tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346342302493340408.post472076021538622854..comments2011-09-13T20:13:39.032-05:00Comments on Acedog's Scribbles & Bits: Some Thoughts on Writing Near the End of My VacationAcedoghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10871569247417160945noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346342302493340408.post-10299351566293083342009-06-14T15:39:27.175-05:002009-06-14T15:39:27.175-05:00I couldn't agree with this post more. I think...I couldn't agree with this post more. I think for many of us, writing is what we do, as breathing is what we do, and yet for many of us, too, and I have a feeling you're in this category with me, it's not simply the financial responsibilities in terms of our "jobs" but it's also that our jobs, well-done, give us a different kind of pleasure. We are "doing good" in a way that writing is a different kind of "doing good". I don't think I could give up teaching. I used to think I could. I don't think I'd want to. Truly. But I also love to write. But maybe not enough to knuckle down in the "I MUST BE PUBLISHED" kind of way, if that makes sense. I'm still trying to find balance in life.<br /><br />I kind of stink at that.Jenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02362687820368214420noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8346342302493340408.post-69901792969955965952009-06-13T21:26:40.570-05:002009-06-13T21:26:40.570-05:00Knuckle down always sounds so clenched; the antith...<i>Knuckle down</i> always sounds so clenched; the antithesis of the inventive spirit needed to write a novel. Interesting that in this idea you've found a path between the harsh discipline and the dreamy, nebulous (hard to pin down) aspects of creative effort.annohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05102616203481686227noreply@blogger.com