The Wife of a Writer

Hi there,

I am the aforementioned Wifey from previous posts.

Jon has ‘subtly’ hinted a few times about writing a blogpost for his website and I have always refused because I had nothing to write about, especially about anything that was relevant. However, today a thought popped into my head; watching the life of a writer from the outside.

As long as I have known him Jon has been a storyteller (just get him started on a topic and watch him go!) but when I first met him Jon was nowhere the writer he is today. In fact, he barely wrote, he had written some fan fiction for the game we met in but that was before I had met him.

It took Jon a few years to realise what he wanted in life and what he wanted to be but one day he came to me and said ‘I have started writing this book…’

So, what is it like to live with a writer who has a full time job as well?

Honestly, kind of lonely.

Jon will work his 40 hour week and then spend the nights working on his laptop to the left of me whilst I cross stitch and watch TV. I can’t watch any series that we are watching together because he can’t pay attention to both things so you end up watching junk TV or movies. You are sat in the same room but ignoring each other and not really talking because you don’t want to break their concentration.

Would I change any of it?

Absolutely not!

I have seen the change in Jon since he realised his dream, and how happy it makes him. What’s a little boredom when his life purpose is on the line?

Last year, we used a week of our holiday and went to a cottage in the welsh countryside with our pooch for me to finally have my first read through of the Hunters book. I wanted to wait so that I could read it all at once and not have it all outdated or read a story with different chapters missing. I got the book printed out and it was the first time Jon had seen the book in print.

I really enjoyed our time at the cottage, we just chilled out and listened to music as we discussed all the parts of the book that I had queries about or whether he could do anything different with storylines. We listened to the Country Hits radio the whole week and whenever I listen to it now it makes me think of that week.

There have been MANY conversations over the years between us about these books and how he wants the stories to go and the characters to grow. We even had a conversation once about how to get him out of his writer’s block whilst walking the dog in a forest. Inspiration is everywhere but sometimes the OH just wants you to pose the questions they may not have thought of. More often than not they want a little bit of advice but always someone to listen so that they can work it out themselves outside of their heads.

So, what was my original point?

Oh yes, if your significant other wants to be a writer then be prepared to be a sounding board, a muse, a listener (damn querying process), patient and learn how to entertain yourself. Because what they are doing will not only benefit them but you as well hopefully and there is nothing like watching your husband making himself happy in life.

I am one proud Wifey, and happy to say it!