tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771384116306244330.post461972214197169929..comments2023-11-03T10:54:12.121-04:00Comments on This Is Not My Day Job: The Cake-Novel ConnectionUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771384116306244330.post-4428317260994793722010-02-21T10:06:09.974-05:002010-02-21T10:06:09.974-05:00I love to bake, craft and recently dabble at writi...I love to bake, craft and recently dabble at writing. <br />Baking I can do, blindfolded almost, I can whip up stuff with out a recipe and create my own masterpiece.<br />Where I want to do well, I am struggling. I started reading the book, "The Artist Way" by Julia<br />Cameron. I am writing the morning pages and making art dates and feel a shift. A small tilt, but nether the lessEllahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06070952447277684613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771384116306244330.post-88221780130668480912010-02-17T07:29:25.773-05:002010-02-17T07:29:25.773-05:00Shelley, I'm glad I'm not alone. Great att...Shelley, I'm glad I'm not alone. Great attitude about the editing! I think one of the things I need to work on is my editing - I never really had to edit in school, and it's hard for me to get used to needing extensive edits on my fiction.<br /><br />Donna, glad to hear I helped in some small way! We're all in this crazy writing business together... So, do you prefer dutch apple Guineverehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058786129073896210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771384116306244330.post-71403128649185371642010-02-17T04:03:42.748-05:002010-02-17T04:03:42.748-05:00Nice post, Genevieve, but you've made me hungr...Nice post, Genevieve, but you've made me hungry and I've eaten all the home baked food in my house!Ellen Brickleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01184391430927483100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771384116306244330.post-7210250602288865092010-02-17T00:45:09.143-05:002010-02-17T00:45:09.143-05:00Those cookies are making me hungry! I love to bak...Those cookies are making me hungry! I love to bake. As in four times a week or so. I did a flourless chocolate torte the other day and am still munching on it. <br /><br />And I hate sewing too. There's a great line from the English patient. "A woman should never learn to sew and if she can she should never admit to it."Stephanie Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17437077559099315853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771384116306244330.post-85012028639732287132010-02-17T00:14:55.881-05:002010-02-17T00:14:55.881-05:00Oops; who knew the damage your fingers could cause...Oops; who knew the damage your fingers could cause when they miss home row. I'll try again.<br /><br />I've been down on my writing for so long I don't remember what put me there. Maybe it was the endless revisions that didn't seem to be making the story any more marketable. Maybe it was the endless reminders on Agent blogs that a new author is more likely to get hit by dolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771384116306244330.post-23728330932696453392010-02-17T00:09:43.558-05:002010-02-17T00:09:43.558-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.dolorahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08715849844092553699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771384116306244330.post-803609589330557722010-02-16T21:53:07.789-05:002010-02-16T21:53:07.789-05:00Great post today! I love baked goods, especially ...Great post today! I love baked goods, especially brownies.<br /><br />I can relate with your writing experience. I always put a ton of time and energy into my manuscripts, and when I find out that they're not good, or even just all right, I feel like I got cheated somehow. I mean, doesn't hard work = goal achieved? It didn't make sense to me.<br /><br />But writing is something Shelley Slyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07981620646634240160noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771384116306244330.post-26022928651576629992010-02-16T21:43:23.016-05:002010-02-16T21:43:23.016-05:00Jen, I'm glad the cookies enticed you in. ;) T...Jen, I'm glad the cookies enticed you in. ;) The TV is a big distraction for me too... I'm so tired after work that it's easy to let it lull me into complacency when I should focus on the novel!<br /><br />Ooh, Summer, oatmeal cookies... I haven't had those in ages. I sense a weekend baking project. It's easy for me to feel down about my writing too -- sometimes it just gets Guineverehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10058786129073896210noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771384116306244330.post-49461009135796570712010-02-16T21:09:46.328-05:002010-02-16T21:09:46.328-05:00My favorite baked goods are probably either browni...My favorite baked goods are probably either brownies or the oatmeal cookies a friend of my family from NC used to make whenever we came over...Something about the altitude made them perfect. Still can't get mine as good as hers!<br /><br />It's easy for me to feel down about my writing, but usually when I try to hold myself to too strict a guideline will it all start to fall apart. I got Summer Freyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04234534550255682010noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2771384116306244330.post-45802284679016781442010-02-16T19:59:07.679-05:002010-02-16T19:59:07.679-05:00I saw the chocolate chip cookies and I had to stop...I saw the chocolate chip cookies and I had to stop and read this blog before any others... chocolate chip cookies (homemade) are the best... warm and gooey fresh out of the oven... oh my yumminess!!!<br /><br />Okay but since we are talking about writing I would say that often too much TV time or not a lot of hubby time blocks me from my writing, but I find that some good tunes, and talking with Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03667521490706435608noreply@blogger.com