tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post4695241831959998434..comments2024-02-12T17:59:33.534-06:00Comments on RAZORED ZEN: IrritatedCharles Gramlichhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comBlogger39125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-1621162619277013772013-03-02T13:55:47.292-06:002013-03-02T13:55:47.292-06:00"it ultimately gives me more satisfaction tha..."it ultimately gives me more satisfaction than frustration."<br /><br />I'm glad to hear it, Charles.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-73190402914641555832013-03-01T20:35:04.432-06:002013-03-01T20:35:04.432-06:00Snowbrush, it ultimately gives me more satisfactio...Snowbrush, it ultimately gives me more satisfaction than frustration. Everything is a trade off, it seems to me, but I get more from it than I lose so that's why I keep doing it.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-40897927178645658542013-02-28T15:19:01.423-06:002013-02-28T15:19:01.423-06:00If I felt such pressure to write as you do, I thin...If I felt such pressure to write as you do, I think I would grow to hate writing. This is probably why I don't write for money. When I did, I hated it because I ended writing on schedule for other people rather than for myself. With a blog, it's easy to take it easy. I've yet to write the first word that I wasn't in the mood to write. Why do you work so hard? In other words, what is it that you get from writing as you do? On one level, I wish I could do it because the fruits of my talent will die with me if I'm not published, but on another, I had rather be beaten with a stick.Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-29795848254632264582013-02-28T14:40:39.648-06:002013-02-28T14:40:39.648-06:00Patti, I'll try. :)
Jodi, I like to think I&#...Patti, I'll try. :)<br /><br />Jodi, I like to think I'm perfect, though. :)<br /><br />SQT, I suspect there may be some truth to that for sure.<br /><br />Barbara, I've gone through periods where I've written every day for months, but then.................<br /><br />Erik, thanks, man.<br /><br />Laughingwolf, when opportunity meets...no work. I know it well. :)<br /><br />Christina, hope it gets better for both of us.<br /><br />Bernard, I just said about the same thing to my students today, about how if you get "A's" all the time you start to think it's always going to be the case and you get lazy.<br /><br />Szelsofa, thanks. I hope it turns out that way when I get there!Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-90710354726700186142013-02-24T13:03:58.316-06:002013-02-24T13:03:58.316-06:00don't be so hard on yourself - you've been...don't be so hard on yourself - you've been gathering writing material, i'm positive about that.<br />:)SzélsőFahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11600289147447182465noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-88044253511411945952013-02-22T08:49:36.317-06:002013-02-22T08:49:36.317-06:00Hey... welcome to humanity, my friend. When those ...Hey... welcome to humanity, my friend. When those times happen, it's usually a must for the mind. Sometimes, real life and our fictional worlds overwhelm us. Share it with your classes. I remember one of my automotive instructors in college who listened to one of us relating a bad experience with a customer's car, amounting to repeated repair attempts. He smiled, shrugged it off, and said, 'There were days when I worked in the field where I couldn't fix a broken string. It reminds you complacency is dangerous". I never forgot his words over the decades, because he turned out to be right as rain. :)BernardLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09722619048888613647noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-63930277858936084202013-02-21T20:30:22.644-06:002013-02-21T20:30:22.644-06:00I feel you. Going through the same thing.I feel you. Going through the same thing.LoveRundlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01177659277273835858noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-83945327333614876452013-02-21T19:37:15.601-06:002013-02-21T19:37:15.601-06:00am there, too...
there are two short fiction cont...am there, too...<br /><br />there are two short fiction contests on right now, one pays 1,600 euros, need 800 words; one pays $1K for 1K words... what have i written = zero! laughingwolfhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08873675614347328116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-17771101469209956062013-02-21T17:45:28.046-06:002013-02-21T17:45:28.046-06:00Good luck rallying ~!
Back to the front lines ~!
