tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post1507777844293004878..comments2024-01-31T01:15:10.128-07:00Comments on Ken- inatractor: #165. or, ElusiveKenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17697779460254600164noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-64302337200962575852013-09-04T13:27:41.332-06:002013-09-04T13:27:41.332-06:00The only thing stopping you from calling yourself ...The only thing stopping you from calling yourself a writer is fear. It sure isn't your writing, because it's wonderful. And anyone who gets a writing quote tattoo surely has the heart for writing. And for sure if you are writing down your thoughts in the middle of the night, you are a writer! So stop monkeying around and call yourself what you are. A writer. A great writer.Kinley Danehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02648398736837020249noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-19132315457492117242013-08-29T07:28:38.222-06:002013-08-29T07:28:38.222-06:00Thanks Reanna!
Now all I have to do is find the t...Thanks Reanna!<br /><br />Now all I have to do is find the time to actually write something. Hopefully, something other than in the middle of the night. :)Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697779460254600164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-63070170460842140572013-08-24T22:08:34.337-06:002013-08-24T22:08:34.337-06:00I can't say that I have this all the time. It ...I can't say that I have this all the time. It just seems to happens more at the busier times of the year for me. The bad part is when it's things that are out of my control, like you're describing. I hope you can find a way to block it out.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697779460254600164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-70686880516942038192013-08-23T08:10:09.750-06:002013-08-23T08:10:09.750-06:00I hate not getting that well needed sleep for vari...I hate not getting that well needed sleep for various reasons. Myself, I worry a lot for friends and family - thus I wake up every other hour basically all nights. It's exhausting. And it doesn't really improve when I can't do anything to improve the situation for my friend either, and being told not to worry. I can't turn that off, wish I could. Perhaps then I'd be able to get some sleep, until then guess I'm stuck laying awake at night. Worrying. No itchy toes though :P.Annikahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07472079022715042464noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-31531057918314862162013-08-22T22:52:44.007-06:002013-08-22T22:52:44.007-06:00That's exactly it. I love that feeling too. Ev...That's exactly it. I love that feeling too. Even though it's a relatively new one to me, I think it's helped me to slow down a pace or two and try to see the world around me. There's a lot of inspiring things out there. Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697779460254600164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-77620938644150128342013-08-22T22:49:50.530-06:002013-08-22T22:49:50.530-06:00But surely a thing can't be defined solely in ...But surely a thing can't be defined solely in terms of extremes.<br /><br />I like that thought. <br /><br />I was surprised that so many others struggle with the same hesitation to tag themselves as "writers." Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697779460254600164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-9950272648667468472013-08-22T22:45:19.121-06:002013-08-22T22:45:19.121-06:00OK, so you have a phone case. This spring, I got a...OK, so you have a phone case. This spring, I got a tattoo on my forearm that's a piece of a Stephen King quote about writing. ".......one word at a time." As in, how do you write? <br /><br />Like your phone case, I thought about having it, to put out there for a very long time, even though I really liked what it said. In the end, I decided, even if everything I write is crap, I still like doing it. It's part of who I am. So I went ahead with it. <br /><br />I think you should use the phone case. :)Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697779460254600164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-13282589869415007902013-08-22T22:38:49.008-06:002013-08-22T22:38:49.008-06:00Says the young lady who gets up with the birds to ...Says the young lady who gets up with the birds to run when the day is brand spanking new. I think I'd call you a runner.....and a writer. It's what we dedicate our time to. :)Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697779460254600164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-12206330801974452382013-08-22T22:35:45.358-06:002013-08-22T22:35:45.358-06:00Thanks! :)
Whether you're letting the words ...Thanks! :)<br /><br />Whether you're letting the words in, or letting the words out, as long as it helps you get some sleep in the long run. :)Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697779460254600164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-75095822400382808262013-08-22T22:34:00.354-06:002013-08-22T22:34:00.354-06:00I always get thoughts when I'm driving a tract...I always get thoughts when I'm driving a tractor out in a field. I think it's because there's no traffic, no dotted lines or anybody else around. Just me and my thoughts, and the tractor of course, but the situation tends to lend itself to being creative. At least for me anyways. <br /><br />I just came in from working on my broken down forage harvester, and a whole new hoard of mosquitos. I suspect more itching is in store. Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697779460254600164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-29504790004142683592013-08-22T22:28:38.161-06:002013-08-22T22:28:38.161-06:00Believe me, it doesn't alway work out like tha...Believe me, it doesn't alway work out like that. I think I got fortunate that night. :)Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697779460254600164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-37445277430817790742013-08-22T22:27:31.027-06:002013-08-22T22:27:31.027-06:00WOW...thanks so much!
I think I'm improving...WOW...thanks so much! <br /><br />I think I'm improving. I know coming to Yeah Write makes me step my game up quite a bit. So in that regard, you all are helping me along. <br /><br />That toe! It drove me about crazy for a day and a half! Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697779460254600164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-4570815529397309042013-08-22T22:24:02.138-06:002013-08-22T22:24:02.138-06:00Hey Katy!
