Justine Larbalestier

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Writing is hard

I know many of you think that the writing life is dead easy and we all sit around sipping pina coladas while we dictate to our secretaries.1 Nothing could be further from the truth:

Note the post-its stuck to her arm and chest. I’m not quite sure what that’s about . . .

PS: This is what happens to those who cross me by putting me in videos when they promised they would not.

  1. Though I hear that’s exactly what Raymond Chandler used to do. [↩]

Posted by Justine at 3:27, 14 September 2007 under Writing life, Young Adult literature | 12 Comments »

Comments

  1. Amanda Coppedge Says:

    Ack, what is this, the Bermudez dodecahedron? Did she fall into an alternate dimension?

    September 14th, 2007 at 7:08 am

  2. Rebecca Says:

    ^ hehehehehehehe. awesome. :D

    September 14th, 2007 at 10:17 am

  3. hillary! Says:

    So…is this her comeupance? Did I even spell that right?
    She does look very frazzled though. Is this her writing *Suite Scarlett*?

    September 14th, 2007 at 10:22 am

  4. hillary! Says:

    I only see the Post-It on her arm, not her chest.

    September 14th, 2007 at 10:25 am

  5. 5. Justine Says:

    Hillary!: She is indeed working on Suite Scarlett.

    See the pink thing on her chest that could be a shirt? That’s a post-it.

    September 14th, 2007 at 10:41 am

  6. Eugene Says:

    No wonder it’s hard—she’s writing by hand!

    September 14th, 2007 at 11:55 am

  7. Dawn Says:

    Yeah…it’s definitely work sometimes. Gives me a headache…and lack of sleep. So much lack of sleep that I cherish the breaks I put in between my classes. I’m a smart one. :)

    September 14th, 2007 at 2:07 pm

  8. jenny d Says:

    maureen johnson has an awfully nice haircut!

    September 14th, 2007 at 3:56 pm

  9. hillary! Says:

    OHHHHHHHH! I did think that the Post-It was mthe note! I can’t wait for *Suite Scarlett*!

    September 14th, 2007 at 5:44 pm

  10. Malcolm Tredinnick Says:

    Woe betide anybody who really ticks you off. You might be inspired to create an oil painting off them, rather than just a really nice photo collage.

    Nice picture. :-)

    September 14th, 2007 at 9:00 pm

  11. Patrick Says:

    It’s so hard to find a good secretary these days. So many writers are forced to use computers.

    “Dragon naturally speaking” seems appropriate as voice recognition software for fantasy writers even though actual dragons are horrible at writing…

    That collage makes me think of Bizarro Superman for sum reason.

    September 15th, 2007 at 9:33 am

  12. Trish Says:

    I’m wondering if Maureen will tell me where to find post-it notes that stick to clothing. I can’t even get mine to stick to things they’re actually supposed to stick to.

    September 23rd, 2007 at 1:46 am

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