Where Stories Are Made: Jaime Rush

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Where Stories Are Made is a new feature here at Book Chick City. It's where the author takes us on a tour of their writing place, be it an office, coffee shop or park and tells us about their writing day and rituals. My guest today is paranormal romance author, Jaime Rush...

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After I get the family off to their various pursuits, I head to my office, which is a separate room connected to the rest of the house via a lanai roof. My space is bright and fun, maybe to compensate for the darkness of my books. The walls are yellow, and I have lots of trinkets and pictures that make me smile.

The first thing I do, before anything else, is dance. I pick a song that uplifts me, like Black Eyed Peas's "I Gotta Feeling." It's a great way to get my spirit and body moving. Then I traipse outside and put seeds in the birdfeeder. There are five squirrels and one blue jay who wait for me. A couple of the squirrels will come right up to me and nibble their treats by my feet. Then I go in and start working on business-type things, like checking email, clearing paperwork off my desk, and other online things.

Me at my desk. The flowers are from my hubby for our 20th anniversary!

Then I make my daily cup of coffee. My hubby got me a barista machine for Christmas a year ago, and I'm loving my cappuccino. I mostly do the flavored coffees and make up my own formula for milk, stevia (natural sweetener), and five drops of vanilla. Now I'm ready to do some writing type work. Creating and writing are the best parts, but sadly, constitutes very little of my work time. Today, for instance, I'm in the midst of my second round of edits on book 4 of my Offspring series, which I'll probably be doing all week.

My husband had this made to represent my dream of swimming with wild dolphins

Sometimes I listen to music on my PC or the Altnation or Lithium channels on Sirius, and other times I have nothing on. Music, I mean!

Mid-morning I make my smoothie, and then a couple of hours later I break for lunch. Usually I watch something I've DVR'd to get a mental break, like my fave show, Supernatural, LA Ink, Lost, or Oprah. Then it's back to work. My boss is a real bee-atch, don't you know.

My inspiration, whimsical artwork.

Twice a week I go to the gym, and on non-gym days I usually wake up extra early and either get on my recumbent bike or swim laps. When you're sitting on your behind most of the day, you've got to compensate.

I work until about five-thirty, and then I'm off duty to start dinner, hang out with my kid, and generally have family time. After her bed-time, however, I'm back in my office, though sometimes it's to work and other times it's just to read. The best part, though, is that I actually look forward to my work days. That's something I wish for everyone.

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