tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post6103060173716231340..comments2024-03-13T11:39:45.860-07:00Comments on Blood, Sweat, and Tedium: Confessions of a Hollywood Juicer: New VoicesMichael Taylorhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02569781786039595929noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-13657659920070900522013-03-12T17:13:10.696-07:002013-03-12T17:13:10.696-07:00Ed --
Someone a lot smarter than I am once said &...Ed --<br /><br />Someone a lot smarter than I am once said "you can't push a string." That's what writing is like for me -- I can't push the process too hard without losing touch with the muse, and no good will come of that.<br /><br />Between the demands of full-time work, a knock-out siege of illness, and a death in the family, things have been jammed recently, leaving me neither the time nor energy to work on the book. Posts are easy compared to the book -- and a good post never comes easy -- so the best I can do right now is an occasional post when the spirit moves. <br /><br />I can tell you three things with certainty, though:<br /><br />1) The book will come when it comes, and not one day sooner. <br /><br />2) I appreciate your interest, but asking "how the book is coming" will not speed up the process.<br /><br />3) I'm a slow writer. No matter what happens, this project won't be completed anytime soon, so don't hold your breath.<br /><br />When there's something to report, you'll read about it here. Until then -- in the words of Kurt Vonnegut -- "concentrate on the good, and ignore the bad."<br /><br />Michael Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02569781786039595929noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8078779326914378322.post-41950401602883369692013-03-10T16:49:08.428-07:002013-03-10T16:49:08.428-07:00Howdy,
A very nice post as always and I am happy ...Howdy,<br /><br />A very nice post as always and I am happy to see you are still posting. But here is where I say to you and my self, "how is the book coming?"<br /><br />I now realize how hard it is to write consistently to a deadline, even if the deadline is to myself.<br /><br />But, how is the book coming?Ed (sloweddi)noreply@blogger.com