tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post5883732518558680864..comments2024-03-16T07:27:27.752+00:00Comments on Novel Points of View: DISPLACEMENT ACTIVITY Linda MitchelmoreRae Cowiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213969901991611348noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-11899486854786094962015-09-12T17:12:35.497+01:002015-09-12T17:12:35.497+01:00My displacement activity is reading this, tee-hee!...My displacement activity is reading this, tee-hee! I mightn't be a novelist, but I've been writing non-stop for almost 20 years at non-fiction pieces for magazines, and even as there's a deadline in 48 hours' time for my next monthly antiques column in a national glossy, I'm still reading rather than doing! <br />Margaret Pgalanthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14190356279359463949noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-70927194725522468392015-09-03T22:28:17.526+01:002015-09-03T22:28:17.526+01:00Hello Linda, you sound like the perfect host. Righ...Hello Linda, you sound like the perfect host. Right now, I'm staring out of my hotel window at the sea covered with night clouds and the sound of the howling wind - awesome sight & sound. I'm on holiday with my family. At the moment, I'm on displacement activity until I return to London.Flirty & Feisty Romancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06509036740796798717noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-88520318978783385912015-09-03T15:25:37.649+01:002015-09-03T15:25:37.649+01:00Gosh, that's extremely honest of you, Mary, bu...Gosh, that's extremely honest of you, Mary, but sort of 'ditto' here!Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-59018160023932957942015-09-02T21:48:28.086+01:002015-09-02T21:48:28.086+01:00We all need a bit of displacement activity from ti...We all need a bit of displacement activity from time to time - my house would probably never be cleaned otherwise.Mary Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14688996930245857265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-16287999619743149562015-09-01T08:20:13.816+01:002015-09-01T08:20:13.816+01:00What is this life of full of care, we have no time...What is this life of full of care, we have no time to stand and stare .....or something like that! Keep staring Jennifer, it is good for the soul!Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-58882067201699360612015-09-01T08:19:19.715+01:002015-09-01T08:19:19.715+01:00Oh yes, Maria, thank heaven for dark nights, and d...Oh yes, Maria, thank heaven for dark nights, and dark mornings and indifferent afternoons! I would say most productive time is just after New Year until about April....:)Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-77467473620031203432015-08-31T18:43:17.510+01:002015-08-31T18:43:17.510+01:00I am a starer-out-of-the-window and am sad to say ...I am a starer-out-of-the-window and am sad to say that the highest level skill I have acquired through writing is that of doing precisely nothing!<br /><br />That said, when I get started, you can't stop me.Jo Allenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12976757854217324838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-10077996945645208622015-08-31T15:05:27.284+01:002015-08-31T15:05:27.284+01:00I admit to a lot of nodding whilst reading this po...I admit to a lot of nodding whilst reading this post. I can always find a distraction to keep me away from writing. Although recently, I'm trying to write daily.<br />Sometimes, it is only for fifteen minutes, other days I manage two hours, and I keep telling myself it'll soon be time to batten down the hatches. Dark nights are almost upon us and our writing productivity shoots up! Mariahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05322234219197041788noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-26472956389459201752015-08-31T13:12:18.230+01:002015-08-31T13:12:18.230+01:00I'm glad I'm not the only one, Jenny! Balc...I'm glad I'm not the only one, Jenny! Balcony-sitting sounds rather fine - more of the same before year's end we must hope. Keep us all posted re the new(old) novel coming out.Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-45913371319485447832015-08-31T13:10:41.434+01:002015-08-31T13:10:41.434+01:00500 words sounds very good to me - who has written...500 words sounds very good to me - who has written nothing creative yet today! Must try harder. But sometimes, after lots of visitors and being a tourist in my own area it is so very hard to get back to work......but I will!Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-27214546759967857902015-08-31T13:09:24.293+01:002015-08-31T13:09:24.293+01:00Ah yes, Angela, writers waste nothing in the long ...Ah yes, Angela, writers waste nothing in the long run, do they? Thanks for popping by.Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-68781428358109836962015-08-31T10:49:00.625+01:002015-08-31T10:49:00.625+01:00Honest Linda! I confess I'm with you - there&#...Honest Linda! I confess I'm with you - there's always something tempting to do ... This summer, there's been quite a lot of golf - especially during August, with the weather so nice here. Or even just sitting on our gorgeous balcony grabbing every moment of sun because you never know when it'll be sunny again ... and then it is, so you grab that too!<br /><br />I've been revising recently, a book I wrote a few years ago and which will be published in the next few months. Amazing how many faults I've seen in it, not having looked at it for so long! But that has diverted me away from the new novel, and now it's proving hard to think myself back in. And with several away trips in September and October, and an important writing commission to complete (of which more anon), there's even more displacement ahead. Roll on winter days!Jenny Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721428313351462045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-79165469710127124102015-08-31T09:37:56.567+01:002015-08-31T09:37:56.567+01:00One of the perils of living in a beautiful place, ...One of the perils of living in a beautiful place, Linda! But I'm sure those visitors brought a good few story 'ideas' with them for you to mull over during the winter months. In a perfect world I would also writer 2000 words before breakfast ... but I almost never do! Today I managed 500 after breakfast, so am moderately pleased with self :)Gill Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139563775181908912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-17054107310473336092015-08-30T20:19:12.272+01:002015-08-30T20:19:12.272+01:00Goodness - I'd be very late having breakfast t...Goodness - I'd be very late having breakfast too! I'm sure all the 'displacement activity' will prove to be good research :) Angela BritnellAngela Britnellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10993295190977618066noreply@blogger.com