tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20387918.post114806988377134657..comments2023-11-23T11:14:08.995+00:00Comments on Barbara's Bleeuugh!: Still Raining. Still.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06280161801824435219noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20387918.post-1148238615983941962006-05-21T20:10:00.000+01:002006-05-21T20:10:00.000+01:00It's a bit like giving birth - pain you really don...It's a bit like giving birth - pain you really don't want to have to go through, but rewarding once having gone through it and the pain has diminished!<BR/><BR/>I have a draft for the 4000'er now, coming in at around 5000 words. Now I need to cut, cut, cut!<BR/><BR/>Strangely, now I've broken the 4000 word barrier, I'm hoping that 2000 words is not going to give me as many problems - or that the longies expected at both course ends, are going to cost half as much in angst and tribulation. <BR/><BR/>Famous last words, probably...<BR/><BR/>Reading Flaubert in the CM now - very funny novel, in some respects and I can see now just how influenced Mr. Eliot was by the French writers ;¬)<BR/><BR/>Connections, connections!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06280161801824435219noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20387918.post-1148218703167759752006-05-21T14:38:00.000+01:002006-05-21T14:38:00.000+01:00Hope you've made some progress with the essay by n...Hope you've made some progress with the essay by now.<BR/><BR/>I've almost been missing studying this weekend (almost) - just think, one day, that'll be you! ;o)Messalinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15973149790071270448noreply@blogger.com