Facebook flog - Dec 6 2013

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Link: Dec 6 2013, 1:52
Disclaimer: This blog entry is verbatim, as originally posted on LKH's Facebook. Copyright belongs to Ma Petite Enterprises.

"When I feel difficulty coming on, I switch to another book I'm writing. When I get back to the problem, my unconscious has solved it." - Isaac Asimov

And then there comes the moment when deadlines and life combine to make you need something less art and more craft.

"There's nothing to writing. All you do is sit down at a typewriter and open a vein." - Red Smith

Somedays are a "let my unconscious work on it" day, and some are "open a vein" days. Sadly today is the latter, not the former, but the writing gets done either way.



Link: Dec 6 2013, 7:02

Thank you so much for all the offers to work for me. It's very flattering, really appreciate it, but my PA is fabulous, so that's not the position. Sometimes throwing more person-power at a problem isn't the answer, so we'll try something else. Thanks for everyone who sent in resumes, or links to their websites, but there is no position to fill. Again, thanks for all the interest, but I think we've decided that more hands, do not light work make.

Comments

[lliira (from livejournal.com)]

1) I had to look up Red Smith. He was a sports writer. I hope he meant that quote in jest, because it is ridiculous for any writer (except possibly Kafka), but more so for a sports writer.

2) Why not try writing? It's much easier.

[lythinae.livejournal.com]

I googled and found this - http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/09/14/writing-bleed/ (http://quoteinvestigator.com/2011/09/14/writing-bleed/). Does appear that Smith was being sarcastic.