I can't write slash at the moment; my slash-ducts are tragically blocked by work on Immortal Novel. I feel sure they will unblock at some inconvenient moment.
Beetles - what a little sweetheart. Mind you, I used to make my little sister play either the dog or the baby every time my friend Jackie and I played house. She now hates me.
am ever so glad you have a futon! And an office, for that matter ...
Have you read Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver yet? (or, wait, did I ask you this last year?) If not, I may be able to provide Distraction. And subsequent Sleaze.
Although presumably had I not had either, I would have been slightly less devil-may-care about the B and B...
No, haven't read Quicksilver? Is it wonderful? And I meant to ask you what kind of thing Julia Whatsit (Cameron? or am I confusing her with the Victorian photographer?) does - you've mentioned her a few times as a writing guide and clearly find her good, although I'm sceptical about the kind of thing I'm imagining... I have a novelist friend who thinks only Stephen King's writing book is any good, but given that I've never read a line of his novels...
I adore Quicksilver, though your mileage may vary. Excerpt & synopsis here. Stephenson can write, and he loves to digress.
Julia Cameron -- perhaps she is channelling Tennyson's friend -- has some irritating moments in her how-to-write books: but there is some terribly sound advice in there too. I had to give up on The Artist's Way because I found the notion of not reading anything for a week (one of her Exercises) not only impractical but upsetting (and also kind of pointless, because have done that in the past ...) Am getting on much better with The Sound of Paper, which is much easier to dip into and which combines excellent suggestions with some very nice writing, amid the 'writing lessons' bits
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Will call The Sound of Paper up in library next time I have a minute, but would die in a panic at the prospect of not reading for a week.
Do you really find the Morning Pages useful? I would have said it made one self-absorbed rather than involved in one's characters, but that probably says more about the maudlin frame of mind my diaries have generally tended to generate in me - I seem to regress to some kind of Teenage Misfit, with much examination of own soul's state and general horrors and the rain always streaming down the windows etc.
The entire Vodafone mobile phone network in Greece has crapped out since 17:00 today. I'm not amused. Could be worse, could be overnigthing in a futon, I guess...
And my confession is that I have a crush on this girl at my videostore even though I'm really not a lesbian.
I wish I could amuse you but I'm just boring right now. I have to take the kidlet and best friend to karate in an hour. Actually, that's pretty cute. Imagine, if you will, two five year-old-girls, one white, one black, in their little black uniforms and belts, kicking and punching on command. They are darling.
there was a teeny tiny moth on my front door the other morning. i barely glanced at it as i locked the door on my way to work, though i did think it was odd. and then when i got home that night it was still there. as i unlocked my door it flew away and my first thought was hey, maybe it was protecting my apartment while i was gone. which is a weird thing to think, but it gave me an idea for something, so it's all good.
You see, that's nice. You automatically think of kind!protective!moth, whereas I would imagine it was harbouring the soul of a hostile ancestor or a warning sign from a serial killer...
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if not, well, i used to catch beetles and stuff them into my brother's shoes for fun.
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Beetles - what a little sweetheart. Mind you, I used to make my little sister play either the dog or the baby every time my friend Jackie and I played house. She now hates me.
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Have you read Neal Stephenson's Quicksilver yet? (or, wait, did I ask you this last year?) If not, I may be able to provide Distraction. And subsequent Sleaze.
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No, haven't read Quicksilver? Is it wonderful? And I meant to ask you what kind of thing Julia Whatsit (Cameron? or am I confusing her with the Victorian photographer?) does - you've mentioned her a few times as a writing guide and clearly find her good, although I'm sceptical about the kind of thing I'm imagining... I have a novelist friend who thinks only Stephen King's writing book is any good, but given that I've never read a line of his novels...
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Julia Cameron -- perhaps she is channelling Tennyson's friend -- has some irritating moments in her how-to-write books: but there is some terribly sound advice in there too. I had to give up on The Artist's Way because I found the notion of not reading anything for a week (one of her Exercises) not only impractical but upsetting (and also kind of pointless, because have done that in the past ...) Am getting on much better with The Sound of Paper, which is much easier to dip into and which combines excellent suggestions with some very nice writing, amid the 'writing lessons' bits ( ... )
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Do you really find the Morning Pages useful? I would have said it made one self-absorbed rather than involved in one's characters, but that probably says more about the maudlin frame of mind my diaries have generally tended to generate in me - I seem to regress to some kind of Teenage Misfit, with much examination of own soul's state and general horrors and the rain always streaming down the windows etc.
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And my confession is that I have a crush on this girl at my videostore even though I'm really not a lesbian.
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Do you make eyes at her as you choose something art-house and linger needlessly behind the Recent Releases rack?
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*hides*
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wasn't that interesting? hee. i'm kinda tired.
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