tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post5558796566970672917..comments2024-03-08T15:14:31.312-05:00Comments on Landless: The nuclear optionTony Nolandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-38307733900697635692014-07-29T17:33:39.379-04:002014-07-29T17:33:39.379-04:00I've often felt like packing it in but now som...I've often felt like packing it in but now somewhat disillusioned with being published I have returned to just writing flash stories - if I was to give up completely forever I probably would take down my writing blog just as I did my tarot reading blog..... but that's me, a clean break person.Helen A. Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12748128819820230841noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-42163914763865194562014-07-29T16:36:45.343-04:002014-07-29T16:36:45.343-04:00I can't imagine not wanting to write (sorry if...I can't imagine not wanting to write (sorry if this comes through twice. Blogger doesn't like me.) Even now, when I'm going through a tough time personally, I have ideas and I'm writing even though nothing is hitting the paper. Being creative is part of who I am. I do wonder how I would react to not knowing who I was ... I'm not sure that would cause me not to write, but it might change what I do write ...janet.aldrich@gmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15698677514731217864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-15181882015802338842014-07-29T12:44:07.191-04:002014-07-29T12:44:07.191-04:00I'm pretty sure I'm a writer, but, at hear...I'm pretty sure I'm a writer, but, at heart, I'm a storyteller.<br /><br />Someone once said of/to me, "Kevin, everything with you is a story." (As an aside, I'm pretty sure this wasn't intended as a compliment.)<br /><br />But it is true. So, were I not to write, and I can't really come up with a scenario where I'd hang up the writing entirely (possibly Icy's could work and I simply forget,) even were I not to write, the storyteller would still be there. And he'd tell stories. It's almost how I interact with the world.<br /><br />For good or ill.KjMhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17691028465137798738noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-75879945589298236812014-07-29T10:31:15.254-04:002014-07-29T10:31:15.254-04:00Hard to say. We're all products of our life ex...Hard to say. We're all products of our life experiences, aren't we? I've always written, both for myself and for public consumption. Must be millions of words by now. If I forgot that I'd ever written anything, would I stumble onto writing and embrace it?<br /><br />There's an episode of Star Trek where everyone loses their memories. With no information on which job they did on board, they follow their instincts. Data ends up as a bartender. Maybe I would as well.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-76321840114392893022014-07-28T16:47:25.446-04:002014-07-28T16:47:25.446-04:00What if you lost your memory and forgot you were a...What if you lost your memory and forgot you were a writer?Icy Sedgwickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11501193571425442406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-65771604740785464332014-07-28T13:16:02.998-04:002014-07-28T13:16:02.998-04:00Yeah, Asimov was more driven than I am. I'd wa...Yeah, Asimov was more driven than I am. I'd want to invest more of the time in friends and family.John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-26482452592930738682014-07-28T11:50:37.836-04:002014-07-28T11:50:37.836-04:00Thanks, John. Issac Asimov said something like if ...Thanks, John. Issac Asimov said something like if he knew he had only days to live, he'd write faster.Tony Nolandhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090583562737225942noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7797188666559531190.post-65604212635126160052014-07-28T11:34:01.874-04:002014-07-28T11:34:01.874-04:00If my health declined to the point where I had a v...If my health declined to the point where I had a very short period to live in, I'd likely contact certain people to take over projects for me and then give up most writing. I might still do some short stuff, but it'd be an easy way to get me to give up on all those lofty goals. Got to enjoy my final months and whatnot.<br /><br />I don't foresee many other cases, though. If every novel I write is rejected by big publishers, sniffed at by prestige small presses, and doesn't break three digits on self-pub e-stores, I can still write short stories for markets and return to daily writing on my blog. I have ideas that I know at least a few people enjoy. I've eaten dozens and dozens of rejections and they're far from the worst stuff in my life. Then again, perhaps learning to walk again and repeatedly being bedridden by this syndrome has toughened me up a little.John Wiswellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07416044628686736927noreply@blogger.com