tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post4457740814308072294..comments2023-10-31T10:59:03.023-04:00Comments on INKSPOT Crime Fiction Blog | A Place for Mystery, Mayhem, Writing and Life: Self-Loathing and The Writing ProcessLinda O. Johnstonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01512430135042480450noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-10689690216927465522010-10-06T09:57:53.725-04:002010-10-06T09:57:53.725-04:00I have read you post. Its very interesting. Thanks...I have read you post. Its very interesting. Thanks for sharing. <br /><br /><a href="http://otavo.tv/" rel="nofollow">Watch TV Shows Online</a>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-138983126492705862009-07-08T15:08:06.529-04:002009-07-08T15:08:06.529-04:00Well, then my manuscript is almost ready to go.Well, then my manuscript is almost ready to go.Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-33504425505112122662009-07-08T12:02:11.019-04:002009-07-08T12:02:11.019-04:00Keith - That agent was SO right!Keith - That agent was SO right!G.M. Malliethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13805971625496094303noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-86663134764431778492009-07-08T11:54:25.596-04:002009-07-08T11:54:25.596-04:00My 1st agent said you know a manuscript is ready t...My 1st agent said you know a manuscript is ready to submit when you can't stand to look at again.Keith Raffelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02926077627965529183noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-54276362671418547142009-07-07T09:57:53.516-04:002009-07-07T09:57:53.516-04:00Yes, I realize that those of you with deadlines mu...Yes, I realize that those of you with deadlines must push through, and that's the good thing about deadlines. :)<br /><br />And Terri, I've had that experience; I think the book is very long because it felt that way, but it ends up quite short by industry standards.<br /><br />Alan--Mr. Mayor--nice to meet you. I'd work on the town motto. :)Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-86985724850731769252009-07-07T09:43:41.369-04:002009-07-07T09:43:41.369-04:00I'm the mayor of the town of I Can't Stand...I'm the mayor of the town of I Can't Stand It. (Town Motto: I stink, you stink, we all stink together.)<br /><br />Actually, I think someone once said (probably Mark Twain--he's usually the one, right?) that, in the harsh light of day, your work isn't as bad--or as good--as you first thought.<br /><br />Well, that's half right for me.Alan Orloffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03695574442723430347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-75030345728724340242009-07-07T09:32:51.688-04:002009-07-07T09:32:51.688-04:00Right there with you, Julia. I'm revising a bo...Right there with you, Julia. I'm revising a book that I let sit for a month (deadlines, you know) and found it's better than I thought. It's also shorter than I thought.Terri Thayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09953154767532970027noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-71885385730605506262009-07-07T09:18:03.521-04:002009-07-07T09:18:03.521-04:00I don't refer to this roadblock in writing as ...I don't refer to this roadblock in writing as self-loathing or boredom. To me, it's: WHAT WAS I THINKING?!<br /><br />I've learned to push through it. If it was a great idea in the first few chapters, I will find my way again once I hack through the jungle of self-doubt. When you have a book contract breathing down your neck, you don't have time to put it in a drawer and revisit it later. The deadline forces you to keep moving and not abandon ship.<br /><br />Near the end of a book, I experience the nausea effect: If I see this book one more time, I will throw up. <br /><br />It's usually not until I'm working on my publisher's suggested edits that I finally think: Hey, this isn't bad!<br /><br />I'm convinced that writing is a form of bi-polar disorder.Sue Ann Jaffarianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09984054116933714621noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-19163721309615219062009-07-07T08:38:04.416-04:002009-07-07T08:38:04.416-04:00I know what you mean, Paul. The visitor that stay...I know what you mean, Paul. The visitor that stays too long . . .<br /><br />Elizabeth, I'll check out the link. I sense you're giving me a dose of positivity!Julia Buckleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-9581949864038093482009-07-07T08:05:29.069-04:002009-07-07T08:05:29.069-04:00Oh gosh....you SO need to read this link: http://l...Oh gosh....you SO need to read this link: http://libba-bray.livejournal.com/36896.html <br /><br />Because writing a book really is a love story.<br /><br />Elizabeth<br /><a href="http://mysterywritingismurder.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow"> Mystery Writing is Murder</a>Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3529128955266044151.post-22088915869798396412009-07-07T06:39:25.631-04:002009-07-07T06:39:25.631-04:00I've never come to hate the project I'm wo...I've never come to hate the project I'm working on, but I certainly have felt boredom with it or being thoroughly tired of it. I want to be done with it.<br /><br />I don't know the reason. "Familiarity breeds contempt" is a common expression. For me the pressing arrival of the next story-in-mind probably plays a part too. I want to get on to the next work, the one that still excites me, rather than the one that has been inside my head for too long.Paul Lambhttp://www.paullamb.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.com