Comments on: Of Ticking Time http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2Ffeeder%2F%3FFeederAction%3Dclicked%26amp%3Bfeed%3DArticles%2B%2528RSS2%2529%26amp%3Bseed%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.spiralskies.com%252F2007%252F11%252F13%252Fof-ticking-time%252F%2523comment-%26amp%3Bseed_title%3DOf%2BTicking%2BTime&seed_title=Of+Ticking+Time The ups and downs of a gonna-be writer. Life, embellished and exaggerated. I even make stuff up... Wed, 08 Sep 2010 05:38:31 -0400 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: Jen http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2Ffeeder%2F%3FFeederAction%3Dclicked%26amp%3Bfeed%3DArticles%2B%2528RSS2%2529%26amp%3Bseed%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.spiralskies.com%252F2007%252F11%252F13%252Fof-ticking-time%252F%2523comment-6052%26amp%3Bseed_title%3DOf%2BTicking%2BTime&seed_title=Of+Ticking+Time/comment-page-1/#comment-6052 Jen Fri, 16 Nov 2007 09:30:07 +0000 http://www.spiralskies.com/2007/11/13/of-ticking-time/#comment-6052 KW - it kind of feels as if you own the world when you start the day before everyone else. Good luck with the PhD - warm slippers will help. Lucy - there's quite a big difference between choosing to get up early and being forced to. Luckily, my baby days are so long ago now that I've wiped the broken sleep from my mind. Jude - Serious, that's it! Not mad at all... Mya - you have hit the nail on its scientific noggin. Thank you! Zinnia - ZOOM! The things we do in the name of writing eh? Fiona - not the clicky hand thing, pur-lease. Middle aged teenager, I like the sound of that and may be forced to steal it. :) KW – it kind of feels as if you own the world when you start the day before everyone else. Good luck with the PhD – warm slippers will help.

Lucy – there’s quite a big difference between choosing to get up early and being forced to. Luckily, my baby days are so long ago now that I’ve wiped the broken sleep from my mind.

Jude – Serious, that’s it! Not mad at all…

Mya – you have hit the nail on its scientific noggin. Thank you!

Zinnia – ZOOM! The things we do in the name of writing eh?

Fiona – not the clicky hand thing, pur-lease. Middle aged teenager, I like the sound of that and may be forced to steal it. :)

]]> By: Fiona http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2Ffeeder%2F%3FFeederAction%3Dclicked%26amp%3Bfeed%3DArticles%2B%2528RSS2%2529%26amp%3Bseed%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.spiralskies.com%252F2007%252F11%252F13%252Fof-ticking-time%252F%2523comment-6024%26amp%3Bseed_title%3DOf%2BTicking%2BTime&seed_title=Of+Ticking+Time/comment-page-1/#comment-6024 Fiona Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:06:04 +0000 http://www.spiralskies.com/2007/11/13/of-ticking-time/#comment-6024 Awesome! Oh, God, sorry. I am turning into a middle aged teenager. I will be doing the clicky hand thing as perfected by your sons - and mine - soon. Truly, though, writting at 5.30am is true dedication and you will have that fab novel finished by the end of the year. See your dog wants you to do it too! Awesome! Oh, God, sorry. I am turning into a middle aged teenager. I will be doing the clicky hand thing as perfected by your sons – and mine – soon.

Truly, though, writting at 5.30am is true dedication and you will have that fab novel finished by the end of the year.

See your dog wants you to do it too!

]]> By: Zinnia Cyclamen http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2Ffeeder%2F%3FFeederAction%3Dclicked%26amp%3Bfeed%3DArticles%2B%2528RSS2%2529%26amp%3Bseed%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.spiralskies.com%252F2007%252F11%252F13%252Fof-ticking-time%252F%2523comment-6022%26amp%3Bseed_title%3DOf%2BTicking%2BTime&seed_title=Of+Ticking+Time/comment-page-1/#comment-6022 Zinnia Cyclamen Thu, 15 Nov 2007 17:33:42 +0000 http://www.spiralskies.com/2007/11/13/of-ticking-time/#comment-6022 Go, Jen, go! You can do it! Go, Jen, go! You can do it!

