I have a problem

[Susan McGee]

No: HPFGUIDX 5090

> But what Harry has really sucked away for me is time, as well as a 
certain
> creative energy that I need to devote to my own writing, and that's 
rather a
> more serious issue for me, since I have so little of both to 
spare.  I have
> a full time job and a young family to raise, and the time I've 
given over to
> Harry I've robbed from my own sleep and my fiction writing time. 

Me, too

 > I was recently reading a newsletter for parents of gifted children 
(my
> 7-year old daughter has vastly outstripped her grade reading level) 
and one
> thing jumped out at me: gifted children tend to get obsessed with 
certain
> subjects.  Pick your topic: dinosaurs, ancient Egypt, fairytales, 
etc.
> Parents of gifted children worry about this, but the newsletter 
advised, go
> ahead, let them gorge on the obsession.  And I thought, that's what 
I'M
> doing!  Suddenly it all made sense: I was a gifted child, too 
(didn't I say
> I identified most with Hermione?) and that's what I'm doing right 
now in my
> interest with Harry: gorging on my obsession.  (Harry isn't the 
first
> obsession I've ever had, either, and I imagine he won't be the last)
> 

Well, i don't know how gifted I was/am, but I too have my 
obsessions....some have lasted for years, and some come and go.....

Trust in the process, Peg

Susan