I can't tell, this light so old.

[greygirlbeast]

I think all Monday's should begin with e-mail from Leticia Aguilar and Kra Krarosaline. It's a good way for the day to begin. It makes it easier to believe I'm part of some vast conspiracy of pirates, smugglers, chorus girls, alien bounty hunters, and Dutch diamond merchants. Of course, the illusion would be easier to maintain if said e-mails were

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[stardustgirl]

I know from my book cover gig that I had the same problem. I started seeing everything more technically / critically / commercially, and started to lose that untainted pool of energy / creativity / whatever that used to fuel what I made. I now churned a product all day, I had no more of that energy to use for my own stuff when I got home. I'm trying to detox from that still, trying to remember what I used to do to get the artwork I really, personally loved, though part of the issue is that the environments I shot have now been turned into plastic subdivisions, or lovely, decaying things restored to pristine, light n bright newness. It's harder to find the atmosphere.

My brain will still automatically kick in and critique every package I see: too many fonts / crappy kerning / bad linebreaks / typos / and 100 other design issues. I can't stop that, no matter how riveting the story, so it's not just writers that run into reading issues from having tangoed with the publishing beast. You know you're out to lunch with a bunch of people who have worked as graphic designers when they start speculating on what font is being used on the menu.

When I worked as a DJ I heard music all day at work, in the clubs all night (often working more), so in my off time I often wanted silence. When I was paid for doing costumes I stopped sewing on my own at home, and stopped being interested in clothes shopping (which had been an addiction). It was as if that part of my brain was burned out and wanted a break. It doesn't surprise me that you have issues with reading now, epecially given how much you write. I think you write more than any other writer I know. I also find myself turning to films for story - perhaps because I'm not easily distracted from it by any technical considerations. I know nothing of filmmaking, therefore I can't critique it like I can a book. I take it at face value.

[greygirlbeast]

I now churned a product all day,

Fortunately, this hasn't happened to me. Yet. I live in fear of it.

It doesn't surprise me that you have issues with reading now, epecially given how much you write. I think you write more than any other writer I know.

If I do say so myself, I'm inclined to agree. Well, I can think of a couple who probably write as much. But only a couple.