tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post1308500269135897516..comments2024-01-30T13:57:40.271+11:00Comments on LoveCats DownUnder: Voices in my HeadAlly Blakehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17352564320902831489noreply@blogger.comBlogger21125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-91205903561215769822011-11-24T12:58:59.469+11:002011-11-24T12:58:59.469+11:00Hi, Sue
I'm not sure whether to jump for joy ...Hi, Sue<br /><br />I'm not sure whether to jump for joy or what. I see there's another Joanne in the comments, that's why. If I have won I'll rock the house down! :)<br /><br />I tried your address last night and again this morning, but they were returned as failed deliveries. I'll try once more.<br /><br />Cheers<br />JoanneJoannehttp://www.acertainbook.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-43042059169621429492011-11-23T07:08:19.089+11:002011-11-23T07:08:19.089+11:00Joanne, if you're reading this can you email m...Joanne, if you're reading this can you email me your address on lsmackay at ts dot co dot nz <br />You've won a copy of Surgeon in a Wedding Dress.Suenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-75141327868898772912011-11-22T20:04:44.628+11:002011-11-22T20:04:44.628+11:00Great comments. I'm conscious of talking to my...Great comments. I'm conscious of talking to myself or to my characters out loud these days. I live in a small town where gossip travels fast and everyone knows everyone. Can you imagine? Men in white coats would definitely be knocking on my door! ;)<br /><br />I work hard at my writing like all writers or aspiring writers, and I'm pretty much focussed on that area now, more than anything else in my life. Ten years ago I would've been focussed on family needs and working to make a living. When the house became an empty nest I gave up work full-time so I could write those stories stored in my memory chest, stories and experiences that had stacked up over the years. Now, in my later years, they need to be told.Joannehttp://www.acertainbook.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-79223825300744904682011-11-22T14:11:43.096+11:002011-11-22T14:11:43.096+11:00Kaelee, you're right. Without muses, we wouldn...Kaelee, you're right. Without muses, we wouldn't have wonderful stories to read.Suenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-16199645389135362632011-11-22T09:46:30.890+11:002011-11-22T09:46:30.890+11:00I thank all of your muses for helping you write ...I thank all of your muses for helping you write the books that I love to read. Talking to yourself is a good way to have an understanding intelligent conversation. Nobody else knows you like you.Kaeleehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07897964695988614355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-49230537372680633952011-11-22T06:18:19.942+11:002011-11-22T06:18:19.942+11:00Marybelle, it's becoming obvious there's a...Marybelle, it's becoming obvious there's a whole crowd of us talking to ourselves out there. <br />Sharon, who knows what those horses have to neigh once you've gone past.<br />Joanne, I'm sorry your muse isn't playing ball. They can be very crafty.Sue MacKaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-71198026619843215102011-11-22T01:58:31.416+11:002011-11-22T01:58:31.416+11:00My muse sucks, if it even exists at all! The only...My muse sucks, if it even exists at all! The only way I think of anything to do with my writing is if I force myself to. Though talking to myself is common but generally nothing terribly literary....Joanne G.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-64948163895875572382011-11-21T21:44:02.028+11:002011-11-21T21:44:02.028+11:00Sue, I'm lucky enough to live out in the count...Sue, I'm lucky enough to live out in the country so that my walks down our dirt road give me the opportunity to talk to a few dogs, several horses, a herd of cows, the cheeky magpies and myself! <br /><br />May the muse be with you!<br />:)<br />SharonSharon Archerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06836969154744451542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-54502735183709595412011-11-21T19:41:24.268+11:002011-11-21T19:41:24.268+11:00Glad to see I'm not the only one who talks to ...Glad to see I'm not the only one who talks to herself while she is out & about. I mutter, I sing, I hum: It's not an illness, I don't need the white coats just yet, I'm just feeling the moment.Mary Prestonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02201076939557413255noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-11676512314374268132011-11-21T15:15:07.179+11:002011-11-21T15:15:07.179+11:00Zana, I love that. I'm going to quotte it ofte...Zana, I love that. I'm going to quotte it often.Sue Mackaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-10206960600905076112011-11-21T14:42:26.239+11:002011-11-21T14:42:26.239+11:00One author - I think it was Roddy Doyle said to hi...One author - I think it was Roddy Doyle said to his wife, "I'm not just lying on the sofa doing nothing. I'm busy. I'm writing the Great Novel."Zana Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08452523395857120532noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-2474301222688163782011-11-21T13:28:56.338+11:002011-11-21T13:28:56.338+11:00Cath, that's a brilliant idea about our own re...Cath, that's a brilliant idea about our own resthome. I can see the brainstorming sessions now.