tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19207194.post8970406305031089862..comments2023-08-09T03:46:23.394-04:00Comments on Kat's Blog: Summer Bash - Day 26!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02676691132983882122noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19207194.post-77260754275121920352010-07-27T21:47:32.645-04:002010-07-27T21:47:32.645-04:00Thank you Janis. I hear so many conflicting though...Thank you Janis. I hear so many conflicting thoughts on this. I ahve had some tell me even when you are not well, you bite down and write...that anything less means that writing is nothing mroe than a hobby. Since i am nearing old...really old age, I'm not all that certain that's such a bad thing. Many my age don't have hobbies, so having eight contracts for the upcoming year at my age isn't too shabby for a hobby, but I still feel like a slug for not buckling down and getting the job done.<br /><br />However, having someone with your track record tell me I should not feel like I am failing...well thanks. That means a lot.Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13866209826449646004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19207194.post-85098675120751179332010-07-26T23:56:38.521-04:002010-07-26T23:56:38.521-04:00Hey, Larriane! That's how you manage to write ...Hey, Larriane! That's how you manage to write so many good books so quickly! I stand in awe of you. Thanks for the kind words.Janis Susan Mayhttp://www.JanisSusanMay.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19207194.post-90725792308448680332010-07-26T23:54:11.461-04:002010-07-26T23:54:11.461-04:00Lin, bless you! Your problems are far beyond plain...Lin, bless you! Your problems are far beyond plain old writer's block! Remember, your health comes first. You can't write anything ever if you don't take care of your health. <br /><br />I say this in a whisper, because not everyone agrees with me, but there are some things more important than writing. Legitimate health concerns, such as you have, are one of the biggest.<br /><br />As to why you can write for others and not for yourself, I hesitate to answer. I'm not an expert or a medical person (and I've never played one on TV!) but may I suggest that you can do it because it is so far removed from you? Perhaps it's because there's no emotional investment, no act of true creation.<br /><br />Work requires energy, of course, but creation requires something more, something you pull out of yourself, a part of your soul if you will, and right now it seems you don't have that to give. All that particular energy should be going to getting you well again.<br /><br />Please take care of yourself, and let us know how you are doing.Janis Susan Mayhttp://www.JanisSusanMay.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19207194.post-75539678285359054182010-07-26T15:32:37.599-04:002010-07-26T15:32:37.599-04:00Hey, Susan, I'm glad to hear you don't go ...Hey, Susan, I'm glad to hear you don't go for that temperamental, 'got to have everything just so' belief. I know for me if the story's going, I can write anywhere on anything from notebooks to a brown paper bag. I agree with that going back to where it started going sour. Reading it, I realized that's what I've done many times.Larion aka Larriane Willshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05044089414209140043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-19207194.post-89987163055702093242010-07-26T03:58:19.636-04:002010-07-26T03:58:19.636-04:00I don't know if what I have is writer's bl...I don't know if what I have is writer's block or just advoidance. Right now I am recovering from two surgeries in the last two weeks and one I am still waiting for the biopsy results. Before going under the butcher's knife, I was happily immersed in my WIP, but since, I haven't been able to touch that...not that I haven't been writing, just not any of my own fictions. Instead I have been placing a daily cover art blog for my fellow authors that requires research and for me to write a script around THEIR novels. Why do I write fot that but not for my own work? I have wondered about that and I think it is because the research makes me think about something other than the pain and fear of my surgeries...my own work would remind me of what my world was before surgery. Is this writer's block? Probably not...though I AM blocked...for whatever reason...from my own novel. <br /><br />I applaud the many methods you employ to move past the glitches, and your kindness in sharing them with the rest of us too. And Kat thanks for opening your blog to so many talented and knowledgeable people this past month.Linhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13866209826449646004noreply@blogger.com