tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849583276019228310.post5081516772594698564..comments2024-03-28T03:34:58.592-04:00Comments on Heim Binas Fiction: How To Train Your Muse (guest post)CKHBhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17741681893677604323noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849583276019228310.post-64592128687947216822010-10-28T00:46:47.347-04:002010-10-28T00:46:47.347-04:00Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading!Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for reading!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832782604769370695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849583276019228310.post-76925936131835415722010-10-27T22:54:23.936-04:002010-10-27T22:54:23.936-04:00Great post, and some excellent points.Great post, and some excellent points.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849583276019228310.post-14037575840561396702010-10-27T15:53:23.095-04:002010-10-27T15:53:23.095-04:00@Lorna: Ice cream is infinitely satisfying!
@Dian...@Lorna: Ice cream is infinitely satisfying!<br /><br />@Diane: Thanks, Diane. I hope you enjoy the CD.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832782604769370695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849583276019228310.post-10376730596695270982010-10-27T15:36:17.698-04:002010-10-27T15:36:17.698-04:00Good stuff! I have her CD and can't wait to li...Good stuff! I have her CD and can't wait to listen to it.L. Diane Wolfehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06425864276166334896noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849583276019228310.post-69134226148503101442010-10-27T13:56:14.001-04:002010-10-27T13:56:14.001-04:00I would love to reward my muse with a new laptop, ...I would love to reward my muse with a new laptop, but ice cream is more fitting to the current budget. :p<br /><br />I've never considered the punishment part. Maybe I should... just to make sure the muse is paying attention. <br /><br />Great post, Katie.Lorna G. Postonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06892952002960020516noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849583276019228310.post-83626451707491419472010-10-27T11:46:47.391-04:002010-10-27T11:46:47.391-04:00Thanks so much for hosting me today, Carrie!
@Mai...Thanks so much for hosting me today, Carrie!<br /><br />@Maine: Totally agree! That's why we write, after all, isn't it? Because it's its own reward? But the chocolate is no mean incentive either. ;) Thanks for sharing the Ackerman quote. Good stuff.<br /><br />@Arlee: Ah, so you spotted the medicine under all the candy, did you? :p What you say about ourselves being the only ones able to take control of our muses is such a simple truth, and yet I think it's one most of us overlook.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13832782604769370695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849583276019228310.post-46863922360535516692010-10-27T11:36:38.957-04:002010-10-27T11:36:38.957-04:00Oooh, this sounds like self-discipline to me, and ...Oooh, this sounds like self-discipline to me, and that can be such a difficult thing. But I like the approach you suggest--very old school. If we don't take control of our muses (ourselves) then who's going to do it?<br />I must check out K.M.'s blog.<br /><br />Carrie, once again your sense of good taste has presented us with a helpful and challenging guest post with a very useful topic.<br /><br />Lee<br /><a href="http://tossingitout.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Tossing It Out</a>Arlee Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11663942782929929334noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-849583276019228310.post-44575634477708840072010-10-27T06:25:43.679-04:002010-10-27T06:25:43.679-04:00Funny thing about rewards and writing - if I get t...Funny thing about rewards and writing - if I get the writing done, that's more than enough reward in itself. (Not that I then abstain from the chocolate that got me there, of course.)<br /><br />Very nice photography on your blogs, by the way.<br /><br />Here's a favorite quote on inspiration:<br /><br /><i>I think it’s easier, more comforting, to be disciplined about writing than to wait for inspiration to strike. If you wait for inspiration, then you can become so nervous, so insecure – Is it going to happen today? Is it going to happen tomorrow? Why isn’t it happening today? – you can fret yourself into a kind of paralysis while waiting for the gods to descend. So it makes more sense to me to be regular – businesslike, even – about it: Go to your study, close the door, invent your confidence.<br />- Diane Ackerman</i>Steve MChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15026970188928733645noreply@blogger.com