tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post9129572574781142550..comments2023-10-30T15:13:22.680+00:00Comments on Strictly Writing: Sense-lessDThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-86030189091224289972012-06-14T00:11:36.233+01:002012-06-14T00:11:36.233+01:00I read that as "when I woke with the postman ...I read that as "when I woke with the postman this morning" seriously, I did.Roderic Vincenthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06519267912305907364noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-91637442654733649232012-06-11T10:02:07.540+01:002012-06-11T10:02:07.540+01:00I really relate to this and enjoyed reading your p...I really relate to this and enjoyed reading your post. It also cheered me up this morning to read a Van Gogh letter in which he is bemoaning the state of the art world and his difficulty breaking into it: "The bulb trade may disappear - the flower-growing remains. And I for myself am contented, for better or worse, to be a small gardener, who loves his plants."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07006780806629336981noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-60467095381212039032012-06-08T12:55:59.243+01:002012-06-08T12:55:59.243+01:00oh bless you Fi, I'm sniffing those rhododendr...oh bless you Fi, I'm sniffing those rhododendrhons (sp?) right there with you, girl! :) xDebs Ricciohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04187829719387642487noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-27128039919749343822012-06-07T19:38:21.151+01:002012-06-07T19:38:21.151+01:00I can totally relate to all this, and hope you fee...I can totally relate to all this, and hope you feel like writing again soon :o)Karenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05986874444030474719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-54675909564897107522012-06-07T15:33:33.011+01:002012-06-07T15:33:33.011+01:00This sounds so familiar! Taking a break can only r...This sounds so familiar! Taking a break can only refresh you - I hope it does. <br /><br />I find having other creative outlets I don't take too seriously helps: which is kind of what you're doing by opening up your receptivity. But it's not easy, I know.Sue Sedgwickhttp://desperatelywritingsusan.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-85839812279324526872012-06-07T13:20:00.223+01:002012-06-07T13:20:00.223+01:00I think you're doing just the right thing. Las...I think you're doing just the right thing. Last year I realised that I had lost sight of why I write. I was so focused on 'success', on publication, that I forgot what writing was all about. Yes, it's a business - if you just want to make money out of it - but for me, writing should first and foremost be a joy. Because if it isn't, there are far easier ways out there to earn money! <br /><br />My salvation came ultimately from flash fiction and short stories, which gave me the opportunity to write little and often, without the huge pressure of a 100,000 word mountain to climb. Over the last six months I've not only refound my joy of writing, but publication success has come naturally off the back of that.<br /><br />Keep living life, and everything else will come in its own natural time and place...Rin Simpsonhttp://www.rinsimpson.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-15235526131747476602012-06-07T11:32:21.130+01:002012-06-07T11:32:21.130+01:00Nurturing your inner nosiness is always helpful - ...Nurturing your inner nosiness is always helpful - mine has led to very similar theories about my own postman which I spend time musing on to a significant (possibly unhealthy) level ... he will definitely be in the book that's in my head! Enjoy your rhodies before the wind shakes them away and feel fabulous about your rest, standing back is sometimes the best way forwards :-)Katherinehttp://chilledscribbler.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-18131698110850129342012-06-07T10:08:32.313+01:002012-06-07T10:08:32.313+01:00You're just doing things differently - and tha...You're just doing things differently - and that's fine. You don't have to decide today what you'll be doing next year - so go dig that garden, and let your mind go where it will.JOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03127111575563904349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-81574489517501964772012-06-07T09:14:20.999+01:002012-06-07T09:14:20.999+01:00It is good to get out and about and let the world ...It is good to get out and about and let the world inspire us. I was in a real rut, cursing my muse. I started walking every day and it amazed me how much better that made me feel and how the motivation returned for me to write. Patience, perseverance and time out! It works you know, because I am happy to say that after some time between short story sales... I sold three today! :-)Diane Fordhamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15018013338268306704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-16788485398124308362012-06-07T08:22:57.025+01:002012-06-07T08:22:57.025+01:00Are you sure you're not channelling my subcons...Are you sure you're not channelling my subconscious? I get so immersed in writing sometimes that I lose the balance between writing and living. One's a part of the other, but not the other way around!<br /><br />I applaud you for having the good sense to step back from it all and return to the well. We need to engage with life before we can approach the page.DThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.com