tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917837.post6225146135357806656..comments2023-10-06T18:30:44.757+08:00Comments on The Battersblog: HERE'S HOW BEING ME WORKS...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14168569626904048820noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917837.post-2093885434604745682009-02-05T07:30:00.000+09:002009-02-05T07:30:00.000+09:00Your mileage may varyYour mileage may varySarahPhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10331711532075086214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917837.post-14804257900263673272009-02-02T19:09:00.000+09:002009-02-02T19:09:00.000+09:00Carol: Perdido took about 250 pages to get anywher...Carol: Perdido took about 250 pages to get anywhere near the point, and I only stuck with it that long because it was Mieville and I was hoping the payoff would be worth it. If it was anybody else, I wouldn't have bothered.<BR/><BR/>Of course, at page 251 it suddenly became astonishing and incendiary and all that Mieville stuff that <I>does</I> make the payoff worth it, so I'm grooving along very nicely, now :)<BR/><BR/>Stephen: As long as I'm working, I'm happy. It's only afterwards that the misery sets in. What's YMMV mean, btw?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14168569626904048820noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917837.post-88937350955952230752009-02-02T16:57:00.000+09:002009-02-02T16:57:00.000+09:00Looking back at my own work, I'm increasingly comi...Looking back at my own work, I'm increasingly coming to the conclusion that the longer I take to write a novel, the less satisfied I'm going to be with the end result. If a first draft isn't finished within a year, it possibly shouldn't be.<BR/><BR/>YMMV, of course.Stephen Dedmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10219862405376293525noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5917837.post-66991464994316905292009-02-02T16:09:00.000+09:002009-02-02T16:09:00.000+09:00But still....writing while the muse is on fire is ...But still....writing while the muse is on fire is just the most satisfying way to write. Enjoy it. I'll reckon the wait will be worth it!!! Woohooo!!!!<BR/><BR/>How do ya like Perdido so far?Carol Ryleshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06303656672609607055noreply@blogger.com