I must say, I see the benefits in my writing. I also reap the benefits in my thinking each day.

I currently have two weekly artist's dates, and I love them. The first is the hour I spend every Wednesday night playing music with our band at church. I play the trombone. The second is new. For two weeks now, a few writers and I have been meeting in a downtown bookstore for critiques and coffee. Camerson is right - we do tend to starve our artists, don't we?

I know we're all busy, but I am at the point now where I feel anxious if I don't get to my morning pages.

I hope you're writing every day.