tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post4784060786161800863..comments2024-02-12T02:28:12.317-05:00Comments on The Writers' Group: Me? A Writer?Lynne Griffin and Amy MacKinnonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11107479565926998943noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-76593251134295638842008-11-20T13:41:00.000-05:002008-11-20T13:41:00.000-05:00The long-term relationship phase is definitely the...The long-term relationship phase is definitely the best! Success there takes a lot of work, though, doesn't it? I am envious your partner wants to read WIP and is supportive; good for you for not asking for comment, though. (My husband never wants to read my work in progress, yet still has ideas for me all the time.) I suppose bottom line, the more you make time and space for yourself and your writing, and the more you are true to yourself, the easier it gets to stay that way.<BR/><BR/>HannahLynne Griffin and Amy MacKinnonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107479565926998943noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37180398.post-84800115321384056822008-11-19T16:54:00.000-05:002008-11-19T16:54:00.000-05:00I'm with you Lisa. I used to waste my time taping ...I'm with you Lisa. I used to waste my time taping shows then watching them later, including The Daily Show and Stephen Colbert. I love them, but don't really miss them. Now I just write. I know less about what's happening in Congress and the world, but I'm not sure I'm worse off for it.<BR/><BR/>I think the stress of withholding my writing from my partner would kill me. She probably thinks I'm nuts, so I have to have something to show for it. So far, she's liked my writing. I don't ask for a critique, just let her read. But then she said I have to write a book because she's tired of not finding any lesbian fiction she likes. I take that as motivation. I have, however, forbidden her from mentioning to anyone that I write. <BR/><BR/>I was recently dismayed when a writer on another site mentioned she'd finished a first draft of a novel during a span when I've only hashed out a mere fraction of my story. Of course, she's written a lot of flash fiction, so maybe it's very short!<BR/><BR/>I'm over the "in lust" stage--where my characters woke me at night and I could think of nothing else. Now I am in the long-term relationship phase. As in life, I think I like that the best.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com