tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517617850603736197.post1155010363914173571..comments2016-05-19T07:43:14.800+01:00Comments on www.moiramcpartlin.com: Reading and Writing and Pumpkin SoupMoirahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02031362965457408527noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517617850603736197.post-61819970957513260102007-10-29T15:49:00.000+00:002007-10-29T15:49:00.000+00:00Writing in longhand is a treat for me. Every morni...Writing in longhand is a treat for me. Every morning I spill out my dreams, my worries and my plans onto morning pages, before I drag myself to the laptop. I relish the scratch of ink across the crisp white page with new ideas and often continue on from my morning pages and work on a story. Once the ideas are down it is easier to power up and transfer the words to something sensible, adding and chopping as I go.<BR/>I get distracted by emails and stuff I have to look up so I tend to leave the wireless connection turned off in the morning and concentrate on the words.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517617850603736197.post-56050185840759450212007-10-26T20:32:00.000+01:002007-10-26T20:32:00.000+01:00MoiraThanks for the soup. Had for lunch in the off...Moira<BR/>Thanks for the soup. Had for lunch in the office - tasted delicious.<BR/>ColColinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06899623069066041832noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7517617850603736197.post-3114761685560843762007-10-26T14:21:00.000+01:002007-10-26T14:21:00.000+01:00Here's my procrastination procedure: I've convince...Here's my procrastination procedure: I've convinced myself my novel would slide out with ease if I were to put aside the laptop and write it longhand. It's the laptop's fault! The internet access, the commissioned work not yet finished, the podcasts and music, the email to send! All these distractions are inhibiting me! I must get back to basics!<BR/><BR/>But since I haven't written full sentences longhand since, oh 1999— pen and paper, how quaint!— I don't have the muscles anymore. My hand cramps up, and I can't very well be creative while I'm in pain, can I? So back to the laptop....<BR/><BR/>In the US and Canada, Kingsolver is best known for The Poisonwood Bible. It was an Oprah book, I believe during the book club's first incarnation. It's illuminating and sad, and well worth searching out, if you're at the bottom of your to-read pile.Tempest in a Teapothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16443912199625392314noreply@blogger.com