Friday, August 11, 2006

Quirks & Odd Habits

I'm ready to begin the second draft of Caressed By Ice, which in my case, means putting together the jigsaw of scenes I wrote for draft 1 into some sort of correct order. I don't always write sequentially so this is normal for me though it does strike others as somewhat odd.

I'm curious - if you're a writer, what's your writing quirk? And if you're a reader, where's the oddest place you've ever read a book?

9 comments :

Cyn Bagley said...

Sitting in a tree reading "Treasure Island."

Nalini Singh said...

Sounds fun. But now I have to ask - how old were you? *g*

Heather Waters said...

Would zoning out be considered a quirk? Half the time, I have no idea what I've written and have to re-read before I can start work the next day. Sometimes, this leads to, wow, that was pretty good, moments. Other times... I have to wonder if someone is putting something in my morning diet Dr. Pepper.

Cyn Bagley said...

I was about 9 years old. :-)

Cyn Bagley said...

Writing quirks????

Candles and music... works especially when I am having some blockhead moments.

Nalini Singh said...

Milady - do you mean you listen to music, watch tv? Do you do that even when editing or doing other writing related tasks that require more concentration?

Nalini Singh said...

Emma - how funny - I LOVE writing longhand, feeling the paper under my pen.

And that overhang sounds dangerous. How did you get up there?

Nalini Singh said...

LOL Heather - I've had moments like that. Sometimes it's a nice surprise to read something and go "I wrote that? Cool!"

Nalini Singh said...

Cynthia - I had this image of you grown up and in a tree reading. *G*