Comments on: My Life http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/09/27/654/ Weblog of National Bestselling, Award-Winning Novelist Sylvia Day Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:10:31 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Diana http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/09/27/654/#comment-3662 Diana Wed, 28 Sep 2005 20:17:09 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/09/27/654/#comment-3662 I find I am a much better writer when I do get out and live. I wrote a wonderful book when I was backpacking through Oceania. I spent a year struggling to make another decent when I was living with my parents and working part time. As soon as I moved out of the house and got a job and moved to a more socially active setting, the muse came back. SHe'a party girl that one. Anais Nin managed to do quite a lot of living in between her writing. I am very happy to write, I love it, it's one of my favorite things to do, btu I do it so so SOOO much better when it isn't the only thing I do. I find I am a much better writer when I do get out and live. I wrote a wonderful book when I was backpacking through Oceania. I spent a year struggling to make another decent when I was living with my parents and working part time. As soon as I moved out of the house and got a job and moved to a more socially active setting, the muse came back. SHe’a party girl that one.

Anais Nin managed to do quite a lot of living in between her writing. I am very happy to write, I love it, it’s one of my favorite things to do, btu I do it so so SOOO much better when it isn’t the only thing I do.

]]> By: Cheyenne McCray http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/09/27/654/#comment-3661 Cheyenne McCray Wed, 28 Sep 2005 18:08:22 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/09/27/654/#comment-3661 I don't know if it's healthy, either, but writing has been my life for at least three years now. I do have a family, but outside my online community of friends, I really don't do anything other than write. I often think I should get a life, but I love to write. I get to meet all kinds of interesting people that way--in my head. :D I don’t know if it’s healthy, either, but writing has been my life for at least three years now. I do have a family, but outside my online community of friends, I really don’t do anything other than write. I often think I should get a life, but I love to write. I get to meet all kinds of interesting people that way–in my head. :D

]]> By: kacey http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/09/27/654/#comment-3660 kacey Wed, 28 Sep 2005 15:20:07 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/09/27/654/#comment-3660 normal is so over rated anyway... I do find that I have time when my life is out of balance in one way or the other. But eventually it all evens out. Still weighing heavily on the writing though. And most of my good friends are writers. I don't see that as a problem... normal is so over rated anyway… I do find that I have time when my life is out of balance in one way or the other. But eventually it all evens out. Still weighing heavily on the writing though.

And most of my good friends are writers. I don’t see that as a problem…

]]> By: Wendywoo http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/09/27/654/#comment-3659 Wendywoo Wed, 28 Sep 2005 07:41:23 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/09/27/654/#comment-3659 After a period when I didn't love writing very much, and would have been able to give it up without much regret if I could have afforded to, I'm now seriously back into it and enjoying myself. I *love* my fictional worlds, and sometimes I *really* don't want to leave them... but I do like the real world too, and my simple pleasures here in it. I think if I didn't have a balance between the two, and have plenty of time to spend just being 'a person' rather than 'a writer', I'd be total rubbish as a writer. At my age, I really need that time to *refresh* my brain!:smile: After a period when I didn’t love writing very much, and would have been able to give it up without much regret if I could have afforded to, I’m now seriously back into it and enjoying myself. I *love* my fictional worlds, and sometimes I *really* don’t want to leave them… but I do like the real world too, and my simple pleasures here in it. I think if I didn’t have a balance between the two, and have plenty of time to spend just being ‘a person’ rather than ‘a writer’, I’d be total rubbish as a writer. At my age, I really need that time to *refresh* my brain!:smile:

]]> By: Danica http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/09/27/654/#comment-3658 Danica Wed, 28 Sep 2005 04:19:48 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/09/27/654/#comment-3658 Well, I think each person has their own "thing", and you've got to respect that. Yeah, maybe we would be more interesting if we did more non writing things, but well, let's face it, how many non writers can live with us going into a trance because we just saw this totally hot guy who would be the perfect hero for our next book? :) Then again, those folks sometimes keep me from goign totally insane. Well, I think each person has their own “thing”, and you’ve got to respect that. Yeah, maybe we would be more interesting if we did more non writing things, but well, let’s face it, how many non writers can live with us going into a trance because we just saw this totally hot guy who would be the perfect hero for our next book? :) Then again, those folks sometimes keep me from goign totally insane.

]]> By: Daisy Dexter Dobbs http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/09/27/654/#comment-3657 Daisy Dexter Dobbs Tue, 27 Sep 2005 21:56:37 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/09/27/654/#comment-3657 Writers are a strange breed. We honestly don’t think or live like “normal” people. We’re simply not wired that way. ;-) My latest blog post, “Does Not Play Well With Others,” addresses much of what you’re talking about here. The quirks and problems creative people (writers, artists, musicians, etc.) encounter in our daily lives are somewhat unique. Chances are, your next door neighbor and your non-writer friends or family can’t really relate. I guess that’s why we writers talk about it with each other online. Who else is honestly going to understand us? :wink: Writers are a strange breed. We honestly don’t think or live like “normal” people. We’re simply not wired that way. ;-)

My latest blog post, “Does Not Play Well With Others,” addresses much of what you’re talking about here. The quirks and problems creative people (writers, artists, musicians, etc.) encounter in our daily lives are somewhat unique. Chances are, your next door neighbor and your non-writer friends or family can’t really relate.

I guess that’s why we writers talk about it with each other online. Who else is honestly going to understand us? :wink:

]]> By: Jordan http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/09/27/654/#comment-3654 Jordan Tue, 27 Sep 2005 19:18:18 +0000 http://www.sylviaday.com/blog/2005/09/27/654/#comment-3654 :cafe: I think it's so VERY difficult finding a balance between writing and real life. The reason I say that is because we're told from the start that if we want to have a career we MUST be productive. (Ask any NY editor.) In order to be productive you have to spend a ton of hours in front of the computer/word processor/etc. I absolutely agree with Annette that doing so will lead to burn out. Been there, done that. Trouble is if you want writing to be more than a hobby, then you have to put in the time. At least in the beginning of your career. :whip: That time translates into not having much of a life.:sad: :cafe: I think it’s so VERY difficult finding a balance between writing and real life. The reason I say that is because we’re told from the start that if we want to have a career we MUST be productive. (Ask any NY editor.) In order to be productive you have to spend a ton of hours in front of the computer/word processor/etc. I absolutely agree with Annette that doing so will lead to burn out. Been there, done that.

Trouble is if you want writing to be more than a hobby, then you have to put in the time. At least in the beginning of your career. :whip: That time translates into not having much of a life.:sad:

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