tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471107802247799161.post8825150895440477594..comments2023-12-26T17:01:24.764-05:00Comments on A Merry Heart: Having A Writing AffairConnie Kellerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10774616533630985219noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471107802247799161.post-66436199993768241472012-01-06T17:20:23.451-05:002012-01-06T17:20:23.451-05:00Great analogy with the fling & marriage, excep...Great analogy with the fling & marriage, except that forunately an affair with a short story won't backfire on the marriage with the novel and cause a divorce! ;)Margo Berendsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03476308235642890474noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471107802247799161.post-30776064449810490142012-01-06T15:20:11.796-05:002012-01-06T15:20:11.796-05:00Susan,
Congrats!! That's wonderful news. You ...Susan,<br /><br />Congrats!! That's wonderful news. You go, girl!Connie Kellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10774616533630985219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471107802247799161.post-35205737328022850882012-01-06T14:56:47.418-05:002012-01-06T14:56:47.418-05:00I had a fling. Wrote a short story and sold it to ...I had a fling. Wrote a short story and sold it to a magazine for eight hundred bucks. It felt soooooo good to get that kind of positive (and immediate) feedback on my writing. Gave me exactly the encouragement I needed to keep working on my novel.Susan Flett Swiderskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09425315552148200073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471107802247799161.post-61947031509296627372012-01-06T12:28:29.223-05:002012-01-06T12:28:29.223-05:00LOL, I love this analogy! Unfortunately, I can'...LOL, I love this analogy! Unfortunately, I can't call short stories "flings" because I can't wrap my head around them. Their structure and pacing alludes me. :P <br /><br />Instead, I do little drabbles and side scenes sometimes for fun.Krispyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09492607213249874138noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1471107802247799161.post-72358590475954594972012-01-06T11:59:05.882-05:002012-01-06T11:59:05.882-05:00My flings tend to be novels in and of themselves. ...My flings tend to be novels in and of themselves. O_O Because I am crazy. Honestly, I write much better if I'm writing two things at once--I can bounce back and forth between them. When one of them makes me want to pull my hair out, I switch to the other one. Most of my novels take at least a year to write, but I've several I've written in less time. Twice for NaNoWriMo (though of course, editing took a while!) and one that I wrote last year, which took me three months. It was something I desperately needed, though--it was my equivalent of a short story. I'd been writing a really intense story for a couple of years, and my brain needed a break, so it spun out this ridiculous novel. I know I need breaks from the exhausting, drawn out writing.Laura Josephsenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04239501665574945313noreply@blogger.com