tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post3413146359539683038..comments2024-03-29T01:46:26.292-04:00Comments on Wild, Wicked & Wacky: Getting Back into the GrooveSuzan Hardenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04600258874634909988noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post-46983912534143953672014-12-09T12:18:46.301-05:002014-12-09T12:18:46.301-05:00But your ego insists on getting the last word in, ...But your ego insists on getting the last word in, doesn't it? LOLSuzan Hardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600258874634909988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post-5096971526217408712014-12-09T11:18:29.516-05:002014-12-09T11:18:29.516-05:00We had our own blanket business for 5 to 6 years a...We had our own blanket business for 5 to 6 years and yes, working for ourselves is different in some ways, than working for others. But I flippin' I loved those differences. <br /><br />However, regarding the issue of 20 miles being too far to go, I'm agreeing to disagree. <br /><br />Cheers, boogie boogie and much luck getting your butt back to writing. The Happy Whiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438469476168485775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post-70982216153976873442014-12-09T10:10:47.579-05:002014-12-09T10:10:47.579-05:00There's a huge difference between working for ...There's a huge difference between working for someone else and running your own business. A friend who did travel articles for magazines negotiated a mileage and food stipend on top of her article rate. If she hadn't, any travel expenses would have cut into her bottom line. At the time, magazine articles was how she paid for her daughter's college tuition. Every little bit counted.Suzan Hardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600258874634909988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post-33025548644130087702014-12-09T06:05:40.323-05:002014-12-09T06:05:40.323-05:00When I freelanced and wrote for pay, I still trave...When I freelanced and wrote for pay, I still traveled all over to write in different cafes. <br /><br />That was my job, I got paid to write. But the REAL difference, is the travel didn't bother me and I never saw it as unnecessary.<br /><br />To each their own thang ... The Happy Whiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438469476168485775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post-51824340070553228432014-12-08T23:22:26.124-05:002014-12-08T23:22:26.124-05:00This is my business. I'm not going to add unne...This is my business. I'm not going to add unnecessary overhead in regards to both time and money. That's the difference.Suzan Hardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600258874634909988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post-13054097071491827072014-12-08T22:31:05.632-05:002014-12-08T22:31:05.632-05:00You're asking the wrong person, I don't mi...You're asking the wrong person, I don't mind a 20 mile drive, even a 35. Heck, we used to drive one hour to get to one place before they closed down.<br /><br />To me, it's not a waste at all. But if it feels like that to you, then that's understandable.<br /><br />Cheers and boogie boogie.The Happy Whiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438469476168485775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post-86293801728964486472014-12-08T20:35:07.785-05:002014-12-08T20:35:07.785-05:00Why waste an hour of good writing time driving all...Why waste an hour of good writing time driving all the way to BG?Suzan Hardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600258874634909988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post-49012252109117942362014-12-08T20:14:20.504-05:002014-12-08T20:14:20.504-05:00Is 20 miles too far for you?Is 20 miles too far for you?The Happy Whiskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13438469476168485775noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post-35642697597983938762014-12-08T17:24:25.968-05:002014-12-08T17:24:25.968-05:00Thank the gods for Amazon!
Seriously. Even with ...<i>Thank the gods for Amazon!</i><br /><br />Seriously. Even with the B&N a... less than 10 minute walk away if I'm feeling good (far side of a large shopping center across the street) I've probably bought... three, maybe four? books there in the almost five years we've lived here. Even when I went over to write, I hardly ever bought a book, although I got a mocha or something. They just don't have the selection I'm used to. And I'm also used to having immediate access to my to-buy lists, on both Amazon (mainly for paper books) and ARe (for romances, mostly e-book) before I buy something. Otherwise I'm often left standing in front of the bookshelf thinking, "Wait, do I have this...?" or "I've heard of this, but did I hear good or bad about it...?" :P<br /><br />It was kind of fun going over there to write, though, before the friend I met through NaNo fell off the map. :/ I don't go over by myself.<br /><br />AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post-54113807343235323352014-12-08T17:12:49.186-05:002014-12-08T17:12:49.186-05:00I told you I was moving to West Bumfuck, Ohio. Tha...I told you I was moving to West Bumfuck, Ohio. Thank the gods for Amazon!Suzan Hardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600258874634909988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post-41705347265860883232014-12-08T16:49:08.594-05:002014-12-08T16:49:08.594-05:00No real bookstores closer than an hour away? You....No real bookstores closer than an hour away? You... moved there <i>deliberately?</i> :P<br /><br />Best of luck figuring something out. [crosses fingers for you]<br /><br />AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post-23620501921521505932014-12-08T16:43:04.465-05:002014-12-08T16:43:04.465-05:00Book store? Here? ROFLMAO
*wipes tears* In Findla...Book store? Here? ROFLMAO<br /><br />*wipes tears* In Findlay, there's the Christian bookstore and the Book Nook, which is half comic book shop and half used romance paperbacks. Don't get me wrong. I LOVE the Book Nook, but it's a tiny little store and definitely no place to sit.<br /><br />The closest big box store with a café is B&N in Toledo which is an hour away. (Goddess, I really don't know how I made the drive to the University of Toledo Law School every night after working a full day.) DH suggested the George House, which is a café across the street from the University of Findlay. That won't be bad while the kids at UF are out for winter break.<br /><br />I just need to suck it up and figure something out.Suzan Hardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600258874634909988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post-22564504896769750222014-12-08T15:51:20.477-05:002014-12-08T15:51:20.477-05:00Well, that sucks. :/ Is there a big bookstore ne...Well, that sucks. :/ Is there a big bookstore near you? One with a coffee shop inside would be cool -- I used to meet a friend at the coffee shop in the nearby B&N and we'd sit there in silence writing on our laptops for an hour or two -- but even a smaller bookstore with places to sit, where you could plop with your laptop might work. No coffee, but still, quiet place to write?<br /><br />AngieAngiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920578701763415331noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post-34594418035402941512014-12-08T12:21:29.717-05:002014-12-08T12:21:29.717-05:00At one point, we had five stand alone Starbucks wi...At one point, we had five stand alone Starbucks within a couple mile radius of our neighborhood. I had the schedules of the two closest memorized, especially their slowest times so I could sit in there for two or three hours without being disturbed. The staff knew me well enough that my drink would be ready at the counter when they saw my convertible pull into the parking lot. They definitely spoiled me!Suzan Hardenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04600258874634909988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5384027358660553150.post-85424663924185680822014-12-08T11:50:06.851-05:002014-12-08T11:50:06.851-05:00I live in the land of the very old myself, and the...I live in the land of the very old myself, and there's two Starbucks (in grocery stores) across the street from each other about a mile away. . . I guess I should count my blessings. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00598239139415961193noreply@blogger.com