tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post6812016177778705768..comments2023-11-03T03:07:25.408-07:00Comments on The Lyon's Tale: When Is Writing Work?Annette Lyonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493583432919249814noreply@blogger.comBlogger16125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-3056658306449487052010-02-23T12:02:29.824-07:002010-02-23T12:02:29.824-07:00I love the inside peek that you give us of what...I love the inside peek that you give us of what's it's like to be a writer. I love to write, but I'm not so devoted like you are. Thanks for sharing!Amanda Dhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04662814069840360787noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-67662040410455731792010-02-22T21:07:04.434-07:002010-02-22T21:07:04.434-07:00I cannot wait for your new book. It will be brilli...I cannot wait for your new book. It will be brilliant and I will love it!Julie Wrighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15311231654035295596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-18988929510319142462010-02-21T14:42:17.251-07:002010-02-21T14:42:17.251-07:00I love this. Even though I am not a writer, I tot...I love this. Even though I am not a writer, I totally get it. I feel like my whole life is an ebb and flow, and certain things will always get me out of a funk. Good to remember.<br /><br />And I can't wait for your new book!Lara Neveshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08351324888724799014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-49816187746197526352010-02-20T18:26:52.937-07:002010-02-20T18:26:52.937-07:00I think it would be the most amazing thing to use ...I think it would be the most amazing thing to use ones creative iimagination..put characters together, make them alive, GIVE them life...and form the story.<br /><br />Hey, I wrote a road show once and we took first place in everything.<br />Not a book---but a mammoth accomplishment for me.wendyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13619293936418976914noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-66656077995564486492010-02-20T11:56:44.120-07:002010-02-20T11:56:44.120-07:00You just put to words exactly how I feel! I love t...You just put to words exactly how I feel! I love the drafting phase, the formation of a sentence. I <em> hate</em> the restructuring of that sentece. =PAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-36778140781913870492010-02-20T09:52:49.102-07:002010-02-20T09:52:49.102-07:00This is funny because I've just been thinking ...This is funny because I've just been thinking about how much I don't like writing right now. I think it's just because I'm at the very tail end of my WIP and I just want to be done and I'm stressing out about it because the baby's due in four weeks and I'm trying to finish before that and blah, blah, blah. It doesn't help that I'm not a plotter and so I've hit a plot snag, 10,000 words from the end, that I'm a little stumped about how to work through. Oh, and did I mention I haven't done a lick of revision? I find the first revision tolerable but any after that . . . I told Josi that for me it's like death by paper cut. I guess I'll have to get over it, and maybe this whole WIP will teach me to plot just a tad more, but man, right now, I don't want to write. But I have to. <br /><br />So I just remember how fun it is to start a new story and that makes me feel better. Hope you get to sink your teeth into drafting soon.Melanie Jacobsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02489615939726209573noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-34616825267847192702010-02-19T21:42:59.741-07:002010-02-19T21:42:59.741-07:00I am so totally with you, Annette! Holy cow, it...I am so totally with you, Annette! Holy cow, it's like you were talking about me. I've not written anything new since November either and I've got a deadline looming and am itching to finish the book. Thanks for defining the problem for me. I'll start fixing it on Monday!Karen E. Hooverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01234771333115348739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-63838624574776156762010-02-19T21:07:46.567-07:002010-02-19T21:07:46.567-07:00So well articulated, Annette!So well articulated, Annette!Kimberly Vanderhorsthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01653757517652257445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-17605317414215070002010-02-19T19:47:28.845-07:002010-02-19T19:47:28.845-07:00Thank you, Annette. I think I'm there. While I...Thank you, Annette. I think I'm there. While I've known for the past few weeks I need to get started on the revisions for the second book in my trilogy (now that the first one actually has a publisher), I've been dreading it. Thanks for defining the problem for me. I haven't written anything new since NANOWRIMO in November. And all I have in front of me for the foreseeable future is editing. Though it's necessary, it's not my favorite part of the process.<br /><br />And, once the trilogy is packed off to the publisher (assuming they take all 3 books), I have to answer the question of which project to take on next. Though I suspect my characters will choose for me.Cheri Chesleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03102570290810616371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-92175917162627750582010-02-19T17:41:13.414-07:002010-02-19T17:41:13.414-07:00Love your perspective... my experience is very lim...Love your perspective... my experience is very limited in comparison, but I was definitely happiest when I was fully immersed in the writing of my first full manuscript... it was so completely energizing. Now that it's finished, and I'm in the waiting phase, I find myself terrified to really dive into to something new. I know I just need to start... I have ideas pouring out of my head like crazy, but it's so scary to sit down and start with a blank page, you know? I need to though... my fingers are itching.Jenny P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16632739365854048008noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-14224019608814462582010-02-19T17:25:30.433-07:002010-02-19T17:25:30.433-07:00I just keep eating all of this stuff up...I just keep eating all of this stuff up...DeNaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13186396912728334853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-50794448522340506372010-02-19T17:20:27.071-07:002010-02-19T17:20:27.071-07:00Amen, amen. It's only been like four months si...Amen, amen. It's only been like four months since I finished my last draft, but I still really miss it. I can't get back to it right now, either (revisions are taking up my writing time, and knitting), and I only have a few half-formed ideas right now--nothing that's really set me on fire.<br /><br />Hope you get your hands free to do the work you want soon!Jordan McCollumhttp://jordanmccollum.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-11471308850215887282010-02-19T16:17:18.574-07:002010-02-19T16:17:18.574-07:00This is how I know I'm not a writer.This is how I know I'm not a writer.Kristina P.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16144488639100871226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-32919218248017368732010-02-19T15:41:43.166-07:002010-02-19T15:41:43.166-07:00Wohoo, Annette! I can't wait to see what new b...Wohoo, Annette! I can't wait to see what new book you start working on. Great post!Danyelle Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00006907198681924095noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-2292481198058633462010-02-19T15:36:43.681-07:002010-02-19T15:36:43.681-07:00I can relate to this although my first love is not...I can relate to this although my first love is not writing fiction. I adore the research process of nonfiction and being able to share interesting facts and stories I learn. <br /><br />I am looking forward to your next fiction work as well!Rebecca Irvinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07156262858446400612noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29222764.post-88130976843311964442010-02-19T15:21:45.806-07:002010-02-19T15:21:45.806-07:00Excellent post, one of your best. You give me hop...Excellent post, one of your best. You give me hope!Luisa Perkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15310698422276446909noreply@blogger.com