tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post8214864371635841794..comments2023-11-22T06:35:25.251-05:00Comments on POE'S DEADLY DAUGHTERS: Writer's Block, Reader's Block, and Georgette HeyerJulia Buckleyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10270211923343731659noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-66132617983105386482009-12-05T09:25:37.152-05:002009-12-05T09:25:37.152-05:00Thanks everyone for your thoughtful comments!Thanks everyone for your thoughtful comments!Lonnie Crusehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14617936690870869287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-72919644518593798652009-12-05T02:57:08.113-05:002009-12-05T02:57:08.113-05:00Definitely not spend time reading boring books. H...Definitely not spend time reading boring books. Have read several I liked lately and am reading Elizabeth Zelvin's second book and laughing hard. <br /><br />However, I get tired by other things and it affects my reading energy, sometimes just veg and watch tv. Then back to reading.kathy d.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-73447847273086735682009-12-04T23:37:51.614-05:002009-12-04T23:37:51.614-05:00When I'm blocked as a writer, it's always ...When I'm blocked as a writer, it's always because there's something in the story I haven't worked through and don't understand. Or I'm trying to write something I'm not enthusiastic about. I have to change it so I *will* be enthusiastic.<br /><br />Reader's block? I'm experiencing that more and more often. If I start feeling impatient with a story, wanting it Sandra Parshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17403144248962124138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-82554623688978538222009-12-04T13:58:56.498-05:002009-12-04T13:58:56.498-05:00I usually just try to "ride out" the blo...I usually just try to "ride out" the blocks. From past experience, I know I can't force the creative muse and I'll end up hating books for no other reason that I was forcing myself to read.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00823616282284779390noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-78223330972429735202009-12-04T08:58:14.446-05:002009-12-04T08:58:14.446-05:00There are some days when the words flow, and some ...There are some days when the words flow, and some when they don't. So far they've never stopped, thank goodness. If they're coming out like lumpy oatmeal, I'll do something else, preferably physical--take a walk, vacuum up the cat hair, file those endless stacks of paper.<br /><br />Reader's block...hmmm. I find I have less and less patience with trite, predictable books. Sheila Connollyhttp://www.sheilaconnolly.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8056815460076050228.post-42305283852439445402009-12-04T05:34:26.089-05:002009-12-04T05:34:26.089-05:00I don't usually have writer's block, but s...I don't usually have writer's block, but sometimes I don't FEEL like writing. I'll do other really distasteful things (housework) and then I feel more up to doing the cerebral stuff. :)<br /><br />Reader's block is a great term! Right now I have so many books on my TBR list, thanks to Lesa Holstein and other book bloggers that I think I won't be blocked for a while! (Elizabeth Spann Craighttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625595247828274405noreply@blogger.com