tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post114234246728179641..comments2023-07-04T22:09:51.208+08:00Comments on Tropic Temper: The Downside of Being a WriterGlenda Larkehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10113271268122909969noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1143906575834544602006-04-01T23:49:00.000+08:002006-04-01T23:49:00.000+08:00Exactly anonymous. There are still authors, thank ...Exactly anonymous. There are still authors, thank god, but they're few and far between.<BR/><BR/>Yes, you and me both.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1143705460766663042006-03-30T15:57:00.000+08:002006-03-30T15:57:00.000+08:00I still have no TV. And no radio. And not much of ...I still have no TV. And no radio. And not much of anything else actually. I still live for the most part on Roti Canai and Teh Tarik (Malaysian soul food.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1143705220640960412006-03-30T15:53:00.000+08:002006-03-30T15:53:00.000+08:00Editing has to be a glam job though. Imagine readi...Editing has to be a glam job though. Imagine reading for a living. And being on a jury (Simon Cowell eat your heat out) and being _paid_ to correct someone else's mistakes. Wow.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1143705044324966892006-03-30T15:50:00.000+08:002006-03-30T15:50:00.000+08:00I won't even make it past page one if there's a si...I won't even make it past page one if there's a silly mistake in it. It just ruins the image.. it's like you want to correct it but you can't. It's like eating something really tasty, and then tasting something you shouldn't have. You're like, ew, what was that ? and then you don't want to eat any more.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1143704930121483652006-03-30T15:48:00.000+08:002006-03-30T15:48:00.000+08:00"The first is that I enjoy reading less."That's tr..."The first is that I enjoy reading less."<BR/><BR/>That's true isn't it ? You start editing the book, and you can see all the tricks in it. It's like a magician not enjoying a magic show.<BR/><BR/>Yeah, this is supposed to be a glam job. I'll try to remember that the next time lighting blows the modem, and I'm wondering where I'll get the money to replace it from.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1143552155906617282006-03-28T21:22:00.000+08:002006-03-28T21:22:00.000+08:00Is it? Aargh. Memory playing up again. And geez, I...Is it? Aargh. Memory playing up again. And geez, I'm not even senile yet. What am I going to be like then? <BR/><BR/>Anghara - this is supposed to be a glam job?Glenda Larkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10113271268122909969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1143493267300905862006-03-28T05:01:00.000+08:002006-03-28T05:01:00.000+08:00Um.. that quote :"I love deadlines. I love the sou...Um.. that quote :<BR/><BR/>"I love deadlines. I love the sound of them whooshing past."<BR/><BR/>is usually attributed to Douglas Adams :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1143493060973777202006-03-28T04:57:00.000+08:002006-03-28T04:57:00.000+08:00We must be stupid. There's no other explanation fo...We must be stupid. There's no other explanation for it :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1143092411077483682006-03-23T13:40:00.000+08:002006-03-23T13:40:00.000+08:00Try doing book reviews, and then get onto a jury f...Try doing book reviews, and then get onto a jury for an award, and all of a sudden you have a reading pile THIS big, and you have a copy edit to go through and a new book to write and a tax bill has just wiped out your bank account to all intents and purposes...<BR/><BR/>Sometimes I wonder WHY I thought this was such a glam job (but then I remember that I wouldn't trade it... if only I could figure out this tax catastrophe...)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1142421539067225892006-03-15T19:18:00.000+08:002006-03-15T19:18:00.000+08:00I find though, if the book is really good, that I ...I find though, if the book is really good, that I lose my critical eye by about page 30.Bernitahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05264585685253812090noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22066416.post-1142381254869973012006-03-15T08:07:00.000+08:002006-03-15T08:07:00.000+08:00I know exactly what you mean. For me, the decrease...I know exactly what you mean. For me, the decrease in my reading is a combination of now writing, and fallout of having had the bookshop. I read so much during those years, literally thousands of books, that I think I did burnout. Not what I expected! And now of course, with a very few exceptions, my reading is clouded by analysis/criticism of the story in hand.<BR/><BR/>I think that's one reason why I tend to relax with more tv drama now than read when I want to be entertained. It's still stories, but it's a different medium and it uses my brain/eyes differently so it's not so much hard work.<BR/><BR/>I guess it's a trade off, really. When you start doing something professionally that once was purely pleasure, you do lose ... innocence? It changes. I think it's worth it, still, because there are still authors I can read that leave the Inner Editor snoozing.<BR/><BR/>But I know what you mean about the deadlines!!!! Hard to shake the guilt to amuse yourself when that date is looming.<BR/><BR/>And speaking of which ... I have to get to work!!!<BR/><BR/>KarenAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com