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February 18, 2019
Memo to Self
Q: What book did you not enjoy, but motivated you in your own writing?
- from Susan
Hah, this question stopped me cold. I don’t often remember books I didn’t like. I mean, why waste precious brain cells on that?
I admit, I do sometimes read contemporary fiction that just doesn’t cut it with me. But unless it’s got gruesome torture or scaring-the vulnerable-protagonist-half-to-death scenes, I don’t consciously think, I will avoid that kind of scene. I am not likely to stop and think, “...
- from Susan
Hah, this question stopped me cold. I don’t often remember books I didn’t like. I mean, why waste precious brain cells on that?
I admit, I do sometimes read contemporary fiction that just doesn’t cut it with me. But unless it’s got gruesome torture or scaring-the vulnerable-protagonist-half-to-death scenes, I don’t consciously think, I will avoid that kind of scene. I am not likely to stop and think, “...
February 15, 2019
A Wee Bit About Me
A Wee Bit About Me ...by Abir Mukherjee
Hi, I’m Abir, and can I start by saying what an absolute pleasure to join you all, readers and writers, on this wonderful blog.
For those of you who don’t know me (and I’m guessing that’s most of you), I’m a writer, originally from Scotland but now stuck in London, for my sins. My parents were originally from India - my father asked himself, “where’s the coldest, wettest place that I can raise a family?”, and the answer to that turned out to be Glas...
Hi, I’m Abir, and can I start by saying what an absolute pleasure to join you all, readers and writers, on this wonderful blog. For those of you who don’t know me (and I’m guessing that’s most of you), I’m a writer, originally from Scotland but now stuck in London, for my sins. My parents were originally from India - my father asked himself, “where’s the coldest, wettest place that I can raise a family?”, and the answer to that turned out to be Glas...
February 14, 2019
At the Tone, the Time Will Be...
What sacrifices have you made for your writing career that you're better for?
From Jim
What have I sacrificed for my writing career? That’s simple. I’ve sacrificed time. Years, and in more ways than just butt-in-the-chair writing, though there’s that, of course. You have to write to be a writer, after all. In the same way you’re not a skydiver if you don’t jump out of airplanes. That’s not to say you have to publish to be a writer any more than you have to pull the ripcord once you’ve jumped fr...
From Jim
What have I sacrificed for my writing career? That’s simple. I’ve sacrificed time. Years, and in more ways than just butt-in-the-chair writing, though there’s that, of course. You have to write to be a writer, after all. In the same way you’re not a skydiver if you don’t jump out of airplanes. That’s not to say you have to publish to be a writer any more than you have to pull the ripcord once you’ve jumped fr...
February 13, 2019
For art’s sake
What sacrifices have you made for your writing career that you're better for?
by Dietrich
I’ve never thought of anything to do with writing as a sacrifice. There’s no ritual or offering, nothing like that. Not in my real life anyway. It comes down to choice and time, and writing is what I choose to do over other things. In order to do it as well as I can, other things have to be set aside.
For me, there’s nothing like sitting down with an idea for a story, and spinning it, disappearing in...
by Dietrich
I’ve never thought of anything to do with writing as a sacrifice. There’s no ritual or offering, nothing like that. Not in my real life anyway. It comes down to choice and time, and writing is what I choose to do over other things. In order to do it as well as I can, other things have to be set aside.
For me, there’s nothing like sitting down with an idea for a story, and spinning it, disappearing in...
February 11, 2019
Worth the Sacrifice
Brenda Chapman here.
This week's question: What sacrifices have you made for your writing career that you're better for?
I’ve not thought much about sacrifices when it comes to writing. Most of the time, I feel mighty blessed to be sitting at my computer making up stuff. However, I can come up with a few things that I've given up in the pursuit of the written word ... things that I'm often all the better for having missed.
The biggest one would have to be time, but it is time I give up wil...
This week's question: What sacrifices have you made for your writing career that you're better for?
I’ve not thought much about sacrifices when it comes to writing. Most of the time, I feel mighty blessed to be sitting at my computer making up stuff. However, I can come up with a few things that I've given up in the pursuit of the written word ... things that I'm often all the better for having missed.
The biggest one would have to be time, but it is time I give up wil...
February 8, 2019
A PLACE FOR EVERYTHING AND EVERYTHING IN ITS PLACE
How best do you manage your time and resources? What tools are helping you manage life while you complete your next work? Websites? Apps? Tricks of the trade?
by Paul D. Marks
One way to manage time.Not as well as I used to in answer to the first question.
I used to be very disciplined. Self-starter. Fire in the belly. And I still am to some extent, just not as much as I used to be. So, the question is why. Lots of reasons, of course. I have a dog that’s getting older and I want to spend more ti...
by Paul D. Marks
One way to manage time.Not as well as I used to in answer to the first question.I used to be very disciplined. Self-starter. Fire in the belly. And I still am to some extent, just not as much as I used to be. So, the question is why. Lots of reasons, of course. I have a dog that’s getting older and I want to spend more ti...
February 7, 2019
SAY NO TO THE UNIVERSE
BUSINESS: How best do you manage your time and resources? What tools are helping you manage life while you complete your next work? Websites? Apps? Tricks of the trade?
by Catriona
Just my luck to follow Cathy Ace, one of the most organised, effective women I have ever met! But then, when I started thinking it over, I decided I'm pretty organised too. At work. (In life, in this house and on the twenty acres outside, the truth is we haven't got enough money to make up for the lack of time and ce...
by Catriona
Just my luck to follow Cathy Ace, one of the most organised, effective women I have ever met! But then, when I started thinking it over, I decided I'm pretty organised too. At work. (In life, in this house and on the twenty acres outside, the truth is we haven't got enough money to make up for the lack of time and ce...
February 6, 2019
Time, please! (And a VERY SPECIAL OFFER!) by Cathy Ace
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February 5, 2019
Time: The Most Important Resource
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February 4, 2019
I can manage time better than I can manage cats
Q: How best do you manage your time and resources? What tools are helping you manage life while you complete your next work? Websites? Apps? Tricks of the trade?
- from Susan
Managing time? Well, I try to bargain with myself for a few uninterrupted hours a day to write. Then I have to negotiate with myself not to spend those hours on Facebook, and the latest screaming headlines in the online newspapers. There’s no negotiating with the younger cat who believes my lap belongs to her whenever...
- from Susan
Managing time? Well, I try to bargain with myself for a few uninterrupted hours a day to write. Then I have to negotiate with myself not to spend those hours on Facebook, and the latest screaming headlines in the online newspapers. There’s no negotiating with the younger cat who believes my lap belongs to her whenever...
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