...Good luck rallying ~!<br /><br />Back to the front lines ~!<br /><br />Or . . . off to neutral territory . . .Erik Donald Francehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02332500850365598564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-75556852769234803152013-02-21T14:54:34.875-06:002013-02-21T14:54:34.875-06:00Charles, taking time off writing is a good thing. ...Charles, taking time off writing is a good thing. You will be better creatively for it. Rather than beat yourself up, think of it as a creative absence.<br /><br />I don't write every day, but when I do I tend to keep going until I slow down. My creativity comes in bursts. I tried writing every day and found some days I just sat there, so I tend to write during bursts of intention.Barbara Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00610140328527165017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-24099276836753512762013-02-21T12:59:42.325-06:002013-02-21T12:59:42.325-06:00Don't be so hard on yourself. My husband has a...Don't be so hard on yourself. My husband has a super stressful job and sometimes goes into shutdown mode to recover. Maybe that's what you're doing. You have had a lot going on over the last year with Lana's cancer and that may have taken a bigger toll than you realized. SQThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04251030404220909306noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-87581696433843943652013-02-21T11:49:46.868-06:002013-02-21T11:49:46.868-06:00Charles-I go thru the same thing occasionally with...Charles-I go thru the same thing occasionally with my fitness commitments. Our 'excuses' are just there to let us pursue other things-even wasting time- till we are ready to begin again. It's natural, Charles!!<br />jodihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01798858210138821711noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-87634232114938816122013-02-21T11:37:00.507-06:002013-02-21T11:37:00.507-06:00Oh, I think you occasionally need time to regroup....Oh, I think you occasionally need time to regroup. After years of it, you need a rest once in a while. Don't be so hard on yourself. pattinase (abbott)https://www.blogger.com/profile/02916037185235335846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-52059080323468867712013-02-21T11:18:56.711-06:002013-02-21T11:18:56.711-06:00Heff, I do a lot of my reading there, that's f...Heff, I do a lot of my reading there, that's for sure.<br /><br />G.B., it may take chaining myself to the desk for me to get some work done.<br /><br />Ray, well played. It is indeed writing. :) But yes, I've even heard James Reasoner talk about it and he's a writing god.<br /><br />sage, as I tell my wife, someone has to be. :)<br /><br />Travis Cody, I will forgive myself eventually. but I'll curse myself some first. :)<br /><br />Mark, that would be a good way to think of it.Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-87768238475172582042013-02-21T06:40:31.548-06:002013-02-21T06:40:31.548-06:00Fuck it...when the excuses stop you'll find th...Fuck it...when the excuses stop you'll find they were not excuses and the time was not wasted.the walking manhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058913927297370740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-69636620131821456292013-02-20T21:55:16.715-06:002013-02-20T21:55:16.715-06:00I've had that feeling many times.
You'v...I've had that feeling many times. <br /><br />You've made the excuses to yourself. You've chastised yourself. Now forgive yourself, make a plan for the next available time in your schedule, and get thee to your computer!Travis Codyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06192526507760146748noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-52679804729948084712013-02-20T20:56:24.516-06:002013-02-20T20:56:24.516-06:00Don't be too hard on yourself!Don't be too hard on yourself!sagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17499891950639742366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-8926402272194950432013-02-20T19:29:16.556-06:002013-02-20T19:29:16.556-06:00Must be a bug going around. It seems that a number...Must be a bug going around. It seems that a number of writers seem to be afflicted in the same way. Yet despite this every single one of them is able to tell the world about this - now, unless I'm mistaken, that's writing. Rayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18154296143024548830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-70401540198237160372013-02-20T17:19:43.726-06:002013-02-20T17:19:43.726-06:00Sympathy pains here as well.
Been seriously procr...Sympathy pains here as well.<br /><br />Been seriously procrastinating about working on a slush novel. I want to work on it, because I feel I can turn it into something good, but I keep finding reasons not to touch it.<br /><br />Actually considering using some of my vacation time to lock myself in my den and force myself to work on it.G. B. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09783331838434598963noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-40513202177375215792013-02-20T16:24:15.978-06:002013-02-20T16:24:15.978-06:00I do some of my most creative work whilst on the t...I do some of my most creative work whilst on the terlet.<br /><br />- Just a possible time saving idea....Heffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13396114362826135207noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-88241690299892603152013-02-20T16:12:52.418-06:002013-02-20T16:12:52.418-06:00Travis Erwin, it does seem to be going around.
Sn...Travis Erwin, it does seem to be going around.<br /><br />Snowbrush, me think? Man, you don't know me very well. ;)Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-56163789262711567162013-02-20T14:00:32.831-06:002013-02-20T14:00:32.831-06:00"Time to put up or shut up, I'd say."..."Time to put up or shut up, I'd say."<br /><br />Or maybe think about it means. Discouragement? Late winter doldrums?Snowbrushhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436087215476479042noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-75198606000549385992013-02-20T13:31:17.244-06:002013-02-20T13:31:17.244-06:00I feel your pain my brother.I feel your pain my brother.Travis Erwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09420879160702098979noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-20910365459034070492013-02-20T11:17:34.485-06:002013-02-20T11:17:34.485-06:00Tom Doolan, will do.
Angie, when I'm working...Tom Doolan, will do. <br /><br />Angie, when I'm working I usually do a little bit 'every' day, and I like doing that. Often not quite 250 words though, but sometimes much more. I'm gonna keep better records over the next week and see what I get up to.<br /><br />Sarah, tis true. I have to keep that in mind.<br /><br />Keith, if I could find that pill I might not need to write. :)Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28221839.post-10340525106675336302013-02-20T11:16:36.477-06:002013-02-20T11:16:36.477-06:00Tom Doolan, will do.
Angie, when I'm working...Tom Doolan, will do. <br /><br />Angie, when I'm working I usually do a little bit 'every' day, and I like doing that. Often not quite 250 words though, but sometimes much more. I'm gonna keep better records over the next week and see what I get up to.<br /><br />Sarah, tis true. I have to keep that in mind.<br /><br />Keith, if I could find that pill I might not need to write. :)Charles Gramlichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02052592247572253641noreply@blogger.com