tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post388129246521235447..comments2024-03-10T04:29:20.044-04:00Comments on Mad Genius Club: Weird WritingSarah A. Hoythttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17478124095732219352noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-7720235852003049492010-11-20T00:29:51.537-05:002010-11-20T00:29:51.537-05:00Painting walls and ironing are my most "profi...Painting walls and ironing are my most "profitable" opportunities, writing wise.<br /><br />I used to love being driven around at night (not driving because that gets hairy) but since my night vision went, I just fall asleep instead of plotting.Sarah A. Hoythttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17478124095732219352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-78909680610005409262010-11-19T20:25:31.261-05:002010-11-19T20:25:31.261-05:00Hi, Chris L. I can really picture being on the bac...Hi, Chris L. I can really picture being on the back of that ute:) I've gone my fair share of working with drill rigs (mostly for contaminated land work, not geology or site investigation).<br /><br />Travelling really does lend itself to ferment in the brain, doesn't it? Something about it is exciting for you and ideas and story at the same time. <br /><br /><br />Hotel rooms....grrr. Gives me a cold shiver. I've seen way too many!Chris McMahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883058490702361466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-48220028491918834932010-11-19T20:22:22.316-05:002010-11-19T20:22:22.316-05:00Hi, Jim. That tent experience really does sound in...Hi, Jim. That tent experience really does sound interesting - a real juxtaposition.<br /><br />I know what you mean about time. Why can't someone invest a machine that gives you extra time - a real time machine!<br /><br />Pretty much for me too - some sort of Spec Fic, whether its movies, series or books - that's what really gets me into the mood.Chris McMahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883058490702361466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-31664438698234296602010-11-19T17:07:34.042-05:002010-11-19T17:07:34.042-05:00Hi Chris,
I've written in all kinds of desert...Hi Chris,<br /><br />I've written in all kinds of deserts and hotel rooms around the place. <br /><br />Once I wrote a short story in the back of a ute parked next to a drill rig. I reckon if you can write with that kind of racket going on, you can write pretty-much anywhere.<br /><br />Back when I was traveling a lot (and hating the conference scene where everyone is always trying to schmooze up to someone better connected) I'd retire to my hotel room and just write. <br /><br />But I actually found it was more productive for me to store up my ideas while I was traveling. Just let them stew a little, and then unleash then onto paper when I got back home.Chris Largehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14515115955119082498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-34790235872444822872010-11-19T16:59:08.303-05:002010-11-19T16:59:08.303-05:00The weirdest place I've ever written is probab...The weirdest place I've ever written is probably at the Breast Cancer 3-Day in the tent with the foot massage machines. Doing a battle scene while surrounded by all of that happiness is a feeling that has to be experienced to be believed.<br /><br />As far as what gets me in the mood to write, it's basically just having a decent amount of time to do so. I've always got something I should be working on and I WANT to be working on, but when to do it can frequently be a problem.<br /><br />Favorite toy to get me in the mood to write...hmmm...<br /><br />A good book to inspire me I guess.Jim McCoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12524898692671838600noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-51558989998805928492010-11-19T16:37:06.316-05:002010-11-19T16:37:06.316-05:00Hi, Matapam. All three sound great.
Maybe the fut...Hi, Matapam. All three sound great.<br /><br />Maybe the future Earth crew finally awaken to find they are actually now aliens in their own time? And they release the Neanderthal (who they have raised) girl into high school? Sorry, can't help myself sometimes.<br /><br />So who are the good guys in your WWI scenario? The werewolves or the space aliens?Chris McMahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883058490702361466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-17495939172163567692010-11-19T16:33:43.424-05:002010-11-19T16:33:43.424-05:00Hi, Carlos. I know where you are coming from. I mu...Hi, Carlos. I know where you are coming from. I must admit I struggle to reach that sometimes. For various periods I have pushed myself on without feeling that, but I think the writing suffers.<br /><br />Nice one.Chris McMahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883058490702361466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-47334961315467708902010-11-19T16:32:22.763-05:002010-11-19T16:32:22.763-05:00Hi, Rita. Hey I love the charcoal on the tailboard...Hi, Rita. Hey I love the charcoal on the tailboard! That's getting back to basics. I can see echoes there of the Neanderthals trying out a few bison on the cave walls and leaving their signature.<br /><br />Writing in the dark like that shows real dedication. How did in look in the light of day? I have to really concentrate to make my writing legible, I think writing in the dark like that without actually seeing what I was writing would be a bit of a disaster for me:)Chris McMahonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17883058490702361466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-25614787798501069672010-11-19T09:24:58.448-05:002010-11-19T09:24:58.448-05:00I don’t seem to get into weird places, these days....I don’t seem to get into weird places, these days. <br /><br />Other than my mind.<br /><br />In there, the weirdest was probably the Trans-mat accident that dumped three asteroid miners and a green-as-grass doctor in the mid-Pleistocene. Having cured old age, they decide to hide under the Antarctic ice until they get back to their own time. Of course, they’ve got to get everything from the Trans-mat from Europe to the Antarctic. And saving the Neanderthal lass from the dire wolves may have already changed time.<br /><br />Or maybe the girl-raised-by-aliens who was released to the Wilds – AKA a suburban highschool.<br /><br />Or WWI with werewolves and space aliens . . .MataPamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11128604732495114033noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-76992707461979635212010-11-19T03:14:25.290-05:002010-11-19T03:14:25.290-05:00Just the feeling of hope.Just the feeling of hope.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11313342736816089013noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4940224740718934743.post-87539160321801353762010-11-19T01:07:54.374-05:002010-11-19T01:07:54.374-05:00Notes written with charcoal on the tailboard of a ...Notes written with charcoal on the tailboard of a Landcruiser, while camping. Notes scribbled in the dark, a power outage, measuring down the page with my fingers.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00505483687054513944noreply@blogger.com