tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post81232896771832644..comments2024-03-28T18:40:05.789-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Parallel Crafts or the Writer as KnitterJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-85274700187270752702012-05-01T14:15:10.749-04:002012-05-01T14:15:10.749-04:00Good post, KB. I used to crochet. Then I took up p...Good post, KB. I used to crochet. Then I took up painting for years and years before adding crafts of all sorts. For about five years, I did craft parties in the home - sort of like Tupperware parties, only I made everything. I quit after I graduated and started teaching. Now my writing takes up too much time. Where crocheting or painting relaxed me, it's gardening now.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-45824188784127751862012-05-01T11:17:00.582-04:002012-05-01T11:17:00.582-04:00I refer to my "productive" times as my h...I refer to my "productive" times as my hyperactive cycle. I don't know what sets them off. Right now I am writing 3 shorts and revising my WIP, but I also have all of the typical spring chores to do. Plus my daughter is graduating from college this month and I have a book opening on the 20th. Sometimes, it's just me, but this month the time of year and special events force me into being productive.<br /><br />I learned a long time ago that I had great large muscle control, but very little small muscle control--which means my handwriting stinks and I'm not creative in the tactile arts like drawing or knitting. I did cross-stitch for a time before children. I've never had time since.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-2012282738816392902012-05-01T11:04:43.975-04:002012-05-01T11:04:43.975-04:00I think the creative processes are inter-related. ...I think the creative processes are inter-related. When I write I also hum and make up silly poems.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-81365850006067228112012-05-01T10:25:41.612-04:002012-05-01T10:25:41.612-04:00What a fun post, KB! I love the three Hardboileds ...What a fun post, KB! I love the three Hardboileds with handcuffs!<br /><br />I, too, am a knitter whose great love is lace, also long before it became popular. But I find that I don't knit very much any longer now that I'm writing novels professionally. Lack of time. I want to reestablish the habit, however, since I feel it feeds the creative engine for writing and helps with problem solving.Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.com