Comments on: establishing a writing routine with two writers in the family http://secret.ideacog.net/2008/12/09/establishing-a-writing-routine-with-two-writers-in-the-family/ Tue, 27 Jul 2010 16:02:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: One secret to becoming a morning person — Secret. http://secret.ideacog.net/2008/12/09/establishing-a-writing-routine-with-two-writers-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-4022 One secret to becoming a morning person — Secret. Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:55:26 +0000 http://secret.ideacog.net/?p=391#comment-4022 [...] I mentioned last year, I’m interested in becoming a morning person. I am by nature a night-tinkerer, a fiddler and [...] [...] I mentioned last year, I’m interested in becoming a morning person. I am by nature a night-tinkerer, a fiddler and [...]

]]> By: Benjamin Parzybok http://secret.ideacog.net/2008/12/09/establishing-a-writing-routine-with-two-writers-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-1272 Benjamin Parzybok Sat, 03 Jan 2009 17:11:41 +0000 http://secret.ideacog.net/?p=391#comment-1272 Hey Katie - wow, I had no idea you were so far along on a novel. Yeah - send it on over. -- as a warning, I'm slow, but I'd love to see what you were working on. I'll email you my address. Hey Katie – wow, I had no idea you were so far along on a novel. Yeah – send it on over. — as a warning, I’m slow, but I’d love to see what you were working on. I’ll email you my address.

]]> By: katie http://secret.ideacog.net/2008/12/09/establishing-a-writing-routine-with-two-writers-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-1265 katie Thu, 01 Jan 2009 21:02:23 +0000 http://secret.ideacog.net/?p=391#comment-1265 Well that's the phase I'm in- transferring edits from paper to computer. I guess I thought I might be more productive or something at a desk. I have pretty much got this writing on the couch routine going now that I think I'll stick with. Hemingway may have written standing up, but I visited his house in Key West, where they give tours to tourists and he had a friggin leather chair and sit-down desk. Who knows, it probly isn't even the real thing. But listen, I am almost at the ghastly phase where I am ready to have people read this novel I'm working on. Do you want to do it? Also- do you have any writer friends who are total strangers to me who might want to do it? Happy New Year! Well that’s the phase I’m in- transferring edits from paper to computer. I guess I thought I might be more productive or something at a desk. I have pretty much got this writing on the couch routine going now that I think I’ll stick with. Hemingway may have written standing up, but I visited his house in Key West, where they give tours to tourists and he had a friggin leather chair and sit-down desk. Who knows, it probly isn’t even the real thing. But listen, I am almost at the ghastly phase where I am ready to have people read this novel I’m working on. Do you want to do it? Also- do you have any writer friends who are total strangers to me who might want to do it? Happy New Year!

]]> By: Benjamin Parzybok http://secret.ideacog.net/2008/12/09/establishing-a-writing-routine-with-two-writers-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-1264 Benjamin Parzybok Thu, 01 Jan 2009 00:00:35 +0000 http://secret.ideacog.net/?p=391#comment-1264 Happy Christmas to you Katie - jeez I don't know about a desk chair. Some of my most productive times have been writing from bed. I wrote all of Couch that way. But I'm usually all paper, or just computer -- except when I'm transferring edits from paper to computer, pretty much my least favorite thing to do. Hemingway wrote standing up at a standing desk - http://tinyurl.com/72xwz5 (in case you um needed a visual...) So I guess my answer is: What's wrong with the bed? Besides annoying significant others, etc. Happy Christmas to you Katie – jeez I don’t know about a desk chair. Some of my most productive times have been writing from bed. I wrote all of Couch that way.
But I’m usually all paper, or just computer — except when I’m transferring edits from paper to computer, pretty much my least favorite thing to do. Hemingway wrote standing up at a standing desk – http://tinyurl.com/72xwz5
(in case you um needed a visual…)
So I guess my answer is: What’s wrong with the bed? Besides annoying significant others, etc.

