tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post3153346941979545338..comments2024-03-29T05:33:43.878-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: The Shadow LineOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-77451559366099399452011-08-19T13:35:45.333-04:002011-08-19T13:35:45.333-04:00Jeff forgets I'm married to a journalist, so i...Jeff forgets I'm married to a journalist, so it's not a one-way street.<br /><br />My disappearing into novel-trance oblivion is matched by the times when I call her, she hears my voice, says, "I'm on deadline," and hangs up.Lenny Kleinfeldhttp://www.lennykleinfeld.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-37306070039148060682011-08-19T03:21:23.601-04:002011-08-19T03:21:23.601-04:00Tim,
I want to thank you for saving my relationsh...Tim,<br /><br />I want to thank you for saving my relationship. I made her read your post accompanied by, "See, I'm not the only one who tunes [you] out. It cannot be helped, it's like a genetically directed reflex." And she believed it. <br /><br />What was the fee again that we agreed upon for your doing me this little favor? I just hope you charged Lenny more.Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-23047194189439211332011-08-17T12:56:03.646-04:002011-08-17T12:56:03.646-04:00Tim--
I have to make sure to turn my answering ma...Tim--<br /><br />I have to make sure to turn my answering machine on while working. Years ago at dinner a friend told me she could always tell when I was writing when she called.<br /><br />"How?"<br /><br />"When you're writing, you have a way of saying 'Hello" that sounds just like 'F-- you and die.' "<br /><br />When I accused her of exaggerating, the whole table cracked up; turned out it was a unanimous verdict.<br /><br />--LennyLenny Kleinfeldhttp://www.lennykleinfeld.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-67308551215671427202011-08-15T09:46:44.140-04:002011-08-15T09:46:44.140-04:00A beautifully written little essay Tim.A beautifully written little essay Tim.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15591062925663360015noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-54453059192754460892011-08-14T17:30:42.683-04:002011-08-14T17:30:42.683-04:00Wonderful post Tim. About as good a description of...Wonderful post Tim. About as good a description of the almost reverie like state that comes over some of us when writing that I've read. My wife sometimes thinks I only speak to her when I'm mid-book when I'm trying to help work out a plot point. Sometimes she's right. When there's no book, it all feels a bit aimless, though I'm far more in the here and now. Though looking at what's happening in the here and now, escaping into the world of writing seems fine by me.Dan Waddellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04320741202757960766noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-44817450476844471862011-08-14T14:38:42.377-04:002011-08-14T14:38:42.377-04:00This was lovely. I like your image of the sky as a...This was lovely. I like your image of the sky as a "unifying principle." What a wonderful peace making idea.lil Glucksternhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09288522126331817172noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-73078454333699436962011-08-14T12:45:04.004-04:002011-08-14T12:45:04.004-04:00Tim,
"fits and starts". That's me! I...Tim,<br />"fits and starts". That's me! I can be an artist sometimes. I can be a writer other times. I cannot however, call on either at will....Something hits me, and spills out on the paper, or canvas, or sketchpad....sometimes these creative runs last a week, a month, or just a few hours at a time....and then I am creatively void for a while. It can be frustrating, or exhilarating! But that's me!Arnold "Arnie" Slaterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11801006664370627737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-28162182265001476172011-08-14T11:34:32.264-04:002011-08-14T11:34:32.264-04:00How great to feel the comradeship in your words. ...How great to feel the comradeship in your words. It took me from my dream of being a novelist at age nine till I was 68 years old to become a published writer of fiction. Knowing that I continued to write through all those years of earning a living and taking care of my family, people have asked how I found the strength to persist. The truth is I could not have stopped if someone held a gun to my head.<br /><br />Are we wired that way? Did we get a taste of the drug in school and become addicted? I have no idea. All I know is that everywhere I've looked since I was nine years old, I've seem something that started me forming phrases in my head.Annamaria Alfierihttp://www.annamariaalfieri.comnoreply@blogger.com