tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post3232590084827268284..comments2024-03-27T07:18:58.033+00:00Comments on Frances Garrood: Delaying tacticsFrances Garroodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-55472910708151998492010-08-21T20:04:15.808+01:002010-08-21T20:04:15.808+01:00Thanks Frances. WIP finished yesterday - phew. Now...Thanks Frances. WIP finished yesterday - phew. Now have ten days or so off to visit people (eg parents) before term and the re-writes start...Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-14276178866911337802010-08-20T19:40:56.273+01:002010-08-20T19:40:56.273+01:00Aalis - I'm so glad the A level results were s...Aalis - I'm so glad the A level results were so good. Congrats to the clever son!<br /><br />Hi Tim. I shall try to take your sensible advice...Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-41154535903513119442010-08-19T13:44:20.250+01:002010-08-19T13:44:20.250+01:00It's a frightening moment, but also an excitin...It's a frightening moment, but also an exciting one. What if it's *better* than you think?<br /><br />I try very hard to cultivate a frame of mind where my satisfaction is generated from what I think the book is like, rather than what happens to it afterwards. <br /><br />I feel for you wondering what to do next. I too find it very difficult to move from one project to another. But you've probably still got months of editing ahead, so no need to say adieu just yet!<br /><br />Well done to you and Alis for getting there!Tim Strettonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08598897603628943741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-12572621144238521612010-08-19T13:34:43.145+01:002010-08-19T13:34:43.145+01:00Thanks, Frances. A level results out today, by the...Thanks, Frances. A level results out today, by the way and R's results were more than satisfactory!! I hope I'll be able to say the same about the book when it's doneAlishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-6340130508582791622010-08-19T09:41:02.916+01:002010-08-19T09:41:02.916+01:00Thanks, Alis. I envy you having something new in y...Thanks, Alis. I envy you having something new in your head - mine seems, like Winnie the Pooh's, to be full of pale grey fluff at the moment, but I guess that's old age and new babies.<br /><br />Talking of which, I'm off to see him again (109 miles, but worth it!). Have a lovely break.Frances Garroodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10614916006798375706noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3132582821010486689.post-73151652420954714382010-08-19T09:00:08.439+01:002010-08-19T09:00:08.439+01:00I feel for you Frances, that terror of the thing b...I feel for you Frances, that terror of the thing being finished and not measuring up is horrible, i know! I hope to finish mine tomorrow and am hoping that, when I read it through in a week or so, after a brief holiday, that I won't think it's all tosh. But I'm already writing the next one in my head!Alishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18406189984167289987noreply@blogger.com