tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936370954783833900.post3326315143964122827..comments2023-11-05T03:36:35.297-05:00Comments on probably just a story: so hows youalls novelses goings?Laura Ellen Scotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03068789134779639240noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936370954783833900.post-42599298381052059042009-05-24T17:35:45.626-04:002009-05-24T17:35:45.626-04:00Been worrying about your comment for hours until i...Been worrying about your comment for hours until it dawned on me that "grill all day" is not a euphemism.<br /><br />what happened? plot puddle up on you? they do that. start a new project (not writing. build a bike shed without plans) so you can neglect it to write.Laura Ellen Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03068789134779639240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936370954783833900.post-29665269744423791982009-05-24T08:59:48.464-04:002009-05-24T08:59:48.464-04:00Ha, David's novel is going about as well as David ...Ha, David's novel is going about as well as David talking about himself in the third person. I'm blocked in all facets of writing. Yay! I'm going to grill all day and see if I can anything going. Right now looks like nunca cooking. <br /><br />Kudos, Laura, on working through it and everyone else. I'm the loser here. I'm the effing shmuck. Sorry, I just saw Swingers and that was my Mikey Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936370954783833900.post-66022348758984255492009-05-22T10:00:18.800-04:002009-05-22T10:00:18.800-04:00Go, Laura Ellen, Go!!!!Go, Laura Ellen, Go!!!!katrinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04216268651978841897noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936370954783833900.post-16994061758485938152009-05-22T08:55:13.720-04:002009-05-22T08:55:13.720-04:00"Pickpocket of style" is a great phrase."Pickpocket of style" is a great phrase.Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05446606163991023744noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936370954783833900.post-21869050393803014492009-05-22T08:48:45.198-04:002009-05-22T08:48:45.198-04:00that's it exactly. I read to get my own language g...that's it exactly. I read to get my own language going, but I'm also a pickpocket of style. wish I could steal something more useful.Laura Ellen Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03068789134779639240noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1936370954783833900.post-8120417729900979642009-05-22T08:07:09.290-04:002009-05-22T08:07:09.290-04:00If you're like me, reading Light Boxes won't help ...If you're like me, reading <I>Light Boxes</I> won't help any writing get done because suddenly your own imagination (and its novel-in-progress) will seem grossly inadequate.<br /><br />I find reading fiction while working on a novel to be tricky, because I unintentionally change my narrative voice in response to what I'm reading. Right now, I've got a draft that's half Per Petterson, half Michel Stevehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05446606163991023744noreply@blogger.com