Comments on: Dilatory http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/11/05/dilatory/ I write, therefore I drink tea Tue, 03 Mar 2009 00:30:46 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Reed http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/11/05/dilatory/comment-page-1/#comment-393 Reed Tue, 07 Nov 2006 22:22:12 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=79#comment-393 Yes, as I was saying... Yes, as I was saying…

]]> By: healingmagichands http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/11/05/dilatory/comment-page-1/#comment-392 healingmagichands Tue, 07 Nov 2006 15:27:07 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=79#comment-392 I see by your word counter that you have caught up and gone ahead. Go, Reed, Go! It has come to my attention that it is the editor who slows us down. I just put up today's post. It took me almost as long to edit and approve the darn thing as it did to write it. So tell your editor to quit bothering you and let you pound it out. You can polish later. And after all, if nothin' gets writ there ain't nothin' to polish (as we might say in the Ozarks if we hadn't gotten eddicated). I see by your word counter that you have caught up and gone ahead. Go, Reed, Go!

It has come to my attention that it is the editor who slows us down. I just put up today’s post. It took me almost as long to edit and approve the darn thing as it did to write it. So tell your editor to quit bothering you and let you pound it out. You can polish later. And after all, if nothin’ gets writ there ain’t nothin’ to polish (as we might say in the Ozarks if we hadn’t gotten eddicated).

]]> By: Singing Librarian http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/11/05/dilatory/comment-page-1/#comment-391 Singing Librarian Tue, 07 Nov 2006 09:38:38 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=79#comment-391 I see your editor as a woman. Not sure why. Other editors are probably male, though. Um. Anyway. Go, Reed, go! I see your editor as a woman. Not sure why. Other editors are probably male, though. Um. Anyway. Go, Reed, go!

]]> By: healingmagichands http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/11/05/dilatory/comment-page-1/#comment-385 healingmagichands Mon, 06 Nov 2006 20:30:12 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=79#comment-385 My editor has the voice of my nasty 5th grade teacher. I am so grateful I didn't decide to do the NaNoWriMo, you have my condolences. But you're doing great! Stick to your guns. Write now, edit later. Oh, and if you can't get the Ed. to Hawaii, maybe you could just slip Him/Her a mickey and get some peace. My editor has the voice of my nasty 5th grade teacher. I am so grateful I didn’t decide to do the NaNoWriMo, you have my condolences. But you’re doing great! Stick to your guns. Write now, edit later.

Oh, and if you can’t get the Ed. to Hawaii, maybe you could just slip Him/Her a mickey and get some peace.

]]> By: Reed http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/11/05/dilatory/comment-page-1/#comment-384 Reed Mon, 06 Nov 2006 19:39:03 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=79#comment-384 *Waves* I am absolutely <i>fascinated</i> that Helen sees Editor as a man, and AB sees Editor as a woman. Amazing. I'll probably have to blog about that when the madness is over. *Waves*

I am absolutely fascinated that Helen sees Editor as a man, and AB sees Editor as a woman. Amazing. I’ll probably have to blog about that when the madness is over.

]]> By: AB http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/11/05/dilatory/comment-page-1/#comment-383 AB Mon, 06 Nov 2006 08:19:29 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=79#comment-383 >>I have to write 1666 words every single damn day! I can’t waste time and energy faffing about with your fucked-up perfectionist whining! You can have a go at the bloody thing afterwards! We had an agreement! I am not going to correct ANYTHING until after Christmas! That's telling her! Go for it gal! We're proud of you, you know. *kisses* AB >>I have to write 1666 words every single damn day! I can’t waste time and energy faffing about with your fucked-up perfectionist whining! You can have a go at the bloody thing afterwards! We had an agreement! I am not going to correct ANYTHING until after Christmas!

That’s telling her! Go for it gal! We’re proud of you, you know.

*kisses*

AB

]]> By: archie http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/11/05/dilatory/comment-page-1/#comment-382 archie Sun, 05 Nov 2006 22:32:48 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=79#comment-382 Now there is an idea for next year. A sort of Ulysses with two protagonists. The Author and the Editor. The scene near the end where they have the knock-down, drag'm out fight will be a winner. Of course it is not necessary to have the conflict last for a full month, Just for one day. But what a day! Now there is an idea for next year. A sort of Ulysses with two protagonists. The Author and the Editor. The scene near the end where they have the knock-down, drag’m out fight will be a winner. Of course it is not necessary to have the conflict last for a full month, Just for one day. But what a day!

]]> By: Helen http://www.out-of-ideas.com/2006/11/05/dilatory/comment-page-1/#comment-381 Helen Sun, 05 Nov 2006 11:17:55 +0000 http://www.out-of-ideas.com/?p=79#comment-381 Look, Mr Editor, for the month of November, why don't you take a holiday to Hawaii and sit by the pool with a mango juice while ukuleles play in the background? In both my novels, main characters don't appear until the fourth or fifth chapters. It's fine. In a very good book I read once, the main character dies halfway through. It's OK to throw out the rules. This is called originality, sir. By the way, Mr Editor, if you're going to Hawaii, could you please take your cousin, Helen's Editor, with you? He has made me spend all weekend on one paragraph. He would love a holiday. I would love him to have one. Look, Mr Editor, for the month of November, why don’t you take a holiday to Hawaii and sit by the pool with a mango juice while ukuleles play in the background? In both my novels, main characters don’t appear until the fourth or fifth chapters. It’s fine. In a very good book I read once, the main character dies halfway through. It’s OK to throw out the rules. This is called originality, sir.

By the way, Mr Editor, if you’re going to Hawaii, could you please take your cousin, Helen’s Editor, with you? He has made me spend all weekend on one paragraph. He would love a holiday. I would love him to have one.

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