tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876524428745638996.post6000854888983346664..comments2024-01-24T16:57:52.487-05:00Comments on Writing Unleashed with Laura M. Harkins: Getting Back To My WritingLaura M. Campbellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07118305776404765529noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876524428745638996.post-87074372915128216142011-03-22T14:29:06.307-04:002011-03-22T14:29:06.307-04:00I meant to post this last week but I guess I got a...I meant to post this last week but I guess I got a little derailed myself!<br /><br />I tried (briefly) to live up to advice that said I needed to blog daily to build a following. I found that was waaaay too much, so I pared it down to three times a week. Sometimes even that is challenging. Besides, I have trouble keeping up with daily posts on all the blogs I follow; why should I expect people to set aside time for my thoughts every day? A couple times a week seems much more reasonable.<br /><br />As for the other...my writing is due for another major priority-check. I've had a novel lying dormant since last August, and it continues to nag at me. I think I've figured out the problem, though, so maybe it's time I get back on that particular road. Thanks for sharing!Andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12272573937238500874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876524428745638996.post-14255883962419311042011-03-17T11:51:39.202-04:002011-03-17T11:51:39.202-04:00I know you have a writer group but you can always ...I know you have a writer group but you can always hit me up on an email or something if you get stuck somewhere in your writing. I dunno if I'll be able to offer anything fresh but I may have a new perspective that can clear a roadblock here or there. I admire your tenacity. I haven't written on any manuscript since January. Instead, I just blog and watch television and go work out at the gym so I can wear nice summer clothes. I love writing, but sometimes the pointlessness of it gets to me and I take big breaks from it.Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876524428745638996.post-18638061734850421802011-03-17T09:01:40.071-04:002011-03-17T09:01:40.071-04:00Hey Laura, glad to hear you're back on the roa...Hey Laura, glad to hear you're back on the road! Ditches are nasty places to be lying in and they tend to fill with water.<br /><br />As you know, I'm working on revising the soft squishy middle bit of BookEnd. It's a tough slog, but I'm hoping it will provide the strength to get me past the end.<br /><br />When I think that BookEnd came out of NaNoWrimo, and that I decided to do Nano because the other book I'd been writing stalled, its amazing to think that another creation can come out of frustration. You really do have to keep going, and a detour is not a stoppage, it's just another direction! Good luck!Alex Villasantehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17109677049281615295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-876524428745638996.post-2485200408399865262011-03-17T07:52:02.122-04:002011-03-17T07:52:02.122-04:00Still working on the same novel. It's been a w...Still working on the same novel. It's been a while now, but I'm okay with it.<br /><br />There's nothing wrong with taking a break though, sometimes the inspiration isn't there.Matthew MacNishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03264738483763244969noreply@blogger.com