Hello and welcome to "A Day in the Life of..."©, a featured guest post exclusive to my blog that's published on Mondays and sometimes, on Thursdays. On these two days, a spotlight guest will share a normal day in their lives, giving us insight on their thoughts, projects, interests, obsessions and more. Occasionally, and if we're lucky, they'll even throw in a giveaway.
And now, on with the show...
Today we spotlight Sourceboooks Author Sara Humphreys. Sara not only writes great stories, but is also the president and founder of a successful public speaking training company. Sara lives in Bronxville, New York with her husband, four sons and two dogs.
ABOUT SARA HUMPHREYS:
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Dead in the City, Sara’s urban fantasy vampire series was recently sold to Sourcebooks in another five book deal, with the first book slated for release in 2013.
Sara is a graduate of Marist College, with a B.A. Degree in English Literature & Theater. Her initial career path after college was as a professional actress. Some of her television credits include, A&E Biography, Guiding Light, Another World, As the World Turns and Rescue Me.
Sara is the President of Taney Speaker Training, which specializes in public speaking, presentation development and communication skills training. She has trained executives at Verizon, Bristol-Meyer Squibb, Westchester County and the United States Navy. Her speaking career began with Monster’s Making It Count programs, speaking in high schools and colleges around the United States to thousands of students.
Sara has been a lover of both the paranormal and romance novels for years. Her sci-fi/fantasy/romance obsession began years ago with the TV Series STAR TREK and an enormous crush on Captain Kirk. That sci-fi obsession soon evolved into the love of all types of fantasy/paranormal; vampires, ghosts, werewolves, and of course shape shifters. Sara is married to her college sweetheart, Will. They live in Bronxville, New York with their 4 boys and 2 insanely loud dogs. Life is busy but never dull.
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A Day in the Life of Sara Humphreys
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When Nely was kind enough to ask me to participate in this
blog series, I was thrilled! The funny thing is that if she’d asked me to do
this a couple of months ago, my day would’ve looked very different. I recently
resigned from my full-time job at a local college and am now fully
self-employed! In addition to being the mom to four wonderful boys and an
author, I also own a company called Taney Speaker Training—we offer public
speaking and presentation skills training.
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Being self-employed is a new adventure for me but one I’m
embracing with open arms. However, since it’s summertime and the boys aren’t in
school, it also comes with some unique challenges. Let’s just say that my time
management skills are being put to the test.
So here’s an ideal summertime work day…
7:30am: Up and at ‘em with a workout. I usually do an
Insanity workout or go for a run but lately the Insanity DVD is the way I go.
8:30am: Breakfast for me and the boys—immediately followed
by clean-up/laundry etc.
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10:00am-12:00pm: Working on various projects for my Taney
Speaker Training clients.
12:00pm-1:00pm: Lunch with the boys and of course cleaning
up.
1:00pm-4:00pm: Pool time with the boys or some errands with
them. If we’re at the pool, I usually have my laptop in tow and get some
writing done there as well.
4:00pm-6:00pm: Dinner/laundry/cleaning up
6:00pm-8:00pm: Writing time.
8:00pm---until bedtime: My husband usually gets home around
this time and we have a chance to hang out as a family and catch up.
*On occasion—10:00pm-12:00am: More writing time—this usually
happens as deadlines loom.
Riveting…isn’t it?
I’m looking forward to the school year so that I can get
back to a more typical work day but I’m also trying to remember to enjoy time
with my guys while they’re home. They’re great kids and I’m so proud to be
their mom. However, with all of
these boys…the schedule rarely runs smoothly…but everything works itself out.
I have another deadline looming in
early September. The manuscript for the first Dead in the City book is due and
I’m about to dive back in to TALL, DARK, AND VAMPIRE.
See you around the web!
Thank you, Sara, for sharing your day with us and for the great Giveaway!
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ENDS SATURDAY, JULY 28, 2012 at 10PM CST
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