http://stilgherrian.com/personal/want_to_be_writer/ All publication is a political act. All communication is propaganda. All art is pornography. All business is personal. All hail Eris. Vive les poissons rouges sauvages! Thu, 04 Dec 2008 04:26:45 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://stilgherrian.com/personal/want_to_be_writer/#comment-13088 qed’s blog » Sometimes I want to write Tue, 10 Jun 2008 11:41:07 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/personal/want_to_be_writer/#comment-13088 [...] post got me started and I also confess to a hankering to fiddle with bits of gear every now and then. [...] [...] post got me started and I also confess to a hankering to fiddle with bits of gear every now and then. [...]

]]> http://stilgherrian.com/personal/want_to_be_writer/#comment-11606 Stilgherrian Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:13:41 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/personal/want_to_be_writer/#comment-11606 <strong>@Quatrefoil:</strong> One strategy I've been toying with is producing the one completely tacky, exploitative but profitable media object to kick off the rest of the writing projects. But then I still have to find the time to do <em>that</em> in between billable hours. [sigh] @Quatrefoil: One strategy I’ve been toying with is producing the one completely tacky, exploitative but profitable media object to kick off the rest of the writing projects. But then I still have to find the time to do that in between billable hours. [sigh]

]]> http://stilgherrian.com/personal/want_to_be_writer/#comment-11598 Quatrefoil Fri, 14 Mar 2008 15:15:23 +0000 http://stilgherrian.com/personal/want_to_be_writer/#comment-11598 After years of doing most of my writing after I've finished a day of my day job, I dream about those days where I could get up in the morning, sit in my pyjamas, drink coffee and write for four or five hours before I have to start to the day proper. When it happens it's a strange, disciplined version of bliss. I'd forgo the alcoholic afternoons for time spent reading to fuel the next day's writing, and I'd have evenings for friends and art. I'm still searching for the Renaissance patron to fund this lifestyle, alas. After years of doing most of my writing after I’ve finished a day of my day job, I dream about those days where I could get up in the morning, sit in my pyjamas, drink coffee and write for four or five hours before I have to start to the day proper. When it happens it’s a strange, disciplined version of bliss. I’d forgo the alcoholic afternoons for time spent reading to fuel the next day’s writing, and I’d have evenings for friends and art. I’m still searching for the Renaissance patron to fund this lifestyle, alas.

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