{"id":4707,"date":"2015-06-22T13:18:21","date_gmt":"2015-06-22T03:18:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/?p=4707"},"modified":"2020-08-17T10:31:31","modified_gmt":"2020-08-17T00:31:31","slug":"balancing-act","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/allisontait.com\/2015\/06\/balancing-act\/","title":{"rendered":"Life after being published: balancing act"},"content":{"rendered":"

People often ask me if life is different now that The Mapmaker Chronicles<\/a> has been published. The answer is no… and yes.<\/p>\n

Mostly, on a day-to-day basis, life goes on as always. I spend my days walking Procrasti-Pup, writing features, marking assignments for the Australian Writers’ Centre, podcasting, blogging, wrangling kids and fitting in the fiction writing, just as I always have.<\/p>\n

But there are other obligations now, and the balancing act becomes even more precarious – and also inspiring.<\/p>\n

I spent much of last week in Ipswich, Queensland, visiting schools and being the Quizmaster for the regional Readers’ Cup Challenge<\/a>. I’ve always enjoyed taking part in quizzes (my whole family are mad Trivia fans), but now that I’ve actually been in charge, life will never be the same again\u00a0(she says, angling for Eddie McGuire’s job…). The Readers’ Cup is a terrific initiative and I wish that it had been around when I was a kid. I’ve always thought I could read for Australia, and the Readers’ Cup is the place to do it…<\/p>\n

Let’s introduce it nation-wide!<\/p>\n

Other things I’ve been doing include livestreaming myself wandering around my house and backyard for the Where I Write<\/a> campaign – check out the website for lots of Hachette writers internationally sharing their writing spaces and processes, or you can see my version here:<\/p>\n