tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post4403462735737044212..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Creative Mess by Helen GrantUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-22620816512557685042015-09-21T11:09:57.822+01:002015-09-21T11:09:57.822+01:00I like this! And it has now successfully deflected...I like this! And it has now successfully deflected me from tidying up, which was going to be my way of putting off getting down to work today…I just have to make sure that I don't end the day with a messy desk but no work done either...Anne Boothhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17160915179685300264noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-21641774630450911932015-09-13T12:46:57.975+01:002015-09-13T12:46:57.975+01:00OH I loved this post! Especially... "a messy ...OH I loved this post! Especially... "a messy desk demonstrates that the writer has his or her priorities right. They have looked the Spirit of Domesticity in the eyes and said, no, I have a book to write first. "<br /><br />Now I have ammunition as I share a space with my husband and he is of the strict office regime of leave the desk clear every evening. The huge advantage of having everything piled up on your desk is that even though you might not find that sentence that you wanted to use, you find it when writing another story and it's often more suited to this other story! Dianne Hofmeyrhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222157214605257030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-39523924697846963422015-09-10T17:56:29.113+01:002015-09-10T17:56:29.113+01:00Creative midden - YES! The other thing that makes...Creative midden - YES! The other thing that makes the mess is that there are never fewer than 6 projects on the go at any one time - a few steps forward and leave, a few steps sideways and drop ...Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-53096524981358361812015-09-10T16:34:53.726+01:002015-09-10T16:34:53.726+01:00My desk... in an office. Notice the Tesco receipt ...My desk... in an office. Notice the Tesco receipt and that even with two monitors, the screen is four or five windows deep.<br /><br />https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/96640124/20150910_162911.jpg<br /><br />My writing desk is much the same.Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09799125598133377058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-21739426884519371732015-09-10T12:55:45.432+01:002015-09-10T12:55:45.432+01:00Such a lovely resonatey post. (I know that's n...Such a lovely resonatey post. (I know that's not a word, but who cares!) As someone who, five books in, still has to write on spec quite often, I identified with so much of this. My desk is middling-neat because I happen to be that way inclined, but it often gets messed up in the course of activity. I don't want it to look like a desk in an office, anyway. When I was teaching, it was so important to me that my study was kept for writing and never used for marking, and I still use the kitchen for sordid activities such as doing the accounts, so as not to contaminate the proper writing space. Sheena Wilkinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13847659993713606837noreply@blogger.com