tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464026926660519697.post6663512076648132268..comments2023-10-30T15:23:32.706+00:00Comments on Celebrating Science: Particles, Processes, Species and SelfLinda Gillardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05747108591927491742noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464026926660519697.post-48123234266595168582011-12-23T09:09:42.531+00:002011-12-23T09:09:42.531+00:00Thanks, Linda.
I should probably make clear to e...Thanks, Linda. <br /><br />I should probably make clear to everyone now that there's some degree of artistic license here: however many biscuits you may think I eat, it's usually one less. And by the time you subtract all the crumbs lost in tea- even given my expert dunking skills- it's really not many molecules at all. <br /><br />My latest thing is flapjack-making-and-eating rampages. I realised just now what a lovely balance this has brought to my life. A trinity of flapjack, Digestives and my dissertation, like 'Oats and wheat and barley grow'(although my dissertation also involves manure). Do you or I or anyone know where I get this crap from? <br />EKAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7464026926660519697.post-58020650610312103752011-12-13T14:20:51.099+00:002011-12-13T14:20:51.099+00:00Brilliant, Emma-Kate! A joyous post. The writing m...Brilliant, Emma-Kate! A joyous post. The writing moment, captured and dissected.<br /><br />Biscuit consumption exceeding creative output is a serious and intractable problem for the professional writer, as our spreading bottoms will confirm. I've now managed to eliminate biscuit consumption. Coffee is the final frontier. <br /><br />Since "stopping to make some proper coffee" is also an enemy of creativity, I now do a deal with myself. I set a target (eg finish Ch. 10/produce 6 handwritten sheets of draft) and then I don't allow myself near the coffee pot until my target is achieved. <br /><br />Well, mostly.Linda Gillardhttp://www.lindagillard.co.uknoreply@blogger.com