]]> By: Mya http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2Ffeeder%2F%3FFeederAction%3Dclicked%26amp%3Bfeed%3DArticles%2B%2528RSS2%2529%26amp%3Bseed%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.spiralskies.com%252F2007%252F11%252F13%252Fof-ticking-time%252F%2523comment-6021%26amp%3Bseed_title%3DOf%2BTicking%2BTime&seed_title=Of+Ticking+Time/comment-page-1/#comment-6021 Mya Thu, 15 Nov 2007 15:26:08 +0000 http://www.spiralskies.com/2007/11/13/of-ticking-time/#comment-6021 Yay Jen! 600 words before brekker is absolutely blimmin' wonderful. The morning is the best time to write, it's scientifically proven. Night time is the best time for eating, making music and sh*****g, of course! So, keep it up, and you'll have that pesky novel nailed in no time. Mya x Yay Jen!
600 words before brekker is absolutely blimmin’ wonderful. The morning is the best time to write, it’s scientifically proven. Night time is the best time for eating, making music and sh*****g, of course!
So, keep it up, and you’ll have that pesky novel nailed in no time.

Mya x

]]> By: Jude http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2Ffeeder%2F%3FFeederAction%3Dclicked%26amp%3Bfeed%3DArticles%2B%2528RSS2%2529%26amp%3Bseed%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.spiralskies.com%252F2007%252F11%252F13%252Fof-ticking-time%252F%2523comment-6018%26amp%3Bseed_title%3DOf%2BTicking%2BTime&seed_title=Of+Ticking+Time/comment-page-1/#comment-6018 Jude Thu, 15 Nov 2007 12:03:30 +0000 http://www.spiralskies.com/2007/11/13/of-ticking-time/#comment-6018 I think it's a writerly right of passage to get up at dawn, stumble towards the computer and sit, blinking into the darkness, waiting for the sun to come up. If nothing else, it proves you're really serious about what you're doing. So well done you! Keep it up! I think it’s a writerly right of passage to get up at dawn, stumble towards the computer and sit, blinking into the darkness, waiting for the sun to come up. If nothing else, it proves you’re really serious about what you’re doing. So well done you! Keep it up!

]]> By: Lucy Diamond http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2Ffeeder%2F%3FFeederAction%3Dclicked%26amp%3Bfeed%3DArticles%2B%2528RSS2%2529%26amp%3Bseed%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.spiralskies.com%252F2007%252F11%252F13%252Fof-ticking-time%252F%2523comment-6014%26amp%3Bseed_title%3DOf%2BTicking%2BTime&seed_title=Of+Ticking+Time/comment-page-1/#comment-6014 Lucy Diamond Thu, 15 Nov 2007 11:17:25 +0000 http://www.spiralskies.com/2007/11/13/of-ticking-time/#comment-6014 Jen!!! I am so impressed. I have heard this time of day is great for writing but sadly I just cannot bear to get out of bed when the kids are still asleep...I think the baby years of broken nights are still recent enough that nothing but nothing can drag me out of bed unless it's a child demanding breakfast... Good for you, though. Keep it up! Jen!!! I am so impressed. I have heard this time of day is great for writing but sadly I just cannot bear to get out of bed when the kids are still asleep…I think the baby years of broken nights are still recent enough that nothing but nothing can drag me out of bed unless it’s a child demanding breakfast…
Good for you, though. Keep it up!

]]> By: Kitchen Witch http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2Ffeeder%2F%3FFeederAction%3Dclicked%26amp%3Bfeed%3DArticles%2B%2528RSS2%2529%26amp%3Bseed%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.spiralskies.com%252F2007%252F11%252F13%252Fof-ticking-time%252F%2523comment-6011%26amp%3Bseed_title%3DOf%2BTicking%2BTime&seed_title=Of+Ticking+Time/comment-page-1/#comment-6011 Kitchen Witch Thu, 15 Nov 2007 10:08:22 +0000 http://www.spiralskies.com/2007/11/13/of-ticking-time/#comment-6011 There can be something nice about being up early, though, before the world is really awake, particularly if you can spend an hour or so somewhere warm, with pyjamas on. I shall be doing some of this myself - PhD needs must - so I'll be thinking of you...! There can be something nice about being up early, though, before the world is really awake, particularly if you can spend an hour or so somewhere warm, with pyjamas on. I shall be doing some of this myself – PhD needs must – so I’ll be thinking of you…!

