Comments for Insanity is contagious, Mk x http://kaiberie.info Funding my writing habit since 2004 Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:52:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3-beta3-19254 Comment on Birthdays and stuff by Donna Brown http://kaiberie.info/birthdays-and-stuff/comment-page-1/#comment-2042 Donna Brown Tue, 15 Nov 2011 10:52:06 +0000 http://kaiberie.com/?p=23614#comment-2042 Not the celebration most people would have in mind! Hope you get a chance to do it with bells and whistles when you're feeling better! Not the celebration most people would have in mind! Hope you get a chance to do it with bells and whistles when you’re feeling better!

]]> Comment on Task lists, 750 words, and routines by Katie http://kaiberie.info/task-lists-750-words-and-routines/comment-page-1/#comment-2036 Katie Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:52:52 +0000 http://kaiberie.com/?p=23554#comment-2036 The older I get, the more I realize how routine helps my productivity. I like the idea of linking music to the start of the "working" day (ie once the kids go off to school). The older I get, the more I realize how routine helps my productivity. I like the idea of linking music to the start of the “working” day (ie once the kids go off to school).

]]> Comment on Toys and tools for writers – pt 1 by Staying hungry and foolish | indieauthorcommunity.com http://kaiberie.info/toys-and-tools-for-writers/comment-page-1/#comment-2035 Staying hungry and foolish | indieauthorcommunity.com Thu, 06 Oct 2011 09:10:41 +0000 http://kaiberie.com/?p=323#comment-2035 [...] gotten e-readers. There are many more that speculate that the e-reader spawned the iPad, something I consider to be an essential tool.  But this isn’t about the tech – it never has been.  It’s the spirit [...] [...] gotten e-readers. There are many more that speculate that the e-reader spawned the iPad, something I consider to be an essential tool.  But this isn’t about the tech – it never has been.  It’s the spirit [...]

]]> Comment on Degree confirmation by Fluffy http://kaiberie.info/degree-confirmation/comment-page-1/#comment-2034 Fluffy Wed, 21 Sep 2011 23:14:06 +0000 http://kaiberie.com/?p=23508#comment-2034 Absolutely brilliant, hon. Well done! Absolutely brilliant, hon. Well done!

]]> Comment on So, the new world order by Kai http://kaiberie.info/so-the-new-world-order/comment-page-1/#comment-1815 Kai Wed, 31 Aug 2011 19:19:54 +0000 http://kaiberie.com/?p=678#comment-1815 The dissertation went fine, thank you for asking. I'm working on getting everything sorted out so it's a bit easier for me and my various writings so it's getting there. The dissertation went fine, thank you for asking. I’m working on getting everything sorted out so it’s a bit easier for me and my various writings so it’s getting there.

]]> Comment on So, the new world order by Alex http://kaiberie.info/so-the-new-world-order/comment-page-1/#comment-1814 Alex Wed, 31 Aug 2011 16:54:59 +0000 http://kaiberie.com/?p=678#comment-1814 I just came across your site and was wondering how your dissertation went? As a freelance writer I know how challenging it is to always be writing things for other people, when you really just want to be writing whatever interests you (ahhh...to be a famous author). As much as I love writing my own fiction, I find that my brain is just too fried after writing for others all day. So, I compromise by working on my own projects on the weekends. It isn't as much time as I would like, but at least it is something. I just came across your site and was wondering how your dissertation went? As a freelance writer I know how challenging it is to always be writing things for other people, when you really just want to be writing whatever interests you (ahhh…to be a famous author).
As much as I love writing my own fiction, I find that my brain is just too fried after writing for others all day. So, I compromise by working on my own projects on the weekends. It isn’t as much time as I would like, but at least it is something.

