Comments on: Hipsters and Obsession

By: Sally Slater

Sally Slater — Wed, 20 Feb 2013 05:34:14 +0000

Ahaha. It would be nice to get paid to write/daydream about delicious men all day long…

By: Tetras

Tetras — Tue, 19 Feb 2013 08:44:02 +0000

I don’t know how u do it to tear yourself away from Brae and Tristan each time and go to work. I’d be entirely resentful and snarl at my colleagues if I had to do that. How DARE they keep me away from my beaus! I know it’s necessary…. SIGH…. but STILL!!!! Lucky for me I’m a student. To some extent I can control my timetable and decide on when I’m ready to detach from the zone. Though I’d still be pouting the entire time until I’m back in my world.

Note to Sal then – get published. Rake it in. Quit work. Hang around with awesome men all day in a fantastical world of your making Get to it, girl!

By: Sally Slater

Sally Slater — Mon, 18 Feb 2013 17:01:11 +0000

Haha, I think you described how I feel a whole lot better than I did. I agree entirely–sleeping, eating, etc. are such a waste when you’re in the zone.

By: Sally Slater

Sally Slater — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 13:02:33 +0000

Don’t you imprint on my baby! it’s too young!

I kid

Your question is a blog post in itself. I was inspired to write Paladin by 2 things – 1)I really wanted to write for fun and experiment with fiction and 2) I have always loved fantasy but there aren’t many that feature strong female heroines, so I wanted to write one myself.

By: Stephanie MacClement

Stephanie MacClement — Sun, 17 Feb 2013 09:56:26 +0000

Well, I don’t write, largely because if I do something then I do it properly, and if I can only give half assed attention to something then I don’t start doing it.
But, as a reader, when I’m *really* into a good book, I’m there. I live with the characters, I think about their reactions to things, I can get into a book night and day and at 3am realise I have to wake up in a few hours. So, I can think when you’re writing it you would be even more so.
LOL on hipsters.

By: Tetras

Tetras — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 04:47:24 +0000

Great blog, Sally. For what it’s worth, I find it crazy when writers don’t feel this way about their writing. Yes, it is meant to be all consuming, to the point when sleeping, eating and even toilet breaks are an annoying distraction. Yes, you totally do have r/ships with your characters (coy wave of fingers to Brae, “Hi, savage thexy!”) and yes it absolutely hazes the line between your creation and “reality”. That’s how it’s meant to be. I think writers are kidding themselves if they’d like to segregate and compartmentalise things ie THIS is my “real” life and THIS is my writing…. good luck with that. That’s also probably why we’re “weird” lol but then the truth is that normal is weird. And today’s weird is tomorrow’s genius

My characters are very alive for me. Very real. I’d like to think I control the story but in the end I have to concede that it’s a collaboration. Takes alot of trust to give them the reins but the stuff that I get from just sitting back and allowing has been amazing. After all, they know the story best, it’s their story besides, I’m just the humble scribe. And yeah I fall profoundly in love with my men too Le sigh. Ain’t nobody’s going to tell me that’s crazy 😛

By: moviefan

moviefan — Sat, 16 Feb 2013 00:56:04 +0000

Your baby is amazing; I’m in love with it. Haha 😀
So Sally, what inspired Paladin?

By: Sally Slater

Sally Slater — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:50:49 +0000

I have a theory--untested--that writers are crazier than normal people. Welcome to crazy land!

My baby is still a little Mandrakish. It's got some growing pains, but I'm workin' on it.

Lol! My hot Irish neighbor is annoyingly perfect. He's very nice though, on the like, three occasions that we've spoken.

By: Sally Slater

Sally Slater — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 23:49:13 +0000

Oh good, I’m glad I don’t sound entirely like a crazy person, haha. I still think there’s a line somewhere, and I haven’t found it yet.

By: ForeverMalak

ForeverMalak — Fri, 15 Feb 2013 21:48:41 +0000

Wow. Yeah this is totally how I feel. I feel like in sixteen years, I haven't done anything and while everyone else seems to be out there living and going to parties and making stupid mistakes that result in pretty entertaining stories, I've been under my sheets, pounding at the computer.

But you know what?

It's what I love to do. & that's the important part. So few people do what they love.

& yeah the story in some ways controls me. I kind of sit there and stare at the document thinking "What just happened? That wasn't...I dind't plan for that....but I think I like it."

Your baby is very beautiful, mine kind of look like Mandrakes from harry potter, but they're growing. Ish.

The fact taht you have a hot Irish neighbor makes me so jealous. I have a neighbor with OCD, and he most definitely is not hot.