]]> By: Jen http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2Ffeeder%2F%3FFeederAction%3Dclicked%26amp%3Bfeed%3DArticles%2B%2528RSS2%2529%26amp%3Bseed%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.spiralskies.com%252F2007%252F11%252F13%252Fof-ticking-time%252F%2523comment-6004%26amp%3Bseed_title%3DOf%2BTicking%2BTime&seed_title=Of+Ticking+Time/comment-page-1/#comment-6004 Jen Thu, 15 Nov 2007 06:12:48 +0000 http://www.spiralskies.com/2007/11/13/of-ticking-time/#comment-6004 Breezy - Bless you for noticing. Getting up before six isn't too bad - at least my senses are too dulled to realise how completely bloomin freezing it is. Must learn how to use the central heating timer! Breezy – Bless you for noticing. Getting up before six isn’t too bad – at least my senses are too dulled to realise how completely bloomin freezing it is. Must learn how to use the central heating timer!

]]> By: Breezy http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2Ffeeder%2F%3FFeederAction%3Dclicked%26amp%3Bfeed%3DArticles%2B%2528RSS2%2529%26amp%3Bseed%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.spiralskies.com%252F2007%252F11%252F13%252Fof-ticking-time%252F%2523comment-5984%26amp%3Bseed_title%3DOf%2BTicking%2BTime&seed_title=Of+Ticking+Time/comment-page-1/#comment-5984 Breezy Wed, 14 Nov 2007 21:15:07 +0000 http://www.spiralskies.com/2007/11/13/of-ticking-time/#comment-5984 Well you've gone up a whole 3% since last time I looked. I am in awe of 59,000 words and not just any old words either. I'm even more in awe of getting up at six. Well you’ve gone up a whole 3% since last time I looked. I am in awe of 59,000 words and not just any old words either. I’m even more in awe of getting up at six.

]]> By: Jen http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2Ffeeder%2F%3FFeederAction%3Dclicked%26amp%3Bfeed%3DArticles%2B%2528RSS2%2529%26amp%3Bseed%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.spiralskies.com%252F2007%252F11%252F13%252Fof-ticking-time%252F%2523comment-5976%26amp%3Bseed_title%3DOf%2BTicking%2BTime&seed_title=Of+Ticking+Time/comment-page-1/#comment-5976 Jen Wed, 14 Nov 2007 18:45:46 +0000 http://www.spiralskies.com/2007/11/13/of-ticking-time/#comment-5976 Carol - oddly, it all seems a depressingly long way off yet... Lane - Ta! It is, of course, probably a sign of madness. Hedgwizard - Not written any more? Shock horror! Not that about "only" non-fic. A book's a book, innit? Get writing before I steal your raspberries. Helen - two days in a row so far but I can feel myself flagging. Doing ANYTHING before 6 in the morning should be illegal. Carol – oddly, it all seems a depressingly long way off yet…

Lane – Ta! It is, of course, probably a sign of madness.

Hedgwizard – Not written any more? Shock horror! Not that about “only” non-fic. A book’s a book, innit? Get writing before I steal your raspberries.

Helen – two days in a row so far but I can feel myself flagging. Doing ANYTHING before 6 in the morning should be illegal.

]]> By: Helen http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2Ffeeder%2F%3FFeederAction%3Dclicked%26amp%3Bfeed%3DArticles%2B%2528RSS2%2529%26amp%3Bseed%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.spiralskies.com%252F2007%252F11%252F13%252Fof-ticking-time%252F%2523comment-5971%26amp%3Bseed_title%3DOf%2BTicking%2BTime&seed_title=Of+Ticking+Time/comment-page-1/#comment-5971 Helen Wed, 14 Nov 2007 14:33:59 +0000 http://www.spiralskies.com/2007/11/13/of-ticking-time/#comment-5971 Brilliant work Jen! Very impressed, 600 words before breakfast! Brilliant work Jen! Very impressed, 600 words before breakfast!