<br />I don't know how you can go back to sleep chasing an idea. I usually lie awake for hours when that happens. Or write notes in the dark that I can't read the next day.Sue MacKaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-89734786328271428362011-11-21T13:09:32.822+11:002011-11-21T13:09:32.822+11:00You definitely aren't mad, Sue. My muse likes ...You definitely aren't mad, Sue. My muse likes to catch me just as I sleep (which can often stop me sleeping) or just as I wake (which can make me go back to sleep so I catch the end of that dream/thought). <br /><br />I've been known to talk to myself - especially shopping, which I hate.<br /><br />Just reading your comment about the rest home - maybe we need a rest home for writers so our muses can all talk happily!<br /><br />CathCatherinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09322007107036171737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-36139552630783595902011-11-21T12:08:17.340+11:002011-11-21T12:08:17.340+11:00Thanks, Helen. Like you I wouldn't be without ...Thanks, Helen. Like you I wouldn't be without my muse. I only hope they understand in years to come when I'm in the resthome for geriatrics.Sue MacKaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-80438627491409813862011-11-21T12:06:15.152+11:002011-11-21T12:06:15.152+11:00Michelle, I stick to walking in the hills just in ...Michelle, I stick to walking in the hills just in case I talk out loud. Only the wild life to stare at me there.<br />SueSue Mackaynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-90262683782486043242011-11-21T12:04:36.485+11:002011-11-21T12:04:36.485+11:00Robbie, Afterward is great, isn't it?
I read ...Robbie, Afterward is great, isn't it? <br />I read something like that and wish I'd thought of it.<br />Yes, my husband still forgets that I can be there but not there.<br />SueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-21088382011392861792011-11-21T11:18:41.800+11:002011-11-21T11:18:41.800+11:00Great post Sue. And Michells's words made me l...Great post Sue. And Michells's words made me laugh. I can't count the number of times I've been caught talking to myself - well really, I was talking to my characters, but saying that makes me sound even nuttier. <br />My muse keeps me company... wouldn't be without it :)Helen Laceyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06430510162241437623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-22776610578345864182011-11-21T10:30:13.786+11:002011-11-21T10:30:13.786+11:00Oh, Sue, my muse can get me into trouble. It loves...Oh, Sue, my muse can get me into trouble. It loves going for a walk too...and I have, on occasion while out on these walks, found myself talking out loud. How embarrassing! I mean, it's okay in the safety of my writer's loft, but out in public on the street? I have copped the odd strange look, but so far no men in white coats.Michelle Douglashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07748538761711892080noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-72964814469212009412011-11-21T09:54:00.675+11:002011-11-21T09:54:00.675+11:00I think a muse and daydreaming go hand in hand, do...I think a muse and daydreaming go hand in hand, don't they. I'll often be staring at nothing, thinking...conjuring...and my husband will shake me and ask what's wrong. You'd think he'd know by now! =)<br />Hey, I'm reading Afterward atm too! Love the twist.<br />RobbieRobyn Gradyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16397395873217056254noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-46883826218994133252011-11-21T09:12:26.483+11:002011-11-21T09:12:26.483+11:00Lizzie
Yes, isn't it kind of sad we have to wa...Lizzie<br />Yes, isn't it kind of sad we have to wait until everything else is out of the way before we get on with our writing. A huge number of women authors fist publish in their late 40's and early 50's when they've finally got the time. Good luck with your novel.<br />SueAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2489168146200487747.post-23051067453530603902011-11-21T08:47:31.059+11:002011-11-21T08:47:31.059+11:00Finally, after so many years of school and school ...Finally, after so many years of school and school and vet practice and children and everything, I'm changing most things in my life, going teaching and letting the muse that's been trapped OUT!!!!!!!!!!!!! working on my first novel. Excited. I'd love a copy of your Surgeon in a White Dress!!! Thanks for your thoughts!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com