tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968546507603375440.post4133657587436443822..comments2023-10-17T08:55:54.647+01:00Comments on this writer's life: I'm trying something out this week. Teresa Stensonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17027879292470220383noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968546507603375440.post-55220174262286469872013-01-08T16:47:20.294+00:002013-01-08T16:47:20.294+00:00Hello Carole - I'm loving the Moomin story so ...Hello Carole - I'm loving the Moomin story so far. Yes, that critique is a bit annoying, less chance of it I think away from the pressure of the computer screen. I've been working these past 3 days so the real test will be later this week on my days off. I'll report back. Thanks for your support - hope your writing is going well.<br /><br />Hi Jessica - it's 'Collected Stories' - some have been published in previous anthologies ('Eleven Kinds of Loneliness' and I forget the title of the other - it has the word 'Liar' in it) others are new (well, prev unpublished). Thanks for your good luck wishes, hope things are going well for you.<br /><br />Hola Rachel - all brilliant advice, you totally KNOW IT. Thank you. I'm going to try those things. You're right about the pressure, I managed to make something good and exciting (funding opportunity) all about what I can't do rather than what I can. It is fun and good - that writing thing we do - you're right, so right, hate it when people get moany about it - shurrup love, yer not going down t'mines. <br /><br />I'll write more on the funding app as I go. I feel excited about it again. I think you should apply (you are 'of the North' in soul) (technically that *might* not make you eligible). Teresa Stensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17027879292470220383noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968546507603375440.post-34089069705840866962013-01-06T20:06:54.040+00:002013-01-06T20:06:54.040+00:00I think it's because there's too much pres...I think it's because there's too much pressure in making the most of those days.<br />Combine that with a deadline and you have the recipe for stress not creative outpourings. And the stress feeds reluctance into the psychology of sitting down to do the tap-tapping. <br /><br />That's my Sound Like You Know It notebook raided. <br /><br />Honestly, maybe a half hour each evening - even though you're dead tired from work - is what you need to beat the gremlins in your head. Plan the free time then, so that when you come to that fresh, free day, even if your head's a panic blur of nothingness, you can look at your plan and tune into some good relaxed work vibes. <br /><br />(Another tip - a happy tune when you're mid week doodle writing/planning - play it on your free day when you're feeling stressy - bring back some of that good writing feeling, because the writing IS fun and good and that, after all, is why we do it). xxx<br /><br />Good luck. Let me know how you go. <br />And I'm uber interested to know more about the funding app. xRachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968546507603375440.post-26061674639016455412013-01-06T14:21:44.361+00:002013-01-06T14:21:44.361+00:00Great post - good luck with this week's challe...Great post - good luck with this week's challenge. Which Richard Yates book did you get? Jessicahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08947711142075013900noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5968546507603375440.post-77837544152219764022013-01-06T13:07:39.985+00:002013-01-06T13:07:39.985+00:00Liked your post, meant something to me as a writer...Liked your post, meant something to me as a writer and I used to read the Moomin books to my classes. Loved them as much as the children. Shall be interested in how you progress and how you deal with the inevitable critique in the head. :0)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07957545161716269528noreply@blogger.com