]]> By: hedgewizard http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2Ffeeder%2F%3FFeederAction%3Dclicked%26amp%3Bfeed%3DArticles%2B%2528RSS2%2529%26amp%3Bseed%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.spiralskies.com%252F2007%252F11%252F13%252Fof-ticking-time%252F%2523comment-5963%26amp%3Bseed_title%3DOf%2BTicking%2BTime&seed_title=Of+Ticking+Time/comment-page-1/#comment-5963 hedgewizard Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:12:54 +0000 http://www.spiralskies.com/2007/11/13/of-ticking-time/#comment-5963 I'm most impressed. Be it known that although I've been pootling along with the contract negotiations for my book, I've *whispers* not written any more of it since the sample chapter. And is only a non-fic too! Tee-hee! I’m most impressed. Be it known that although I’ve been pootling along with the contract negotiations for my book, I’ve *whispers* not written any more of it since the sample chapter. And is only a non-fic too! Tee-hee!

]]> By: Lane http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2Ffeeder%2F%3FFeederAction%3Dclicked%26amp%3Bfeed%3DArticles%2B%2528RSS2%2529%26amp%3Bseed%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.spiralskies.com%252F2007%252F11%252F13%252Fof-ticking-time%252F%2523comment-5962%26amp%3Bseed_title%3DOf%2BTicking%2BTime&seed_title=Of+Ticking+Time/comment-page-1/#comment-5962 Lane Wed, 14 Nov 2007 10:05:38 +0000 http://www.spiralskies.com/2007/11/13/of-ticking-time/#comment-5962 ‘600 words before brek’s not bad‘.

I think it’s flipping brilliant. Bravo and keep going!
x

]]> By: Carol http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2Ffeeder%2F%3FFeederAction%3Dclicked%26amp%3Bfeed%3DArticles%2B%2528RSS2%2529%26amp%3Bseed%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.spiralskies.com%252F2007%252F11%252F13%252Fof-ticking-time%252F%2523comment-5960%26amp%3Bseed_title%3DOf%2BTicking%2BTime&seed_title=Of+Ticking+Time/comment-page-1/#comment-5960 Carol Wed, 14 Nov 2007 08:46:20 +0000 http://www.spiralskies.com/2007/11/13/of-ticking-time/#comment-5960 Just think how great you will feel once it's written and those early mornings are behind you !! Keep going.....you can do it!! C x Just think how great you will feel once it’s written and those early mornings are behind you !!

Keep going…..you can do it!!

C x

]]> By: Jen http://www.spiralskies.com/feeder/?FeederAction=clicked&feed=Articles+%28RSS2%29&seed=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.spiralskies.com%2Ffeeder%2F%3FFeederAction%3Dclicked%26amp%3Bfeed%3DArticles%2B%2528RSS2%2529%26amp%3Bseed%3Dhttp%253A%252F%252Fwww.spiralskies.com%252F2007%252F11%252F13%252Fof-ticking-time%252F%2523comment-5956%26amp%3Bseed_title%3DOf%2BTicking%2BTime&seed_title=Of+Ticking+Time/comment-page-1/#comment-5956 Jen Wed, 14 Nov 2007 06:10:09 +0000 http://www.spiralskies.com/2007/11/13/of-ticking-time/#comment-5956 Ugh, Caroline, if only that cartoon weren't so true eh? Karen - Your way sounds far more fun than the decaff coffee I'm currently clutching. Scotch it is then. JJ - I am, I am, see? :) X Ugh, Caroline, if only that cartoon weren’t so true eh?

Karen – Your way sounds far more fun than the decaff coffee I’m currently clutching. Scotch it is then.

JJ – I am, I am, see? :)

X

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