On her Ask Wendy blog, fellow author Wendy Burt-Thomas interviews Dr. Romance. It's a lovely present for Valentine's day.
2. How did you get started as a writer?
I came through the back door. A colleague and I were teaching a class in 1975 called “How to Be a Couple and Still Be Free” and we wrote a manual for it, which later became a best-selling book, published in 1980. The third edition was published in 2003, and is still in print and selling. Since then, I’ve written 13 books, published in 16 languages by 11 different publishers.
3. What does a typical day look like for you?
Every day, I spend from 11:00 to about 12:30 doing interviews, answering e-mail and the phone. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I see clients, from 1:00 to 9:00 PM. The rest of the week, I write and work on my online columns, blog and other projects. Evenings and most of the weekend I spend with my husband. We are both self-employed, and we like to travel a lot. We both love our work, so instead of retiring, we are working less and traveling more.
4. Describe your desk/workspace.
Two rooms and a bathroom in my home are devoted to my businesses. One room is a counseling office, the bathroom is between, and the second room is my writing office. In there, I have a corner desk with a desktop computer. My office is lined with Ikea glass-door cabinets and file drawers. My secretary also has a small desk in there. She only works 4 hours a week. I also have a laptop on a small rolling table that I can use in the living room to write while my husband and I watch TV. (see more)
On her Ask Wendy blog, fellow author Wendy Burt-Thomas interviews Dr. Romance. It's a lovely present for Valentine's day.
2. How did you get started as a writer?
I came through the back door. A colleague and I were teaching a class in 1975 called “How to Be a Couple and Still Be Free” and we wrote a manual for it, which later became a best-selling book, published in 1980. The third edition was published in 2003, and is still in print and selling. Since then, I’ve written 13 books, published in 16 languages by 11 different publishers.
3. What does a typical day look like for you?
Every day, I spend from 11:00 to about 12:30 doing interviews, answering e-mail and the phone. Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday I see clients, from 1:00 to 9:00 PM. The rest of the week, I write and work on my online columns, blog and other projects. Evenings and most of the weekend I spend with my husband. We are both self-employed, and we like to travel a lot. We both love our work, so instead of retiring, we are working less and traveling more.
4. Describe your desk/workspace.
Two rooms and a bathroom in my home are devoted to my businesses. One room is a counseling office, the bathroom is between, and the second room is my writing office. In there, I have a corner desk with a desktop computer. My office is lined with Ikea glass-door cabinets and file drawers. My secretary also has a small desk in there. She only works 4 hours a week. I also have a laptop on a small rolling table that I can use in the living room to write while my husband and I watch TV. (see more)