tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post4815862801476099971..comments2024-03-28T18:40:05.789-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Slipping from RealityJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-6967354500182336372012-06-18T18:00:37.231-04:002012-06-18T18:00:37.231-04:00Yes, that sort of interfers with reality, Warren. ...Yes, that sort of interfers with reality, Warren. Tanning and tanning are two very different concepts. I guess I've been attracted to time travel novels because of that very reason. The result could be hysterical. Hope you didn't take any skins there--especially your own since I think those places having nothing on the real thing, beach bum that I am.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-11409978200750079722012-06-18T14:15:04.865-04:002012-06-18T14:15:04.865-04:00What, where and when. I was working deeply on one ...What, where and when. I was working deeply on one of my Lincoln books when I passes a place that advertised tanning. My wind when to boots and saddles before it occurred to me that what got tanned there was human beings.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-58474385314268959752012-06-18T13:05:33.012-04:002012-06-18T13:05:33.012-04:00Sometimes, my research can get me into "real&...Sometimes, my research can get me into "real" trouble. I print something out and forget it is in the printer. My husband finds it and doesn't know what to think about the graph on domestic abuse. Part of the problem is that nonwriters think we write reality. We have to write realistically, but everything is a take-off of reality, and saying, okay--What if....<br /><br />Hope your complications don't cause too much trouble, Linda.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-38183944948652891462012-06-18T13:02:11.299-04:002012-06-18T13:02:11.299-04:00The creative aspect, Gloria, is creating the story...The creative aspect, Gloria, is creating the story and then we are in our mental world. But the actual writing, checking our grammer, our logic, tying clues together and writing concisely--that's work in the here and now. <br /><br />I always had a running argument with Ramona Long. Ramona thinks that writers should write everyday. I try, but I find that I must have "think" time. That's what goes before the writing and I think is every bit as important as the writing.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-91412929245436316792012-06-18T12:30:04.210-04:002012-06-18T12:30:04.210-04:00E.B., When I'm in the middle of the first draf...E.B., When I'm in the middle of the first draft of a book or the first intense revision, I'm living in the the book. This can make mundane life complicated, to say the least.<br /><br />I'm lucky because I live in a physically beautiful city with lots of green and wild spaces in the city itself. Still, I so long for untamed nature, for real countryside, and I only get that occasionally, so I have to erect a little Earth altar (with woods and river and mountains) inside my head. So in many ways, I'm living a lot of the time in virtual space.Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-67164705160694852942012-06-18T12:21:25.934-04:002012-06-18T12:21:25.934-04:00You write that writing is a real job just like iro...You write that writing is a real job just like ironing and washing the car. I so agree with you, but I don't think most people who are not writers see it that way. I fear they're more inclined to see it as some little hobby of ours. Probably well-published writers have more cred in the job category.<br /><br />Yes, I live in my head a lot. Even my quiet walks in the woods or gardening my head is thinking about writing. Still, I think we all need to get a way at times to be with family and friends and let go of that other world of ours that exists in our heads.Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-83328184320469436052012-06-18T12:12:12.660-04:002012-06-18T12:12:12.660-04:00Yes--I've often thought that my reading was es...Yes--I've often thought that my reading was escapism. Now, I wonder if my writing is too. If the reality is something we can't change, then maybe it's a diversion rather than escapism. Yet, we can write about terrible problems in our society making others aware of those problems (as long as it's sandwiched into the story). So maybe we do our part rather than hide from reality.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-54225219493514461312012-06-18T11:35:15.747-04:002012-06-18T11:35:15.747-04:00My awakening to-do list is a lot like yours, Elain...My awakening to-do list is a lot like yours, Elaine, And lately I've been spending so much mental time in Hungary that I'm not always sure what day it is back here! Probably I write because I don't like the "realies".Michele Drierhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06944263184981732147noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-51164412791057459662012-06-18T11:19:53.631-04:002012-06-18T11:19:53.631-04:00I'm originally from York, Jenn, even though I ...I'm originally from York, Jenn, even though I haven't lived there for 35 years! Amazing. I think writers live in their heads. Everyone does, but I think that writers are especially out of reality. Me--I live at the beach in body as much as I can, but in mind--I'm always there. I'd miss San Diego too!E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-4497452495427187242012-06-18T10:54:22.409-04:002012-06-18T10:54:22.409-04:00About 3 years ago I moved back to Harrisburg, PA f...About 3 years ago I moved back to Harrisburg, PA for financial and family reasons but prior to then I lived in San Diego, Ca for 12 years. So physically I'm in PA but in my heart I still want to be in San Diego. I guess you could say I live in a state of perpetual longing.Jennhttp://romancingtheskillet.comnoreply@blogger.com