Comments on: Tools of the Trade

By: Bobby

Bobby — Wed, 06 Dec 2006 06:42:25 +0000

Quit your whining and write the goddamn thing already. You think Faulkner had all this crap to help him? How about Chaucer? Or the great Nangi Lagoo?

By: meljean

meljean — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 22:35:42 +0000

*rofl* Fingerless gloves?

I wonder if that would make me cool.

I really want to be cool.

By: Green Arrow

Green Arrow — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 11:05:05 +0000

concerning that chair: when you get it you can get more creative inspirations for you steamy scenes.:grin:

ET massager: same as above

WW: hell yeah

laptop: i just got an IBM Lenovo, works like a dream. new laptops just make you feel happy. and also give you carpal tunnel, maybe you can get some of those cool finger-less gloves…..yeah….. that’d be hot. But seriously thought, they have fold up or really small keyboards that are pretty much the exact same thing as a desktop keyboard, just smaller, but it’s real nice. http://www.fentek-ind.com/minikb.htm

coffee: = life energy.

By: meljean

meljean — Mon, 04 Dec 2006 07:13:34 +0000

Larissa — the chair is an ergonomic kneeling chair; I tried one once at an office supply store, and was shocked at how much pressure it relieves off the back. I don’t know if I could use it for an 8-hour stretch, but I’m definitely going to get one and switch between it and my traditional chair as I’m writing.

Long — I have pictures on my desktop of my characters, too. It really helps me along when I’m stuck.

May — I do find that I get into a coffee-rhythm. Like, I’m so used to having one while I’m writing now that it seems almost a ritual. Get the coffee; write. So that when I break the habit, it takes me a little longer to get into it.

Jane — AGH! I lust after an Apple. Particularly for the iMovie thing. I think that my next computer, I’m finally going to make the switch … my primary reason for keeping a PC for so long was compatibility issues at work and university, but now it’s not an issue.

By: Jane

Jane — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 18:56:20 +0000

Ah – you should get an apple.

http://www.apple.com/getamac/ads/

Look for the accident one.

By: May

May — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 17:06:36 +0000

I’m not horribly addicted to coffee yet, but I do get coffee on days when I’m blocked. I think it helps. Or it might be all in my head. What am I saying? It’s all in my head, together with the characters.

Like you, my coffee needs lots of milk. Sugar, caramel and chocolate optional, but I really like the Toffee Nut latte (seasonal) at Starbucks.

By: Long Tran

Long Tran — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:38:37 +0000

lol, i can relate! one of my absolute essential writing tools for inspiration…my video ipod, my writing journal, and a ready supply of Twix candy bars. I haven’t done the coffee thing yet at Starbucks…although i do have a healthy supply of Folger’s coffee.

I also look at pictures of actors in costume to help me gain some additional inpsiration when i write. It’s always helpful to see my fave actors in my imagained story going through the motions and trials. Depending on the genre of the book i would probably watch a movie that relates. For example I would watch Hero to get the juices flowing for my current novel.

By: Larissa

Larissa — Sun, 03 Dec 2006 16:12:34 +0000

I have that same laptop! Got it in August, and I love it! And naturally, a nice massager, because my shoulders tighten up when I’m writing.

Total coffee addict.

That chair thing looks like some sort of torture device…