]]> Comment on Broken teeth, healing mind by Jim Murdoch http://kaiberie.info/broken-teeth-healing-mind/comment-page-1/#comment-1806 Jim Murdoch Mon, 29 Aug 2011 18:54:40 +0000 http://kaiberie.com/?p=1157#comment-1806 My definition of a writer is someone whose natural response to life is to write about it. There are plenty of writers who treat writing as if it was a job and there’s nothing wrong about that but the problem is that quite often the jobbing writers make the natural writers feel that they’re doing it all wrong. As if there was a ‘right’ way to write. I’ve worked myself into the ground more than once in my life so I know where you are just now and one of the things that suffers at times like that is my writing. My ability to write is just another aspect of what makes me me. It’s no different than my ability to walk or remember or see. When under great pressure people have lost certain abilities; they go blind, or can’t walk or if they can walk they walk into rooms and can’t remember why they’re there. And while those abilities vanish others are unaffected. I didn’t write for three years at one point. I had completely worked myself into the ground and I lost the ability to write. And then, one day, I sat down and tried my hand at prose – up until then I’d only written poetry for some twenty years – and I ended up writing a novel, the first of five now along with a lot more poetry, short stories (another thing I’d not attempted) and even a couple of plays. So you never know. But those people who lose their sight or their ability to walk usually regain it once their body sees that it’s . . . I suppose the word I’m looking for here is ‘safe’ . . . safe to let them have it back. We’re very bad about neglecting ourselves – we don’t eat properly, sleep properly, exercise regularly – and we suffer because of it. And if we neglect our writing I guess it suffers too. My definition of a writer is someone whose natural response to life is to write about it. There are plenty of writers who treat writing as if it was a job and there’s nothing wrong about that but the problem is that quite often the jobbing writers make the natural writers feel that they’re doing it all wrong. As if there was a ‘right’ way to write. I’ve worked myself into the ground more than once in my life so I know where you are just now and one of the things that suffers at times like that is my writing. My ability to write is just another aspect of what makes me me. It’s no different than my ability to walk or remember or see. When under great pressure people have lost certain abilities; they go blind, or can’t walk or if they can walk they walk into rooms and can’t remember why they’re there. And while those abilities vanish others are unaffected. I didn’t write for three years at one point. I had completely worked myself into the ground and I lost the ability to write. And then, one day, I sat down and tried my hand at prose – up until then I’d only written poetry for some twenty years – and I ended up writing a novel, the first of five now along with a lot more poetry, short stories (another thing I’d not attempted) and even a couple of plays. So you never know. But those people who lose their sight or their ability to walk usually regain it once their body sees that it’s . . . I suppose the word I’m looking for here is ‘safe’ . . . safe to let them have it back. We’re very bad about neglecting ourselves – we don’t eat properly, sleep properly, exercise regularly – and we suffer because of it. And if we neglect our writing I guess it suffers too.

]]> Comment on World of Warcraft – the good and the bad by Kai http://kaiberie.info/world-of-warcraft-%e2%80%93-the-good-and-the-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-1780 Kai Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:54:43 +0000 http://kaiberie.com/?p=340#comment-1780 LOL. I'm looking for a game that I can play long term again - that's one of the things I *do* miss about my life. I used to get to take an hour out - every day to game. And that's probably one of the things missing for me. Not sure I'd get on with LOTR online, but it's something I'm thinking about right now - in general. LOL. I’m looking for a game that I can play long term again – that’s one of the things I *do* miss about my life. I used to get to take an hour out – every day to game. And that’s probably one of the things missing for me. Not sure I’d get on with LOTR online, but it’s something I’m thinking about right now – in general.

]]> Comment on My single strand by Kai http://kaiberie.info/my-single-strand/comment-page-1/#comment-1778 Kai Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:48:21 +0000 http://kaiberie.com/?p=1131#comment-1778 LOL. I didn't say it wasn't knotted back on itself, and snapped in places, and duplicating like nothing on earth ;) *hugs* LOL. I didn’t say it wasn’t knotted back on itself, and snapped in places, and duplicating like nothing on earth ;)
*hugs*

]]> Comment on World of Warcraft – the good and the bad by Donna K. Fitch http://kaiberie.info/world-of-warcraft-%e2%80%93-the-good-and-the-bad/comment-page-1/#comment-1777 Donna K. Fitch Fri, 26 Aug 2011 18:44:51 +0000 http://kaiberie.com/?p=340#comment-1777 My husband and I have played WoW for a couple of years. Right now we're playing Lord of the Rings Online, and it's got such a different feel. Gorgeous scenery, lower level quests (in feel, anyway)--more realistic, I suppose. True to the setting of Tolkien's books. It's free to play (although we started it when it wasn't, so we're "VIP players."). Like you need something else to do! My husband and I have played WoW for a couple of years. Right now we’re playing Lord of the Rings Online, and it’s got such a different feel. Gorgeous scenery, lower level quests (in feel, anyway)–more realistic, I suppose. True to the setting of Tolkien’s books. It’s free to play (although we started it when it wasn’t, so we’re “VIP players.”).

Like you need something else to do!

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