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saelind :What is your favorite part of writing?
It varies from story to story. Sometimes the initial rush of an idea is incredibly exciting - but then execution turns out to be a slog. Sometimes a piece will just write itself, or so it seems (my most recent example of that was The Marsh Where the Dead Sleep.). Sometimes I get so completely lost in a story that I forget where I am. Both of those things are thrilling - but, consistently, the thing that delights me is looking back at a first draft. Not because it's always good (it often isn't) but there is a quiet satisfaction in looking back at pages of my own handwriting, knowing that I made a thing.
It varies from story to story. Sometimes the initial rush of an idea is incredibly exciting - but then execution turns out to be a slog. Sometimes a piece will just write itself, or so it seems (my most recent example of that was The Marsh Where the Dead Sleep.). Sometimes I get so completely lost in a story that I forget where I am. Both of those things are thrilling - but, consistently, the thing that delights me is looking back at a first draft. Not because it's always good (it often isn't) but there is a quiet satisfaction in looking back at pages of my own handwriting, knowing that I made a thing.
Favorite vacation spot?
Galloway. I've been going for years with university friends. Wigtown with its second hand bookshops; miles of unspoilt (and practically empty) coast; the Isle of Whithorn, with its ruins, and history, and its links to all of the rest of the British Isles. When the light is right you can see five ancient kingdoms - Scotland, Ireland, England, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Excellent food too - locally caught fish, farmhouse cheeses, salt marsh lamb...oh, and the best place in the UK I've found to really see the stars.
Galloway. I've been going for years with university friends. Wigtown with its second hand bookshops; miles of unspoilt (and practically empty) coast; the Isle of Whithorn, with its ruins, and history, and its links to all of the rest of the British Isles. When the light is right you can see five ancient kingdoms - Scotland, Ireland, England, Wales, and the Isle of Man. Excellent food too - locally caught fish, farmhouse cheeses, salt marsh lamb...oh, and the best place in the UK I've found to really see the stars.
Is a hot dog a sandwich?
Not according to the British Sandwich Association, apparently!
I feel like some things break free of the basic "thing in bread" definition of a sandwich, and become their own separate category. A hot dog is one. See also burger, fajita, etc..
Not according to the British Sandwich Association, apparently!
I feel like some things break free of the basic "thing in bread" definition of a sandwich, and become their own separate category. A hot dog is one. See also burger, fajita, etc..
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Date: 2024-01-21 10:21 pm (UTC)I wish words would transfer from brain to paper/document. It'd ease so many lives.
I googled Galloway. Google thought I meant the car. -_- Stupid Google
Not according to the British Sandwich Association, apparently!
*takes notes* always relevant information when debating about sandwiches
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Date: 2024-01-22 07:29 am (UTC)I googled Galloway. Google thought I meant the car. -_- Stupid Google
Hah. It's all a ploy to keep the tourists out 🤣
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