tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post3930648947931919195..comments2024-03-10T14:07:40.468-04:00Comments on Blue Rose Girls: Preparing or procrastinating?Blue Rose Girlshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05224076615462128422noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-86776642943534105682008-07-16T13:59:00.000-04:002008-07-16T13:59:00.000-04:00Thank you all -- Jen, I agree. Getting through it,...Thank you all --<BR/><BR/> Jen, I agree. Getting through it, THEN is the way to do it -- and probably the only way to get to the end! Maybe with this post I was asking permission to clean up/take out later, you gave it: thank you!<BR/><BR/>Mary, great idea, I'm getting a goldfish. Pictures to come. Thank you.<BR/><BR/>Elaine, "the neice of inspiration," what a great line. Thank you!Libby Koponenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01508041827996196293noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-76148198866338520162008-07-12T10:30:00.000-04:002008-07-12T10:30:00.000-04:00Libby,Reading your post brought to mind a poem by ...Libby,<BR/><BR/>Reading your post brought to mind a poem by Billy Collins entitled "Advice to Writers," which begins like this:<BR/><BR/>"Even if it keeps you up all night,<BR/>wash down the walls and scrub the floor<BR/>of the study before composing a syllable.<BR/><BR/>Clean the place as if the Pope were on his way.<BR/>Spotlessness is the niece of inspiration."<BR/><BR/>The poem can be found in Collins's book SAILING ALONE AROUND THE ROOM.Elaine Magliarohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09829330276633865868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-40740476437614366172008-07-12T07:44:00.000-04:002008-07-12T07:44:00.000-04:00On the subject of the goldfish bowl...I kept two g...On the subject of the goldfish bowl...I kept two generic, pet store goldfish in a one-gallon glass bowl (no pump or aeration) for years. One of the pair lived for TWELVE years! I'm not making this up. Keep the water clean and don't over-feed them.Mary Leehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078793537148794310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31911817.post-28708316707150412882008-07-11T22:07:00.000-04:002008-07-11T22:07:00.000-04:00Oh, Libby, I am right there with you. Clearing the...Oh, Libby, I am right there with you. Clearing the decks is helpful, and somewhat necessary, but it's easy to cross the line into procrastination. Re-covering a chair--that's on my to-do list, too, but I'm actually painting my dining room table. <BR/><BR/>In terms of when to start editing, I've found through the NaNoWriMo experience that I prefer to storm (or lollygag) my way through a first draft before allowing much editing. When I decide to make a sharp turn, I just make it and keep moving forward, knowing I can straighten the road out in later passes.<BR/><BR/>But that's me. It works any way you do it, so long as you do it.<BR/><BR/>Go, Libby, go!JenFWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04426266278784991887noreply@blogger.com