]]> By: katie mehrer http://secret.ideacog.net/2008/12/09/establishing-a-writing-routine-with-two-writers-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-1249 katie mehrer Thu, 25 Dec 2008 14:26:22 +0000 http://secret.ideacog.net/?p=391#comment-1249 Hi Ben, here is a very writerly question for you on a related subject. Unlike you, I am an early morning insomniac and can't stay up late. So I do tend to write in the morning. However my problem is with furniture. I have a desk, but I don't like to sit at it. I think my chair is too high or too low or too stiff or too soft, I can never figure out which. Plus, I'm still feeling snuggly at o dark thirty in the morning, so I tend to sit on the couch and type with the comp on my lap. But it's kind of ridiculous, because I end up surrounded by printouts and notes and hardcopy things that invariably fall on the floor or get all muddled up. My question: do you have a kick-ass desk chair that didn't cost $400? I need a recommendation. Merry Xmas, by the way. This is me up at the crack of dawn on Xmas morning, just like being a kid, but dammit, no stocking to open! Hi Ben, here is a very writerly question for you on a related subject. Unlike you, I am an early morning insomniac and can’t stay up late. So I do tend to write in the morning. However my problem is with furniture. I have a desk, but I don’t like to sit at it. I think my chair is too high or too low or too stiff or too soft, I can never figure out which. Plus, I’m still feeling snuggly at o dark thirty in the morning, so I tend to sit on the couch and type with the comp on my lap. But it’s kind of ridiculous, because I end up surrounded by printouts and notes and hardcopy things that invariably fall on the floor or get all muddled up. My question: do you have a kick-ass desk chair that didn’t cost $400? I need a recommendation. Merry Xmas, by the way. This is me up at the crack of dawn on Xmas morning, just like being a kid, but dammit, no stocking to open!

]]> By: Benjamin Parzybok http://secret.ideacog.net/2008/12/09/establishing-a-writing-routine-with-two-writers-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-1235 Benjamin Parzybok Sat, 13 Dec 2008 06:24:20 +0000 http://secret.ideacog.net/?p=391#comment-1235 Hi Kim - great, I'll check it out. Thanks Tony - I do the same thing. 1 out of 4 late nights (until about 3 is my limit I think) are fantastically productive. If I could just figure out if it were going to be such a night before hand... Hi Kim – great, I’ll check it out.

Thanks Tony – I do the same thing. 1 out of 4 late nights (until about 3 is my limit I think) are fantastically productive. If I could just figure out if it were going to be such a night before hand…

]]> By: kim http://secret.ideacog.net/2008/12/09/establishing-a-writing-routine-with-two-writers-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-1234 kim Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:06:04 +0000 http://secret.ideacog.net/?p=391#comment-1234 A friend of mine wrote a book that Laura (and maybe you!) might find interesting. It's a series of interviews with many different mother-artists (writers, illustrators, sculptors, dancers, etc.) discussing how they balance the two. It's called "The Divided Heart" by Rachel Power. A friend of mine wrote a book that Laura (and maybe you!) might find interesting. It’s a series of interviews with many different mother-artists (writers, illustrators, sculptors, dancers, etc.) discussing how they balance the two. It’s called “The Divided Heart” by Rachel Power.

]]> By: tony http://secret.ideacog.net/2008/12/09/establishing-a-writing-routine-with-two-writers-in-the-family/comment-page-1/#comment-1233 tony Thu, 11 Dec 2008 21:37:33 +0000 http://secret.ideacog.net/?p=391#comment-1233 that was an inspiring little post, ben. i'm at my creative best a couple hours before the sun rises. when i'm deep into a project, i'll be staying up until 2 or 3am, and then setting the alarm for 5am to get in a little more time before leaving for work. i believe this is called burning the candle at both ends. that was an inspiring little post, ben. i’m at my creative best a couple hours before the sun rises. when i’m deep into a project, i’ll be staying up until 2 or 3am, and then setting the alarm for 5am to get in a little more time before leaving for work. i believe this is called burning the candle at both ends.

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