There are so many times I read something online about some shows people are watching while reading books while holding down both a day job and a freelance writing gig while hanging out online, and I think, "HOW???... oh wait, no kids."
But then, I actually had a comment the other week-- it was Justine Larbalestier, I'd commented on a blog post, I forget what about EXACTLY, but I had wondered something about having the confidence to write crappy first drafts when you had so many other life issues taking up your time, mentioning that this had been going on since I'd had kids; and she responded something just really UNDERSTANDING, that she couldn't really say because she didn't have kids and she knew from other people what a drain that could be; and something about it felt so nice, like she really respected me and that I DID have issues she didn't completely understand-- I'm not sure how to explain, but I felt very, well, RESPECTED I guess is the best word. Because sometimes I just feel like the rest of the artsy fan-sy world is like "TOO BAD! You took the boring path! You have given up all things fun!" Which isn't true either, but... anyway. I'm not even sure what I started talking about.
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Date: 2014-01-22 12:10 am (UTC)From:But then, I actually had a comment the other week-- it was Justine Larbalestier, I'd commented on a blog post, I forget what about EXACTLY, but I had wondered something about having the confidence to write crappy first drafts when you had so many other life issues taking up your time, mentioning that this had been going on since I'd had kids; and she responded something just really UNDERSTANDING, that she couldn't really say because she didn't have kids and she knew from other people what a drain that could be; and something about it felt so nice, like she really respected me and that I DID have issues she didn't completely understand-- I'm not sure how to explain, but I felt very, well, RESPECTED I guess is the best word. Because sometimes I just feel like the rest of the artsy fan-sy world is like "TOO BAD! You took the boring path! You have given up all things fun!" Which isn't true either, but... anyway. I'm not even sure what I started talking about.