tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3331055674238772962.post4691280776556426697..comments2023-06-23T04:39:12.578-07:00Comments on Writing Around the World with Judy M: Writing while CruisingJudy Berlyne McCroskyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18035754892313511165noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3331055674238772962.post-5627805069157437952010-11-22T14:15:49.889-08:002010-11-22T14:15:49.889-08:00I gave up writing and wanting to see my own things...I gave up writing and wanting to see my own things in print until I retired and watched soap "Port Charles" - became so intrigued with Granville Van Dusen storyline that I wrote pp. of Fan Fiction (dialogue and all) at the computer - then turned him into my own character, a German Colonel, & kept on for far too many chapters featuring him as military man studying law. I buried a couple of chapters about him in my sole self-published book (thank you, AuthorHouse)which apparently has sold 5 or 6 copies over past 10 years. Now I really write for fun - just on computer, in between reading e-mail, etc. Right now I'm rambling on about Scarlet Pimpernel's Chauvelin - what happened to him after Blakeney took him to England. Amazon.com is loaded with my successfully published cousins & my single short story collection (using an alias).Jomahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08719249196365530440noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3331055674238772962.post-79609216047786723812010-03-26T16:54:52.817-07:002010-03-26T16:54:52.817-07:00I'm delighted that you are finding writing exc...I'm delighted that you are finding writing exciting again. I find that I can't listen to talk radio or music when I'm writing. It clamours for attention and makes it hard for me to focus, yet I can write in a coffee shop where there is music, people talking and the noise of the steaming machines--in fact the energy in coffee shops feeds me. Lately, I've been writing long hand, giving myself a goal of two pages a day. It's almost as though I'm reading my story rather than writing it. Feels good!Eve Barbeauhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08572913012911430623noreply@blogger.com