tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post6119056989384024647..comments2024-01-12T00:00:04.996-05:00Comments on The Paper Wait: I Need to Live Away from HomeEileen Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03147679493619958932noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-38568036319760333742011-08-21T13:34:19.861-04:002011-08-21T13:34:19.861-04:00Well, I spent the summer in Italy, which overloade...Well, I spent the summer in Italy, which overloaded me with inspiration. The trouble is how to maintain and work with that at home? I keep meaning to go for a hike and write by a stream or something, but haven't yet. <br /><br />I also did a lot more notebook, pen and paper writing in Italy, and I want to keep up that habit at home.<br /><br />So difficult! But I do believe travel refreshes the creative spirit, regardless of whether it can be maintained in exactly the same form at home.Julie Hedlundhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04477115458570906449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-51843525566094885882011-08-15T16:19:58.505-04:002011-08-15T16:19:58.505-04:00Linda: Thanks for your thoughtful comment. It insp...Linda: Thanks for your thoughtful comment. It inspired me!<br /><br />Gale: Good idea. If the rain ever stops, I'll try it. If not, maybe I'll bring a canoe. <br /><br />Robin: Thanks for your equally good advice, and for the kind words! You're a great support. <br /><br />J.A.: There's no internet connection at the beach. Yay!<br /><br />Thanks to all for taking the time to chime in.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-33529383354203356592011-08-13T14:59:29.005-04:002011-08-13T14:59:29.005-04:00I find that all I really need is a place with no i...I find that all I really need is a place with no internet connection...J.A. Palermohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18325616361174334630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-20009042464504919792011-08-13T14:33:19.214-04:002011-08-13T14:33:19.214-04:00Wow...my vacations have been quite the opposite! ...Wow...my vacations have been quite the opposite! Although I do admit to having ideas sort of free-flowing in my mind, I rarely have the time to write them down. Your vacay sounds so relaxing!<br /><br />I would second Linda A's advice and see if you can pinpoint an hour or so where you know you will have the peace and quiet you need. What about (gulp) getting up in the wee hours of the morning before everyone in your house is awake? (or after everyone has gone to bed) Dark circles are a small price to pay, lol. <br /><br />I just visited one of my "happy places" and I always get a souvenir that I can look at and sort of conjure up that more relaxed frame of mind. The wind chimes (relaxing tinkly kind) in my yard are from Cape May and sometimes just looking at them can bring up the relaxing times I've spent there. A mug...I know sounds really silly, but something to connect me to a more peaceful time or place works for me.<br /><br />Keep writing, find the time, you are too talented not to do that!!Robin Constantinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12702857007702547325noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-76160176846059704852011-08-13T08:58:04.236-04:002011-08-13T08:58:04.236-04:00When weather permits, and you have alone time, how...When weather permits, and you have alone time, how about packing up some bug spray, a folding chair and finding a quiet spot in a park?<br /><br />A lot of preconditions there, but possible sometime?Gale Sypher Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01167465000672443273noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-63171352441916056672011-08-12T21:20:16.594-04:002011-08-12T21:20:16.594-04:00J.L.,
Here's my suggestion: Take an honest loo...J.L.,<br />Here's my suggestion: Take an honest look at your day. Where do you find the most peace and quiet? Maybe you can make an appointment to spend an extra half an hour to an hour a day there. For example, maybe you could stay an extra hour at your work setting, if that's possible, assuming you have a quiet spot there. If this isn't pratical, give thanks for the quiet writing moments you do get each day and try to increase the minutes a little at a time. Take heart. It's possible that life's interruptions may inspire your next book idea and not the quiet. <br /><br />Good luck to you! Happy writing!<br /><br />Linda A.Linda A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/16517546647672781332noreply@blogger.com