My lab and academic work fill my day from about 9 am to 7 p.m. Then I zoom out the lens to work on my other writing.
With my first pay cheque I sent my parents to Jamaica, so they actually got passports! They're pretty grounded; it wasn't until they saw the trailer for 'Battleship' that they were like, 'Ooh, this is a big movie, isn't it?'