tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post8158822291064434182..comments2023-12-31T20:43:08.499-05:00Comments on THE STILETTO GANG: Writing Through The Dark… Or NotUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-88173751350841207712021-02-27T18:45:38.385-05:002021-02-27T18:45:38.385-05:00Your post is calling my name, Cathy. I've been...Your post is calling my name, Cathy. I've been stressing over how to end the "covid-novel" I've been writing for a year. Finally, this morning, I resolved to de-stress and get it done. It's taken me all day, but I've emerged victorious, thanks, in part, to your advice.Saralynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17484871081463184438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-7274848226589710642021-02-22T13:19:51.370-05:002021-02-22T13:19:51.370-05:00What helps me to keep writing is to work on severa...What helps me to keep writing is to work on several projects at once. If I get stuck on one, I can turn to another. This way I'm not staring at my screen waiting for something to happen. Thanks, Cathy. Great postKathleen Kaskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16500241341014235792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-74249957765101815062021-02-22T13:19:43.998-05:002021-02-22T13:19:43.998-05:00What helps me to keep writing is to work on severa...What helps me to keep writing is to work on several projects at once. If I get stuck on one, I can turn to another. This way I'm not staring at my screen waiting for something to happen. Thanks, Cathy. Great postKathleen Kaskahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16500241341014235792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-56921534430222254252021-02-18T19:45:34.192-05:002021-02-18T19:45:34.192-05:00I hope it sparks ideas for you! I found some media...I hope it sparks ideas for you! I found some mediation apps that I’m looking forward to trying.CathyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671747592743029540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-37099328166677896232021-02-18T19:44:18.669-05:002021-02-18T19:44:18.669-05:00And then you get to the end of the day and wonder ...And then you get to the end of the day and wonder where it went!CathyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671747592743029540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-54389625385997055982021-02-18T19:43:07.030-05:002021-02-18T19:43:07.030-05:00Here’s to sunny days to come!Here’s to sunny days to come!CathyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671747592743029540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-37868575943787622052021-02-18T19:42:31.728-05:002021-02-18T19:42:31.728-05:00Thanks, Lynn! Now to put action together with thos...Thanks, Lynn! Now to put action together with those words!CathyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671747592743029540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-86594926430456702552021-02-18T19:41:56.550-05:002021-02-18T19:41:56.550-05:00I’m embarrassed to admit how little I wrote last y...I’m embarrassed to admit how little I wrote last year. Acknowledgement or acceptance- aren’t those key first steps to overcoming the challenge?CathyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671747592743029540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-36207705250850227202021-02-18T19:40:02.620-05:002021-02-18T19:40:02.620-05:00Thanks Barbara. I’ve resolved to try all 5!Thanks Barbara. I’ve resolved to try all 5!CathyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671747592743029540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-37286706944509831822021-02-18T19:39:18.908-05:002021-02-18T19:39:18.908-05:00I also looked sideways at that term, but apparentl...I also looked sideways at that term, but apparently it works for some people.CathyPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04671747592743029540noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-60569833730654497512021-02-18T16:33:15.594-05:002021-02-18T16:33:15.594-05:00I really needed this advice today, Cathy. Thanks f...I really needed this advice today, Cathy. Thanks for putting many of my unnamed thoughts into words.Saralynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17484871081463184438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-75607878299912660252021-02-18T16:26:50.322-05:002021-02-18T16:26:50.322-05:00Are you sure you weren't at my house when you ...Are you sure you weren't at my house when you wrote this. I keep saying I need to do the stress release items you list (walk, read, meditate...sleep), but so many other things get in the way of not only those things, but also of BICHOK. Oh well......Debra H. Goldsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17533446284471717884noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-60180171221137971962021-02-18T15:15:49.184-05:002021-02-18T15:15:49.184-05:00Cathy, such a marvelous article. You nailed it, my...Cathy, such a marvelous article. You nailed it, my friend! I checked to all of the above! You should have called me. I was up at 3 a.m. too. We could have marked off that social isolation xoDonnell Ann Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943037206984648849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-65553008369068415452021-02-18T13:32:12.749-05:002021-02-18T13:32:12.749-05:00Great advice!Great advice!Lynn McPhersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12035431926823330208noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-1745677701447584892021-02-18T13:31:55.453-05:002021-02-18T13:31:55.453-05:00Cathy, you've described life at present for so...Cathy, you've described life at present for so many of us, including me. Writing has never been as difficult as it has been over the past year. Number 5 on your list is my saving grace. Counting blessings every day, and making sure my B is IC and my H are OK.Gay Yellenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03563945979041377280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-87513823238728136722021-02-18T12:27:22.678-05:002021-02-18T12:27:22.678-05:00Those tips are 5 to live by, Cathy, for writers an...Those tips are 5 to live by, Cathy, for writers and for all. Great post.Barbara Kylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06758956939024738808noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1025201337316610324.post-45991717553469784562021-02-18T12:16:37.924-05:002021-02-18T12:16:37.924-05:00"Creative insomnia" is a new one for me...."Creative insomnia" is a new one for me. Thank you for these ideas, Cathy. I hope they get that drunken hussy muse to visit!Shari Randallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16425493627354028820noreply@blogger.com