tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598544278562595293.post335357143685061993..comments2023-04-25T13:17:58.342-07:00Comments on A Life In Stories: An Update on Re-Writes and Author InterviewsAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08252890741829487017noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598544278562595293.post-91283022560538324052012-03-06T05:16:57.875-08:002012-03-06T05:16:57.875-08:00Hi - nice to meet you and thanks for following my ...Hi - nice to meet you and thanks for following my blog.<br /><br />Writing a book long-hand - I am impressed! Good luck and happy writing :-)E.D.https://www.blogger.com/profile/08362521696011839816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598544278562595293.post-70594252421648344592012-03-05T14:47:18.525-08:002012-03-05T14:47:18.525-08:00Hi TZ! I hear you about the envy test. I do that a...Hi TZ! I hear you about the envy test. I do that all the time. I also love your blog description--I had a lot of goals to hit before I got to 40. Not published by 40, but nearly. :)Lydia Kanghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00484415427764822386noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598544278562595293.post-36106906772029016712012-03-05T14:40:27.593-08:002012-03-05T14:40:27.593-08:00The "envy test" wow. How apropos. Every ...The "envy test" wow. How apropos. Every author I've ever read, even unpublished, I've run across that particular test in myself.Elizabeth McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08769477449767726442noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598544278562595293.post-37778064940627460572012-03-05T07:18:28.017-08:002012-03-05T07:18:28.017-08:00No, I have not tried the post-it trick. I actuall...No, I have not tried the post-it trick. I actually have a post-it, and I am far likelier to try that than to actually getting around to buying a "J" any time soon. [Note: Everytime I talk about "buying a J" I have "Wheel of Fortune" flashbacks. *shudder]Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252890741829487017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598544278562595293.post-21338582979054020002012-03-05T07:16:39.767-08:002012-03-05T07:16:39.767-08:00That is probably a better way of putting it, but I...That is probably a better way of putting it, but I still hear my professor's voice in my head talking about the Envy Test. <br /><br />I read somewhere that when he was young, Neil Gaiman wished he had written The Lord of the Rings (which doesn't wish that, right!?), but since he clearly could not, what with it having been written and all, he instead wished that there was a parallel universe which did not know of The Lord of the Rings, and into which he would smuggle a copy, then retype it and publish it under his own name. Kind of parallel universe piracy. I guess that qualifies as passing the Envy Test...Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252890741829487017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598544278562595293.post-50168076085471581122012-03-05T07:13:58.313-08:002012-03-05T07:13:58.313-08:00I can relate to that ever-moving bar! But at leas...I can relate to that ever-moving bar! But at least having something to aspire to keeps me moving forward!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08252890741829487017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598544278562595293.post-55078861303545493562012-03-05T03:34:08.331-08:002012-03-05T03:34:08.331-08:00'Blurb' always sounds like someone is ill....'Blurb' always sounds like someone is ill.<br /><br />Have you tried putting blutack and a post it note on the 'J' to soften the push? Also, if you turn the keyboard upside down and shake it, you may loosen what's causing the space bar to stick.Martin Willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05605554706836638988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-598544278562595293.post-48654520678211515652012-03-04T08:16:27.874-08:002012-03-04T08:16:27.874-08:00I know what you mean about feeling a fraud... alth...I know what you mean about feeling a fraud... although I don't know very much about your writing experience yet (having so recently begun following you) but not that it matters! I always set the bar just past where I am... and when I achieve the bar it's ACTUALLY a little further down the path than I thought it was, so I'm not there yet... sigh...fairbettyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11641997265787156629noreply@blogger.com