tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post1838786004659868565..comments2024-03-28T11:30:46.101-04:00Comments on Murder is Everywhere: Talking to MyselfOvidia Yuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05749549092493567689noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-59522350668992796462021-05-05T22:48:10.351-04:002021-05-05T22:48:10.351-04:00I found great comfort in your post, Sis, for it se...I found great comfort in your post, Sis, for it seems the subtlest effect of the pandemic has been (to be) its subliminal numbing of one's ability to concentrate sufficiently to cut through an ever-present background of disjointed thoughts blurring our minds to the simplest of acts--like where are my keys, why am I here, and what am I doing. I think there are enough of us experiencing that syndrome to form a club.Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-77392945694720006352021-05-04T13:46:36.922-04:002021-05-04T13:46:36.922-04:00Thank you, Kathy! You are right about what we need...Thank you, Kathy! You are right about what we need. Human contact and communication has been virtual for so much of the last year. But the real thing is coming back. WHEW!!!Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-15669607243150680822021-05-04T13:38:21.936-04:002021-05-04T13:38:21.936-04:00Zoe, The difference with you is that you know utte...Zoe, The difference with you is that you know utter gibberish and remove it. Not all novelists are capable of such discernment. I have tried to read a number of published book that are replete with it.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-34204142831106120042021-05-04T10:45:36.611-04:002021-05-04T10:45:36.611-04:00You know this, Stan, but I’ll say it anyway. “The...You know this, Stan, but I’ll say it anyway. “There are only three rules for writing a novel. Unfortunately, no one knows what they are.”— Somerset Maugham. Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-875487873849273472021-05-04T10:18:55.839-04:002021-05-04T10:18:55.839-04:00I laughed too, Kwei, almost certainly because I ha...I laughed too, Kwei, almost certainly because I have done daily what Michael describes. And what Zoe describes—multiple times each day. AND stood in front of the open fridge door, wondering what a went there to get. I might think these behaviors a sign of old age. But I have been doing them all my life. Considering the great company I now know I am in, I may stop calling myself a ditz!Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-76315608258562505552021-05-04T07:28:30.400-04:002021-05-04T07:28:30.400-04:00Don't worry. You are in good company talking t...Don't worry. You are in good company talking to yourself. We're in isolation in a pandemic. I do the same, as my parents did and my sibling admitted to doing -- before the pandemic.<br />I do find myself directing thoughts to loved ones lost years ago.<br />And I have played so many card games and chess online. Now I'm learning new forms of solitaire. MSNBC is always on and the anchors are now my friends, those whom I see when I get up and before I go to bed. And I'm reading the Times and Guardian online continually, looking for new columns.<br />So, don't worry. You are a social being, like humans are, and we need and like human contact and communication.Kathy D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/18418720666849497808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-4086838286968973822021-05-04T02:21:02.107-04:002021-05-04T02:21:02.107-04:00Whenever I have typed into the night until my fore...Whenever I have typed into the night until my forehead starts nodding against the keyboard, I usually come back to it the next day and find the last paragraph was utter gibberish...Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-91222335242037532402021-05-03T23:04:24.487-04:002021-05-03T23:04:24.487-04:00You go to bed leaving a sentence half finished so ...You go to bed leaving a sentence half finished so that you can pick up easily the next day??? Gadzooks! I'd come back to the page and wonder why I hadn't finished the sentence and then not know what I was going to say anyway.Stan Trolliphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12608236210727280695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-64513562727635412802021-05-03T17:53:07.210-04:002021-05-03T17:53:07.210-04:00Also, picking something up and putting it down aga...Also, picking something up and putting it down again, only to totally forget where you put it, and having to spend inordinate amounts of time searching for it again...Zoë Sharphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14065427744062846167noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-75697871622264728782021-05-03T14:47:47.801-04:002021-05-03T14:47:47.801-04:00hahahahaha--Michael I almost fell off my chair lau...hahahahaha--Michael I almost fell off my chair laughing. So true. Kwei Quarteyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00469765268067837660noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-65651619834861096972021-05-03T13:59:57.435-04:002021-05-03T13:59:57.435-04:00I am glad you talk to yourself! It makes the rest ...I am glad you talk to yourself! It makes the rest of us feel better. However, you comments seem profound. Mine tend to be more along the lines of "Now what did I come to the kitchen for anyway?"Michael Sears (of Michael Stanley)https://www.blogger.com/profile/09886295534214542834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-52083984979378128142021-05-03T10:48:28.719-04:002021-05-03T10:48:28.719-04:00You know, EvKa, that I am a Bardolator. Shakespea...You know, EvKa, that I am a Bardolator. Shakespeare wrote sentences so profound and entertaining that they deserve to occupy a page all by themselves! I have no hope whatsoever of accomplishing such a feat.Annamaria Alfierihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12311596277267789834noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-86162910716518251192021-05-03T10:40:59.762-04:002021-05-03T10:40:59.762-04:00Actually, 3/3 of the allotment, since "that i...Actually, 3/3 of the allotment, since "that is" counts, right? :-)Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1990338437877873686.post-86243392746499043952021-05-03T10:37:05.234-04:002021-05-03T10:37:05.234-04:00To be, or not to be, that is the question, no more...To be, or not to be, that is the question, no more than three times per page... Oops, there went 2/3 of the allotment for this page.Everett Kaserhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12371555243187874414noreply@blogger.com