tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6771775388110854391.post3761966206673236382..comments2024-01-29T06:21:11.353+00:00Comments on Sarah Duncan's Blog: Seduced By StrangersSarah Duncanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12530089356370140344noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6771775388110854391.post-6056366730817166182011-09-02T10:26:38.522+01:002011-09-02T10:26:38.522+01:00Fiona - I think there are more serial monogamists ...Fiona - I think there are more serial monogamists in writing than the parallellers, but they are good are putting stuff out.<br /><br />Jim - I'm like you, I'm reading what I'm reading, can't do several books in tandem.Sarah Duncanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12530089356370140344noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6771775388110854391.post-60303653475714516172011-08-31T10:35:52.771+01:002011-08-31T10:35:52.771+01:00It’s like people who have several books on the go ...It’s like people who have several books on the go at a time. I can’t do that. I read one book at a time and that’s that. As always there’s no rule. If you can stop for a week and rattle down a kid’s book then fine. You’re going to have to write something down I would imagine or you face the problem of losing the idea. If I churned out a book a year I might be scared of losing momentum but I’m not that kind of writer. I’ve always written in clumps. Two books had breaks of years in the middle where I went off and did other things. My general rule of thumb is that as long as you’re working on something then that’s okay; everything will get finished in time. In those cases I needed to distance myself from the material and in both cases the end product was improved by not pressing ahead before I was ready. But I never work on two projects in tandem: it’s one thing or the other.<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6771775388110854391.post-41077240060363837232011-08-31T08:51:08.668+01:002011-08-31T08:51:08.668+01:00I agree with this. I often read advice that a wri...I agree with this. I often read advice that a writer should take a break from the novel if it's going badly and work on something else. I can't do it. I find it dissipates my creative energy and I can't do justice to either. I prefer to leave it all alone, have a tea break or go for a long walk and think about if the problem is more serious. I envy writers who can churn out lots of different stuff in parallel. I'm glad there are other writers who feel the same as I do.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12817023658086779385noreply@blogger.com