An Interview with Sherri Jilek How do you keep a balance between family, work, and your writing?

It is all-consuming to maintain balance. How does one clean house; cook; keep half an acre of flower garden; and another acre and a half outside the fenced flower area; care for two dogs; RV; read from a 1,000 book private library; spend time with children and grandchildren; ad infinitum? The answer for me is to give writing 1st place. I don't give it ALL of my life, but I keep it at the front of my life. First the writing work; then everything else. Discipline has a lot to do with it. I'm a disciplined writer.