tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444069458422024208.post3344328475207752121..comments2024-01-28T06:18:45.909-08:00Comments on The Curzon Group: FINDING THE ENERGY TO WRITEcurzon grouphttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00593876062208166082noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444069458422024208.post-25278894593929766592011-01-12T04:41:05.905-08:002011-01-12T04:41:05.905-08:00Thanks for your contribution, Paul. Hope you'...Thanks for your contribution, Paul. Hope you're getting motivated now. See you on Twitter.Richard Jay Parkerhttp://www.richardjayparker.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444069458422024208.post-2550607355909316642011-01-10T05:57:06.533-08:002011-01-10T05:57:06.533-08:00Gawd yes - completely agree with all of this. I...Gawd yes - completely agree with all of this. I've been finding it so difficult this year that today's my first real day "back at work" in front of the computer - going through my latest synopsis. <br /><br />Even so, I have already been tempted to give up... until something I read suddenly gave me a little spark. Perhaps it's a little conceited, but I really enjoyed something I'd written - and it has given me the energy I needed to carry on!<br /><br />Discipline? Isn't that something you're supposed to do with your children or something? ;)<br /><br />Great blog. Just joined Richard on Twitter too, hence my visit!Paul Londonhttp://www.pennyideas.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444069458422024208.post-12973963153944897292011-01-10T02:06:18.376-08:002011-01-10T02:06:18.376-08:00Thanks, Glenn. It's reassuring to know there&...Thanks, Glenn. It's reassuring to know there's plenty of writers out there feeling the same. Best of luck with your writing in 2011.<br /><br />I can only aspire to that sort of discipline, Peter. Know what you mean about those online distractions. At least it looks like work though.<br /><br />Thanks, Leigh. Writing on Christmas Day? How did your family feel? They must be used to it by now...Richard Jay Parkerhttp://www.richardjayparker.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444069458422024208.post-47682620797328237922011-01-08T03:43:15.141-08:002011-01-08T03:43:15.141-08:00Am I completely insane to have spent 6 hours (mayb...Am I completely insane to have spent 6 hours (maybe more) writing on Christmas Day? I even resent having to spend time eating when I could be writing. (Yet here I am... on the blog...) So I guess I'm with Peter on this one. To be fair, I have had 3 deadlines lately - proofs of Road Closed ebook just checked, proofs of Dead End to be read through for end of January, WIP to be completed this week... Got to go! Too much to do... (emails, facebook, twitter, blogs...)Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444069458422024208.post-41425667834323616452011-01-08T01:12:21.043-08:002011-01-08T01:12:21.043-08:00By Peter Stuart Smith
Oddly enough, I seem to hav...By Peter Stuart Smith<br /><br />Oddly enough, I seem to have almost the opposite problem. It's not conscious, and I can only assume that it's something to do with the work ethic that was drummed into me by my parents and later at school and in the military, but when I'm not sitting in front of the computer attempting to be productive, I have a nagging but persistent feeling of guilt.<br /><br />Of course, just because I'm staring at the screen doesn't necessarily mean that I'm writing, or least writing anything useful. I find the lure of Amazon (just checking my numbers, that kind of thing) and eBay (there's always another gadget I could use to make my life easier) can sometimes be irresistible. And there are always e-mails that need a reply.<br /><br />This morning is a typical example. I arose with good intentions, and over the last hour or so I've visited both the main Amazon sites, ordered a copy of the latest 'James Becker' book to be sent to a blogger in Texas (it was a prize in a US competition), looked at three things on eBay that I think it'll be difficult to live without, checked and replied to a handful of e-mails, and visited this blog. But done no actual work.<br /><br />So I suppose I'd better start now!curzon grouphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00593876062208166082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2444069458422024208.post-21837865360714648602011-01-07T12:13:03.250-08:002011-01-07T12:13:03.250-08:00Oh Richard, this is so true...finding the energy! ...Oh Richard, this is so true...finding the energy! The problem is, as far as I am concerned, work finishes, the holiday begins and you relax. Your brain sort of goes into mini-hibernation. Everything gets put to the very back shelf...and then, in a blink, it's all over. Christmas, New Year, it all fades and you have to haul yourself up and start again. And it's hard!<br />But...having taken those first few tentaive steps, it begins again...the outpouring. The thrill, the rush of optimism, the creative juices...I have high hopes for this year. I hope to get that deal, write something which sells more than a hundred copies, do something which catches someone's attention. Yes, high hopes...but to get there again, to put myself in front of that keyboard...it's been SO difficult!Glenn Stuarthttp://www.horroronthecosta.comnoreply@blogger.com