tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post2420245188677428342..comments2024-03-17T11:17:53.826+00:00Comments on Authors Electric: Confessions of a Word-aholic: Kathleen JonesKatherine Robertshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17196712319655603442noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-61993200877495666942013-07-09T19:45:56.844+01:002013-07-09T19:45:56.844+01:00An interesting experience, Kathleen. When I was e...An interesting experience, Kathleen. When I was expecting my fourth something similar happened, only in my case I could actually see all the words whirling around my head in a sort of whirlwind, but couldn't reach out and grasp any of them.<br /><br />Equally strangely a friend came and sat with me and read me psalms. I didn't ask her to do it. It was her idea and I have to say the combination of her quiet voice and the power of words that weren't my own did the trick. It took a few days for me to be able to speak again, but the whirlwind was gone and the fear had disappeared.<br />Pauline Fiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11826696982301252524noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-79074744246912464162013-07-05T17:01:16.613+01:002013-07-05T17:01:16.613+01:00Thanks for your comments everyone - yes, working f...Thanks for your comments everyone - yes, working for yourself is far more demanding than any employer! And I think, like Cally that too many of us exceed the health and safety guidelines for computer use. <br />I envy you the Isle of Gigha, Catherine - could do with a spot of solitude. The trouble with living in a really beautiful place,is that there's no motivation to go anywhere else.<br />I'm not sure about Dennis's time management course! Suspect the person running it might just tell us that we're trying to push a quart into a pint pot, or its metric equivalent.<br />But yes, the hamster needs to get off the wheel and look at the sunset. And I'm finally off to do just that - it's Friday night and the Piazza waits!!!!Kathleen Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07645566938871914385noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-85508859524122470772013-07-05T12:18:20.446+01:002013-07-05T12:18:20.446+01:00Kathy, having just finished a 5 hour marathon sche...Kathy, having just finished a 5 hour marathon scheduling your life writing course (though I still have to go back and check all links and pdf downloads etc closely - I discovered a short cut AFTER I had done it the long way - as ever) but thanks for getting it in. <br />I'm about 60 slots into the 164 that have to be scheduled. 40 still to be written by me. My work always comes last of course. And Dennis will keep me guessing till the last minute I'm sure! So yes, on the 'too much to do' front I guess we're all members of that group right now (and always) Anyway, Kathy thanks for getting it done AND see, I used my coffee break to read your blogpost!!! Back to work now. So much choice of what to do... so little time to do any of it. No time for distractions though. Or thoughts of Italy. CallyPhillipshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15481379296340077102noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-9719269470620706182013-07-05T12:15:29.573+01:002013-07-05T12:15:29.573+01:00Miss Haversham's drawing room has nothing on m...Miss Haversham's drawing room has nothing on my house. And I do believe firmly that after a certain amount of time the dust stops accumulating. But I don't look at it for any length of time to find out. Great post and it illustrates perfectly how we all feel, although up to now I haven't lost my words. That must have been terrifying.Chris Longmuirhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02488093821886798927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-60899470017915327312013-07-05T10:34:00.216+01:002013-07-05T10:34:00.216+01:00Yes, I find it hard to say no. Another request ye...Yes, I find it hard to say no. Another request yesterday from an established poet and tutor asking me to mentor another new writer's first novel. And of course I shall because I think it's important And at least I know what I'm going to put in my online ghost story course for the ebookfest - but no Cally, you won't have it all done by Saturday. Very soon after, though, I promise. But I've still got two books to prepare so they can be launched at the fest and these both involve significant rewriting. (But I'm glad to have the opportunity.) And all this gadding about and facebooking and tweeting which I uneasily suspect I should be doing - no I just can't face it. And I've still got three unfinished books to finish. I sympathise with your dreadful day of non-communication, Kathleen. I've never had that - but years ago I slipped a disc and had to stay in bedwithout moving while wife and daughter went off to son's graduation and the feeling of being trapped inside myself was so acute that I can feel it as I write. I used to scoff at all these time-management courses but am at last beginning to think I could do with going on one.Dennis Hamleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781139870037634374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-17560266066251481132013-07-05T10:05:29.588+01:002013-07-05T10:05:29.588+01:00This is all so very true! And now you've remin...This is all so very true! And now you've reminded me of the tax return - but at least the accountant, having sent me the annual vaguely threatening letter some weeks ago, has now gone on holiday till the 21st, so I have breathing space. I do sometimes manage to say 'no' to things these days, (I'm all too uncomfortably aware of time passing by and my need to focus on fewer things) but not half often enough. And that elusive thinking time. It never quite seems to happen at home. I'm just back from the Isle of Gigha and whenever I go there, even for a little while, I realize how necessary it is to be able to sit on a rock and look at the sea for a while. I took myself off on a small hike last Sunday morning and did just that. But I know I need a lot more of it.Catherine Czerkawskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14554969254207924049noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-61022487157092168482013-07-05T09:28:30.467+01:002013-07-05T09:28:30.467+01:00So, so true, Kathleen, and so familiar. I'm al...So, so true, Kathleen, and so familiar. I'm always advising people to say no yet it's advice I ignore myself. But your opening paragraph was very scary - being unable to access words? Unimaginably horrible. I'll keep churning them out but thanks for reminding me to get off the wheel and look at the sunset.Bill Kirtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345949773423764808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2429560125838989988.post-56308377787696381432013-07-05T09:26:09.426+01:002013-07-05T09:26:09.426+01:00Well, you've got too much to do, but it all so...Well, you've got too much to do, but it all sounds interesting and delightful, and I suspect you wouldn't have it any other way! I shall learn from this post - I tend to be too cautious and agonise about what I need to do instead of just cracking on and doing it - it sounds much more fun to just embrace the chaos!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.com