I think, basically, that's how I fe...Hey Katy!<br /><br />I think, basically, that's how I feel as well. There's so many out there who make a living at this, and who am I to come in say "here I am!, I can put word onto paper too! I must be a writer." <br /><br />I don't know, It's something I like to do. I suspect I'm never going to make a living at it, But I still have the desire to put words together. It's really a grey area.<br /><br />By the way, I'd call you a writer. :)Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697779460254600164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-82780721539884939532013-08-22T22:17:53.843-06:002013-08-22T22:17:53.843-06:00There's been so many times, I've layed the...There's been so many times, I've layed there crafting a perfectly wonderful post in my head, like molding a statue form a lump of clay. Only to wake up in the morning and see that statue has turned back into the lump again and I have to start all over. <br /><br />Sorry about the itch. Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697779460254600164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-51992637375157986242013-08-22T22:14:31.610-06:002013-08-22T22:14:31.610-06:00Thanks Linda!
I would suspect it's an even st...Thanks Linda!<br /><br />I would suspect it's an even stronger feeling with the song writing. That small twist of phrase to catch the listener. <br /><br />Even though I've had various notebooks, I've only recently dedicated myself to trying to have it with me ALL the time. Besides the obvious benefit of having it there to put my ideas in, it seems to make me feel more writerly as well. I like that feeling. :)Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697779460254600164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-90971773262524726752013-08-22T22:08:04.356-06:002013-08-22T22:08:04.356-06:00I know, right?
If the false representation, writ...I know, right? <br /><br />If the false representation, writing police show up looking for me, try to blow them off my scent. I'd like to do this for a while longer.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697779460254600164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-91362894634481119132013-08-22T22:04:08.429-06:002013-08-22T22:04:08.429-06:00Thanks so much! I always enjoy it when I can make ...Thanks so much! I always enjoy it when I can make a post work here. :)Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697779460254600164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-83220059574228507302013-08-22T22:00:47.143-06:002013-08-22T22:00:47.143-06:00I think my blood has pretty much everything that c...I think my blood has pretty much everything that can possibly be in it, that you can get from a mosquito by now. So I'm ruling out the malaria. <br /><br />Yes, lets go with writer. :)Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697779460254600164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-86190274851630128532013-08-22T21:58:04.586-06:002013-08-22T21:58:04.586-06:00I know what you mean. It's difficult because I...I know what you mean. It's difficult because I do this other thing that feeds my family, and I've dedicated pretty much my entire life to it. But the writing, it's there and I can't ever see it not being a part of my life. I might be trying to make them both work together, to make it OK. I'm not sure. I just know this is deep inside of me.Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17697779460254600164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-24962174663362866712013-08-22T18:18:31.125-06:002013-08-22T18:18:31.125-06:00i love when i feel so inspired that i can't sl...i love when i feel so inspired that i can't sleep or i'm running and can't get home fast enough to get my thoughts down. i don't know when we ever feel legitimate to call ourselves writers. but i still love to write. :)www.icescreammama.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13002351185759292747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-22565167098159974022013-08-22T14:45:30.967-06:002013-08-22T14:45:30.967-06:00It's so interesting to me that so many of us s...It's so interesting to me that so many of us struggle with whether we "count" as writers or not. I think there's this sense that "real writers" are only people who interminably sit around coffee shops with ink soaked hands or publish gazillions of books a year. Like "real writers" have to be jaw droppingly committed to the craft or phenomenally commercially successful. But surely a thing can't be defined solely in terms of extremes... I don't know... Leave it to writers to ponder this question at length, though!Larkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01782254001145914109noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-75776510212486272502013-08-22T11:35:10.245-06:002013-08-22T11:35:10.245-06:00Don't we all do this, though? Avoid labeling ...Don't we all do this, though? Avoid labeling ourselves as "writers." Feeling that it is too presumptuous to refer to ourselves in that way if we don't have a best selling novel or work for a popular and published written publication? <br /><br />So, I have this phone case (bear with me), and I really love it, but it keeps breaking apart, so that it is now finally just falling off the phone. I have to replace it. I have a few extra. One, I bought on a whim and it has a pic of a typewriter on it, and says "Writer" on it. For some reason, I just can't put it on my phone, even though I really like it and really need a new case. It feels like a lie to walk around with something like that screaming out to the world. Why is that?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-74815701524696298992013-08-22T10:57:04.657-06:002013-08-22T10:57:04.657-06:00I think anyone who gets up in the middle of the ni...I think anyone who gets up in the middle of the night to sit in the bathroom and write words is most definitely a writer. This captures that frustrating middle-of-the-night-can't-sleep-to-save-my-life feelings absolutely perfectly.Samantha Brinn Merelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15109435460094526642noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-10694622636864812292013-08-22T10:32:53.074-06:002013-08-22T10:32:53.074-06:00Sorry, you sound like a writer to me. ;)
PS- HATE...Sorry, you sound like a writer to me. ;) <br />PS- HATE insomnia! I usually read myself to sleep, but perhaps it's the words needing to get out?Natalie DeYounghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16906680301422288990noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1688123750377283575.post-51831648324612454092013-08-22T08:38:59.993-06:002013-08-22T08:38:59.993-06:00I carry my blog notebooks around with me all the t...I carry my blog notebooks around with me all the time because I do this kind of stuff too. I mentally write blog posts when I'm out walking my dog, driving in my car and basically anything else I'm doing except when I'm trying to write. Weird how inspiration comes to us when we're doing something other than thinking about ourselves as a writer. <br /><br />And good luck on the itch problem :) Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com