tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post849984031742991706..comments2024-03-08T05:27:56.968-08:00Comments on 1000th.monkey: I use a mac, not a typewriter: Light Reading1000th.monkeyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-63145075926812344522011-09-15T12:09:50.525-07:002011-09-15T12:09:50.525-07:00@ alcar
I was THRILLED to read a 'Boy & F...@ alcar<br /><br />I was THRILLED to read a 'Boy & Fox' snippet on your blog today!! ...great line about having 'the wisest witches'1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-59268637301366915312011-09-15T08:02:09.934-07:002011-09-15T08:02:09.934-07:00I try to read just non-fiction when writing, mysel...I try to read just non-fiction when writing, myself. Otherwise I look back on what I wrote and found I unconsciously stole the style or some turn of phrase from whatever I was reading. The big danger I find to reading fiction when writing is that often stuff I write tends to be a reaction to something read, in terms of 'wait, no, that doesn't make sense; wouldn't the characters/plot alcarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14929849073911012353noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-10599033438582479712011-09-15T07:43:42.262-07:002011-09-15T07:43:42.262-07:00Hahaha... thank you for the awards kelworthfiles &...Hahaha... thank you for the awards kelworthfiles & Angela Brown...<br /><br />I'll pop by your blogs for sure :)1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-23718869261155681172011-09-15T07:23:44.546-07:002011-09-15T07:23:44.546-07:00Looks like kelworthfiles and I have the same idea....Looks like kelworthfiles and I have the same idea. You're being awarded up... and for good cause. I really enjoy your posts:<br /><br />http://publishness.blogspot.com/2011/09/better-than-academy-awards.htmlAngela Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324366495151363782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-68961001148810037482011-09-14T14:03:25.335-07:002011-09-14T14:03:25.335-07:00I can only do one thing at a time.I can only do one thing at a time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-42016808451662771132011-09-14T13:43:07.240-07:002011-09-14T13:43:07.240-07:00I can read and write at the same time and just rec...I can read and write at the same time and just received a fellow author's latest book in the mail. Your last book title is so cheeky, may check it out.Mynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07595087387069634003noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-41547116585618774902011-09-14T13:17:00.461-07:002011-09-14T13:17:00.461-07:00I read every day. Usually I log about an hour'...I read every day. Usually I log about an hour's worth of reading time, but some days (like if I'm taking my charges to the park or the indoor play area at the mall), I get in quite a bit more time. I love reading too much to be able to set it aside for other projects lol.Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02768840794020850470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-15797895504976214482011-09-14T12:51:17.106-07:002011-09-14T12:51:17.106-07:00@ Angela
Wow, I'm impressed by your multi-tas...@ Angela<br /><br />Wow, I'm impressed by your multi-tasking-abilities! ...I'm like a race-horse with blinders on... I can only concentrate/finish one thing at a time.<br /><br />@ Sue<br /><br />...we've already had the 'are we writers or not?' conversation :) You're just as much one as I am, so when you say you aren't, you're negating me as a writer too :p<br /><1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-71742490711786692502011-09-14T12:27:18.918-07:002011-09-14T12:27:18.918-07:00since I don't consider myself a writer - but m...since I don't consider myself a writer - but my goodness love yur sense of humour - and since becasue I read so much on line - like now - I usually only read when I go to bed. So I do both but not at same times as stated in a previous comment. Reading is great becasue I get ideas for my writing - a word or a sentence or an image and I bend down the page and take notes later. I don't have suehttp://sassyspeaks.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-50659208444312703022011-09-14T11:21:32.709-07:002011-09-14T11:21:32.709-07:00I can read and write (not at the exact same time a...I can read and write (not at the exact same time and place...I can multitask but that's going too far lol!) though they have to be different. Right now, I'm reading CLASH OF THE KINGS by G.R.R. Martin which is soooo adult fantasy and working on my YA paranormal WIP titled UNCOMMON.Angela Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03324366495151363782noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-73982767113787402122011-09-14T10:58:10.221-07:002011-09-14T10:58:10.221-07:00...always a pleasure to know I made someone laugh ......always a pleasure to know I made someone laugh ;) though I do get some odd looks 'cause I actually say stuff like that in real life, but always with a dead-pan expression.<br /><br />...one image from a previous post I wrote on 'tearing down fear' compared fear, stress and worry to three fat dogs in an inflatable swimming pool. I still laugh myself silly visualizing that one ;)1000th.monkeyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16835988128285459745noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-90696192000829451492011-09-14T10:49:17.583-07:002011-09-14T10:49:17.583-07:00oh my god, I was laughing at that image of your at...oh my god, I was laughing at that image of your attention span shriveling up and rolling around in your head. I think it's fascinating that you read comic books while you're writing -- particularly because comics really boil down the elements of a story; in a way they are all about structure, without all the heavy character development or major dialogue getting in the way . <br /><br />I&Gail Shepherdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16998497900316232330noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3499819998811995494.post-41542725679298368082011-09-14T10:03:20.482-07:002011-09-14T10:03:20.482-07:00I read every day for about an hour.I read every day for about an hour.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.com