tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18401205.post829804259040203618..comments2008-01-19T11:05:26.969-05:00lucettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04294368835776483342noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18401205.post-4315446686323067602008-01-19T11:05:00.000-05:002008-01-19T11:05:00.000-05:00Do I detect a reproach, erie?!!? <BR/>I'm thinking, first things first.lucettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04294368835776483342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18401205.post-19772832237373499682008-01-19T08:33:00.000-05:002008-01-19T08:33:00.000-05:00Are you not that interested in the novella beginning?eriebluehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00823157606004918590noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18401205.post-91721374980040374162008-01-17T18:20:00.000-05:002008-01-17T18:20:00.000-05:00Stay down there for a while: this is good advice. Writing is like learning to breathe underwater.lucettehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04294368835776483342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18401205.post-83702550598469492022008-01-17T11:18:00.000-05:002008-01-17T11:18:00.000-05:00Nice snow shot. <BR/>A friend gave me a very useful metaphor for getting into writing: that it's like diving. You have to submerge and take time to level off and adjust your ear pressure and your buoyancy and stay down there for a while before you're comfortable enough to get something done.MJN/NYChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14090191804140640599noreply@blogger.com