tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post6575188602016330021..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Finding the horse - by Chris VickUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-24946691828315516922019-06-28T13:22:05.945+01:002019-06-28T13:22:05.945+01:00Good luck with this next book - it does sound begu...Good luck with this next book - it does sound beguiling. I will look out for your first two too.Anne Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17160915179685300264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-62010150366719195462019-06-26T14:20:13.343+01:002019-06-26T14:20:13.343+01:00Lovely piece Chris, I've been reading Rilke...Lovely piece Chris, I've been reading Rilke's letter to a young poet too! V interesting about the struggle to write Storms and super happy you loved writing Girl, Boy, Sea and taking it way with me tomorrow to graduation in Brighton x Lucy van SmitUnknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13625397114766163123noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-86184231974808058612019-06-25T17:16:00.635+01:002019-06-25T17:16:00.635+01:00I know, Susan, right? - not-thinking about the pro...I know, Susan, right? - not-thinking about the problem becomes the way to think about the problem. A zen approach...or something.<br /><br /> Penny, glad it resonates :)Chris Vickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04285957611821219790noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-79203991058928299132019-06-25T13:20:59.332+01:002019-06-25T13:20:59.332+01:00Chris, sounds like you've got a good agent!
In...Chris, sounds like you've got a good agent!<br />In nearly fifty years of writing I've learned that, as soon as writing becomes a huge struggle, where you have to force yourself to put down the next word -- that's a sign that something is badly wrong. I've learned to stop and go and do something as different from writing as I can manage -- a walk, the gym, the cinema, a few days away, gardening -- doesn't matter what so long as you stop thinking about 'The Book.' Sooner than you'd think the knowledge of what's wrong and what you should do jumps into your head.Susan Pricehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07738737493756183909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-72234506106056747092019-06-25T09:05:37.720+01:002019-06-25T09:05:37.720+01:00Chris, how I recognise the difficulties of that &q...Chris, how I recognise the difficulties of that "next book" choice!<br /><br />Great to see you here on ABBA, and look forward to your next post - which can, of course, be about a different kind of horse. Thanks for that anecdote.Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.com