Ru: Carol Berg told me that when her husband retired he drove her so crazy that she moved her workroom up to the attic to get away from his music etc. And when they had workmen in the house, she went to a cafe – and found “anonymous noise” easier to deal with than more specific stuff.

One panelist said things got too quiet when the last of her 5 kids went to school – so she used to turn on the kids channel on TV!

Others used music while they worked. Some worked in the middle of the night or very early when it was quiet. Those with kids just dealt with interruptions and went straight back to work.

Most believed in changing what they were doing when they had problems – writing a different story, or a different part of the book. Or simply writing anyway and throwing out the crap later.

I was the only person who really took my work everywhere and worked anywhere, anytime.

On a side note, I see you’re reading Spirit Gate – how are you finding it? I got it for my birthday but havent gotten around to reading it yet. I’ve been absorbed in Robin Hobbs’Farseer trilogy.

Take care! Hope you dont get too Noramlyed on the way home.

Sarah

I’m just here at home, re-reading the Mirage Makers LOL. But I’m reading the trilogy slowly this time; last time I rushed through it, I just wanted to finish it LOL. But now I’m savouring it, living it.

POSSIBLE SPOILER?
I’m about half-way through The Shadow of Tyr now – I’ve just read the scene where Arrant first meets Temellin, and in the night he wakes to find his mother gone, but finds her with Tem, and then he lies with them on the pallet. It was so touching: I felt his love for them and his happiness; the emotion was amazing.

Elliott