Ashbee, oddly enough I did something of a sort last night.... well, early evening..... and in an email to a good friend, I "off loaded" what at present is mulling around my brain most. Such as, writing is one of my greatest loves, but has been shelved for too long, and needs to be "re-animated". Have I perchance made a wrong decision in starting a shop with 2 colleagues..... It is taking up too much of my time..... for there are other things which are very important to me which are being neglected - a.o. my writing. This email was more like a brain storm on "paper", and did benefit me. For this morning, as one of my cats was pawing my face "mommy we are hungry for breakfast! wake up!!!!", one of the first thoughts that hit me was one of the fiction stories/books lying growing, yet unproductively, in my mind. So this "off loading" is indeed a very good exercise..... be it for yourself alone, or shared with an understanding friend.
Issi, I think that Daphne Du Maurier more than likely had plenty of staff to take care of her home, etc., so that she could devote her life to writing, and socialising. Sounds ideal though! LOL! Nice for a while, but in hte long run would bore me terrribly, as I actually like being a "housewife".....