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What's wrong with "normal". Not all eccentrics are good writers, if they are writers at all and nobody in an alcoholic fog can pull off 36.000 words. Be as you are comfortable to be.
posted by
vogue
on November 19, 2009 at 2:41 AM
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Or be cured by a psychiatrist and don’t write love. BC-A, Bill’s RLJst
posted by
BC-A
on November 18, 2009 at 5:17 PM
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Too much sex/not enough sex/alchohol/no alchohol etc, etc can be problems, but what on earth have they got to do with writing? Think of the Bronte sisters, they wrote brilliantly, but I cannot imagine them having drunken, sexual orgies in the middle of the Yorkshire moors. 
In case you did not know it Pat, I'm one of your fans!
posted by
elinjo
on November 18, 2009 at 12:32 PM
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Re: Nautikos, June was obviously talking about writers of children's books
I think you're on to something there, Naut.
posted by
Pat_B
on November 18, 2009 at 11:28 AM
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Re: WileyJohn: I don't know about your sex life or drinking habits...
These days my sex life is non-existent, and even though "they say" an ounce of alcohol a day is good for the average person, I keep forgetting to take that medicine. Maybe if I'd stop off at the Stagger Inn once in a while I could develop some neurosis-building contacts.
posted by
Pat_B
on November 18, 2009 at 11:27 AM
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Re: Azur --I wonder what June defines as TOO MUCH SEX
Well, I could quote exactly what she said since I've heard it at least fifty times, usually at the library or Mickey D's even when there were children in hearing distance. "I've never had an orgasm with a man," she says, shielding her mouth with her hand like it's a secret. So I'm concluding (maybe erroneously) that any at all is too much.
posted by
Pat_B
on November 18, 2009 at 11:22 AM
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JUST KEEP WRITING AND PICK UP OUR ACCOLADES AND PUT
THEM INTO YOUR HEART WHERE THEY BELONG. YOU ARE A GREAT WRITER .....IAM THANKFUL THAT YOU ARE SAVING ALL YOUR WORK ON BACK UP.
posted by
Kabu
on November 18, 2009 at 11:21 AM
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oops
posted by
Azur
on November 18, 2009 at 11:08 AM
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I wonder what June defines as
too much sex
posted by
Azur
on November 18, 2009 at 11:07 AM
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PatB
Well I don't know about your sex life or drinking habits but I do know you're a hell of a writer so maybe it's that pithy eye of TAPS that makes you the writer extraordinaire
posted by
WileyJohn
on November 18, 2009 at 8:36 AM
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Pat
Neurotic? Too much booze and sex? Obviously, June was talking about the writers of
children's books...
posted by
Nautikos
on November 18, 2009 at 5:33 AM
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Re: TAPS: I didn't mean to screw up the works...
No worries, Taps. It's fine. I'm both surprised and flattered, and thanks again for the kind words.
posted by
Pat_B
on November 18, 2009 at 5:28 AM
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So sorry if I threw a wrench in your cog. I didn't mean to screw up the works. What can I do now?
posted by
TAPS.
on November 18, 2009 at 5:08 AM
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