Writer's Block: Know Thyself
Oh my goodness, there are probably hundreds of things I do on a regular basis that annoys people, but the first thing I thought of when I read this question was my paper-flicking habit. I just can't help it. I'll be reading a book, miles away at Longbourn or Hogwarts or wherever and I'll start flicking the pages with my left hand. It's automatic. It's affectionate, actually; it's like absent-mindedly stroking your dog or cat while you're reading. I love books about as much as my gerbils and my rabbit - not sad, not sad - and you'd get about the same reaction from me if you threatened to crack the spine of Harry Potter as you would if you threatened to crack the spine of my pets. I smell books, too, which probably gets on people's nerves; I love the smell of books. Science textbooks smell surprisingly nice, and old books smell beautiful; new, cheap paper isn't so nice, and the school copy of Pride and Prejudice doesn't smell of anything at all, but sometimes it does have a certain charm to it.
What else? Well, if we're staying in English Literature territory, I have a certain compulsion about turning switches with nothing plugged into them off. I hate it when they're just left on; I don't know why, because it's not like I'm an energy-conserving nut or anything. Quite the opposite, if I'm honest - maybe I just like the uniformity of a row of switches all turned off. That's probably it.
I also twitch my feet quite a lot; I don't know, I just don't like keeping them still. It feels weird.
Possibly the biggest thing is my tendency to talk about HPH... once you start me, I don't stop. Jordan knows this better than anybody, probably, bless him. The thing is, I don't have anybody to talk about it with in real life, so I'm forced not to think about it all day. I've been trying to persuade people to give it a go for ages, but nobody's really fussed... I can't help it, though - I'm addicted. I have no idea what I used to do on the internet before!
What else? Well, if we're staying in English Literature territory, I have a certain compulsion about turning switches with nothing plugged into them off. I hate it when they're just left on; I don't know why, because it's not like I'm an energy-conserving nut or anything. Quite the opposite, if I'm honest - maybe I just like the uniformity of a row of switches all turned off. That's probably it.
I also twitch my feet quite a lot; I don't know, I just don't like keeping them still. It feels weird.
Possibly the biggest thing is my tendency to talk about HPH... once you start me, I don't stop. Jordan knows this better than anybody, probably, bless him. The thing is, I don't have anybody to talk about it with in real life, so I'm forced not to think about it all day. I've been trying to persuade people to give it a go for ages, but nobody's really fussed... I can't help it, though - I'm addicted. I have no idea what I used to do on the internet before!