Comments on: The ups and the downs http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/06/11/the-ups-and-the-downs/ writing, reading, eating, drinking, sport Thu, 17 May 2012 20:45:04 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Rebecca http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/06/11/the-ups-and-the-downs/comment-page-1/#comment-4466 Rebecca Mon, 12 Jun 2006 23:18:35 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=353#comment-4466 can't wait for the title/cover! you know, those fibonaccis are pretty useful. i was doing them in my head at the dentist today, and i got all the way to 987 without messing up. nothing as good as reason, but then i'm not reknowned for my math skills. :P it was cool to have something else to really concentrate on. thanks for that. :D can’t wait for the title/cover!

you know, those fibonaccis are pretty useful. i was doing them in my head at the dentist today, and i got all the way to 987 without messing up. nothing as good as reason, but then i’m not reknowned for my math skills. :P it was cool to have something else to really concentrate on. thanks for that. :D

]]> By: Justine http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/06/11/the-ups-and-the-downs/comment-page-1/#comment-4464 Justine Mon, 12 Jun 2006 21:32:48 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=353#comment-4464 Rebecca: I definitely don't count blogging as writing, though when the fiction writing is going badly it does help to know that you're capable of writing <em>something</em>. I find my non-fiction writing, the blogging and email writing are all different writing muscles than the novel writing muscles. So pleased you liked <em>Magic Lessons</em>! Yes, <em>M!M!M!O!O!O!</em> is book three. Stay tuned for a preview of the real title and cover some time this week. Sir Tessa: Put your fingers in your ears all you want---it ain't nuthin' but the truth! Sara Z: Yeah, it's so weird how little correlation there is between how it was to write it and how it is for people to read it. I guess it makes sense given that books cna be read in a few hours when it takes months, if not years, to write the buggers! Yeah I was the same---hated rewriting and then I started to love it. Right now I'm not liking either of 'em! Rebecca: I definitely don’t count blogging as writing, though when the fiction writing is going badly it does help to know that you’re capable of writing something. I find my non-fiction writing, the blogging and email writing are all different writing muscles than the novel writing muscles.

So pleased you liked Magic Lessons! Yes, M!M!M!O!O!O! is book three. Stay tuned for a preview of the real title and cover some time this week.

Sir Tessa: Put your fingers in your ears all you want—it ain’t nuthin’ but the truth!

Sara Z: Yeah, it’s so weird how little correlation there is between how it was to write it and how it is for people to read it. I guess it makes sense given that books cna be read in a few hours when it takes months, if not years, to write the buggers!

Yeah I was the same—hated rewriting and then I started to love it. Right now I’m not liking either of ‘em!

]]> By: sara z http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/06/11/the-ups-and-the-downs/comment-page-1/#comment-4457 sara z Mon, 12 Jun 2006 15:51:37 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=353#comment-4457 omg, i know. it doesn't really get easier. and it's weird - inevitably the parts that were most excruciatingly tedious for to write are the ones that people say they like. balls! and i used to love first drafts and hate rewriting. now first drafts are the devil. i don't know. it's not what i expected. omg, i know. it doesn’t really get easier. and it’s weird – inevitably the parts that were most excruciatingly tedious for to write are the ones that people say they like. balls! and i used to love first drafts and hate rewriting. now first drafts are the devil. i don’t know. it’s not what i expected.

]]> By: Sir Tessa http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/06/11/the-ups-and-the-downs/comment-page-1/#comment-4453 Sir Tessa Mon, 12 Jun 2006 09:56:53 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=353#comment-4453 LALALALAIDON'TWANTTOHEARTHIS NOTLISTENINGLISTENINGTOMYHEART I don't believe one has to write every day to be a writer. But one must write often enough that they satisfy their own criteria for 'writer'. I have on again, off again months myself. LALALALAIDON’TWANTTOHEARTHIS
NOTLISTENINGLISTENINGTOMYHEART

I don’t believe one has to write every day to be a writer. But one must write often enough that they satisfy their own criteria for ‘writer’. I have on again, off again months myself.

]]> By: Rebecca http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/06/11/the-ups-and-the-downs/comment-page-1/#comment-4450 Rebecca Mon, 12 Jun 2006 08:03:32 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=353#comment-4450 i just finished <i>magic lessons</i>. fabulous book. it surprised me, and it was great! i can't wait till the next one comes out. how will i ever survive till then? :) i just finished magic lessons. fabulous book. it surprised me, and it was great! i can’t wait till the next one comes out. how will i ever survive till then? :)

]]> By: Rebecca http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/2006/06/11/the-ups-and-the-downs/comment-page-1/#comment-4448 Rebecca Mon, 12 Jun 2006 04:58:05 +0000 http://justinelarbalestier.com/blog/?p=353#comment-4448 i write everyday, but it's all blogging, so does that even count? my actual book-writing <i>does</i> tend to reflect whatever is going on in my life, usually the sucky bits, which is why I always wind up thinking everything i write is crapola. and rewriting is kind of the same, in a less extreme way. my first novel got to its ninth draft before i just flat gave up. same problem with my current projects, but i'm trying to make myself do such vastly unheard of things like character profiling and plot outlining (gasp!) to help get things streamlined. i absolutely <i>hate</i> endings, though. I never think about the ending until i have to write it. which may be part of the problem. but if i know the ending ahead of time, i don't want to tell the story. if things are really going crap, then i can't write at all. i suppose if i was doing it professionally, i wouldn't have a choice. i guess i can't really tell if each story's process will be same for me, because i've changed so much in between the previous ones, and i'm only just now reaching a stage where my (i guess) mindset is more or less constant. <i>"Though I remember the first time I came across real, geuine, actual, living-and-breathing, published writers—I hung on every single word they said as if it were holy writ"</i> cool. ;) wait, so is <i>m!m!m!o!O!O!</i> book three? i write everyday, but it’s all blogging, so does that even count? my actual book-writing does tend to reflect whatever is going on in my life, usually the sucky bits, which is why I always wind up thinking everything i write is crapola. and rewriting is kind of the same, in a less extreme way. my first novel got to its ninth draft before i just flat gave up. same problem with my current projects, but i’m trying to make myself do such vastly unheard of things like character profiling and plot outlining (gasp!) to help get things streamlined. i absolutely hate endings, though. I never think about the ending until i have to write it. which may be part of the problem. but if i know the ending ahead of time, i don’t want to tell the story. if things are really going crap, then i can’t write at all. i suppose if i was doing it professionally, i wouldn’t have a choice. i guess i can’t really tell if each story’s process will be same for me, because i’ve changed so much in between the previous ones, and i’m only just now reaching a stage where my (i guess) mindset is more or less constant.

“Though I remember the first time I came across real, geuine, actual, living-and-breathing, published writers—I hung on every single word they said as if it were holy writ”
cool. ;)

wait, so is m!m!m!o!O!O! book three?

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