On the Care and Feeding of Your Smutlancer

I’m not exactly young anymore (but I’m definitely not old!), and I’ve finally had to admit to myself that I’m not the same person I was in college. That chick could write until 2am, sleep until 6am, go to an 8am class and stay up until 3am studying the next night. (Yeah, I know that was nearly 20 years ago…) These days if I’m not getting at least six hours of sleep, I can barely function. But sometimes you just don’t have a choice. You’ve got a deadline – self-imposed or from a client. You work long hours and get...