Comments for Practice Writing

Comment on Women, Literature and Invisibility by Nina

Nina — Sun, 11 Mar 2012 19:18:17 +0000

[oops, George *Eliot*]

Comment on Women, Literature and Invisibility by Nina

Nina — Sat, 10 Mar 2012 22:22:30 +0000

Yes, Persephone Books seem to easily find excellent books by women that have inexplicably fallen out of print – have you seen their book of short stories by Elizabeth Berridge, for example? There’s no way it should have been left to a tiny, specialist publishing house to put that back into circulation.

My [more feminist than the average] boyfriend didn’t have a single female author on his bookshelf when we met – but I had a mixture of men and women. I’d guess this is fairly typical.

So long after the Brontes and George Elliot, isn’t it worrying that JK Rowling felt the need to use those gender-hiding initials to help Harry Potter reach small boys?

Comment on Conductor by Lennie

Lennie — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:46:20 +0000

Thank you very much, Hashi. Always lovely to know when the words hit the mark.

Comment on Conductor by Hashi

Hashi — Wed, 29 Feb 2012 22:11:45 +0000

Wow. Wonderful writing. I am glad Elizabeth introduced me to you

Comment on Healthy Writer, Healthy novel. by Lennie

Lennie — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:59:37 +0000

Bugger about the Le Creuset incident – that must have hurt like hell. I hope it’s healing quickly. And I have to say I agree about the mental effects of exercise. I’m actually starting to miss doing it if I miss a session, and I never thought I’d be saying that!

Comment on Healthy Writer, Healthy novel. by Lennie

Lennie — Tue, 28 Feb 2012 14:37:30 +0000

Thanks for the heads up. I’ve been googling and turned up some interesting things on barefoot shoes. Next time I need to buy shoes I’m going to seriously consider the barefoot route.

PS – really liked your blog!

Comment on Healthy Writer, Healthy novel. by janice

janice — Mon, 27 Feb 2012 21:56:25 +0000

I started running for new year and quickly made progress. I dropped a le creuset casserole lid on my foot on Saturday. am back to walking for my exercise fix. I think the feel good effects of exercise far outweigh any physical benefits. the more often I take exercise, the more positive and creative I feel.

Comment on Habit Forming: how long does it take? by What Happened to your New Year Resolutions?

What Happened to your New Year Resolutions? — Sun, 26 Feb 2012 18:44:59 +0000

[...] that intention I had to get a new habit of daily writing for at least 66 days? No, I didn’t either, until a comment on the writer’s playground* made me think of it [...]

Comment on Healthy Writer, Healthy novel. by Nina

Nina — Sat, 18 Feb 2012 20:24:12 +0000

About the dodgy knees, have you tried ‘barefoot’ shoes? I don’t run, but I do get achy knees (and other bits) with a lot of walking – almost all gone since I started wearing some Vivo Barefoot trainers. My sister, father, and grandmother have gone the opposite way and have fancy supportive insoles in their shoes, but they’re all still complaining about their knees, backs, feet…

I totally agree that it’s good to practise getting off the sofa/away from the computer screen, for any reason. Apparently self-discipline burns glucose just like muscle activity, and therefore is exhaustible, but I’m sure you can build it up like a muscle.

Comment on Habit Forming: how long does it take? by Preoccupied with Time

Preoccupied with Time — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 14:05:51 +0000

[...] do. But seemingly in vain, because this is not the first time I’ve identified the need to schedule in time for my mental nutrition, and then gone on to ignore [...]