tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667514217502990299.post7100207476950268922..comments2023-10-05T05:17:11.350-05:00Comments on Incurable Insomniac: You Know You're a Writer When...Kaye Wallerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06491607694389685973noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667514217502990299.post-44127767318706115152014-01-17T09:14:45.546-06:002014-01-17T09:14:45.546-06:00I've always envied your discipline when you wr...I've always envied your discipline when you write. You just truck on through it. You say you're going to write a book, then the next thing I know, you're finished. No one even knows you're doing it. With me, it's a whole deal... LOL.Kaye Wallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491607694389685973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667514217502990299.post-59293340584627629312014-01-16T10:07:21.198-06:002014-01-16T10:07:21.198-06:00When I'm writing, I'm a writer more like w...When I'm writing, I'm a writer more like what Kelly describes. I get up early and try to get a couple of hours of writing in before I have to get ready to go to work, and then after work, I come home, eat dinner, spend a little time with Steph and then I'm back at it from about 8:00 to 11:00. On the weekends I'm at the computer all day for two days, for as long as I can stand. It's harder when you're working a full-time job, so you have to be more disciplined about it. However, I don't push myself to write so many words a day. I write what I write. If some of that is going back over what I have already written, so be it. It's still getting it done and it's still creating. It's been a couple of years now since I published my last book and I'm itching to start another one, but I have to make sure that I'm ready and that my family is ready for the process and discipline that it takes for me to do it. Lynettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11179278237988549530noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667514217502990299.post-60343024433177151832014-01-15T22:44:46.455-06:002014-01-15T22:44:46.455-06:00PROOF comments before you post them, Waller! My re...PROOF comments before you post them, Waller! My reply to Jayne should read, "I do, my friend. I found what was, to me, a glaring, hair-pulling typo..."<br /><br />[sigh] I'm such a Charlie Brown.Kaye Wallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491607694389685973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667514217502990299.post-89717827722648418362014-01-15T22:44:38.657-06:002014-01-15T22:44:38.657-06:00PROOF comments before you post them, Waller! My re...PROOF comments before you post them, Waller! My reply to Jayne should read, "I do, my friend. I found what was, to me, a glaring, hair-pulling typo..."<br /><br />[sigh] I'm such a Charlie Brown.Kaye Wallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491607694389685973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667514217502990299.post-36968109103217615562014-01-15T22:42:38.170-06:002014-01-15T22:42:38.170-06:00I wish I could be more like you; I think it would ...I wish I could be more like you; I think it would make the writing process a lot clearer for me. You inspire me.Kaye Wallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491607694389685973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667514217502990299.post-12703965241521645902014-01-15T17:32:49.674-06:002014-01-15T17:32:49.674-06:00I'm finding most writing advice these days to ...I'm finding most writing advice these days to be a giant waste of time -- not that any of it is BAD advice, it's just not aimed at me. A lot of it is motivational, and believe me, I do NOT lack for motivation. Nor am I a beginner. So I like to INTERACT with writers more than offer or receive advice, which I'm likely to ignore anyway.<br /><br />My approach? You know it already, but I'm a "pipe-layer" kind of writer. I just keep plugging away, every single damn day. It's the only way I know how to work, and I'm paranoid about losing time!Kelly Sedingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10704114189919711467noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667514217502990299.post-44209186276806773872014-01-15T11:18:20.257-06:002014-01-15T11:18:20.257-06:00I mean, if they see it at all. Most readers skip r...I mean, if they see it at all. Most readers skip right over things that keep us writers up at night, clutching our pillows. :)Kaye Wallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491607694389685973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667514217502990299.post-69143638073089760852014-01-15T11:16:16.501-06:002014-01-15T11:16:16.501-06:00I do, my friend. I found what was, to, me a glarin...I do, my friend. I found what was, to, me a glaring, hair-pulling typo in my Special Edition: instead of "David Bowie tee" I'd typed "Davie Bowie tee". I panicked and even thought seriously about re-publishing the entire book. Then, my better self reasoned, "Heh. People will just think you meant it, implying that people on the inside track called him Davie."Kaye Wallerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06491607694389685973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667514217502990299.post-69324705303546053702014-01-15T10:42:40.276-06:002014-01-15T10:42:40.276-06:00I love this! I know I'm a writer because I wo...I love this! I know I'm a writer because I woke up with a start in the middle of the night worried that in an essay I'd published I had defined "I" as a pronoun and oh-shit-maybe-I-was-wrong. Seriously? Who does that crazy shit but a writer? <br /><br />Jayne Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01053366144206401836noreply@blogger.com