tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post4129320431631324359..comments2023-01-08T13:48:58.890-08:00Comments on The Sound of Butterflies: A couple of my favourite things.Rachael Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07690377694600952816noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-82322060300386714092008-09-10T20:01:00.000-07:002008-09-10T20:01:00.000-07:00I like catofimpossibleetc's description of the pag...I like catofimpossibleetc's description of the pages like a warm egg. yes!<BR/><BR/>Emma - I think it's worth giving a go. It's hard to change habits, but I might just persevere because I think it will be useful. And the smell of fixer has remained embedded in my sense-memory for the 20 years since I was last in a dark room. It's so unique.<BR/><BR/>Marianne - no it didn't thankfully!<BR/><BR/>Mark - try reading Oscar and Lucinda, my favourite Carey, though I hear Illywhacker is good too.<BR/><BR/>Angela - welcome! I have been enjoying your blog and recently blog-rolled it (you probably noticed, which is why you are here). It's great to get such an in-depth report of the Melbourne festival. I'll have to try and make it over there next time. I'm coming to Melbourne next month though, during the arts festival, which I'm looking forward to.Rachael Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690377694600952816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-88820642487272021792008-09-10T19:53:00.000-07:002008-09-10T19:53:00.000-07:00mmm, printerly goodness... and the warm, warm page...mmm, printerly goodness... and the warm, warm pages when they first slide out!<BR/>AngelaLiteraryMindedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017526368314189191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-42117624702947162112008-09-10T04:54:00.000-07:002008-09-10T04:54:00.000-07:00I've just finished my first Carey, His Illegal Sel...I've just finished my first Carey, <I>His Illegal Self</I>. I found the first two thirds of the novel uninspiring, but from the characterisation he was doing in that part, he was able to pull out a very powerful ending.<BR/><BR/>Not sure if that is good writing or not. <BR/><BR/>Smell of whisky, does it for me. Followed by fountain pen ink. I've had my fountain pen for twenty four years now.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07707604974739887751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-40752762035964398392008-09-10T01:32:00.000-07:002008-09-10T01:32:00.000-07:00Yay - you discovered Laini's other blog. She says ...Yay - you discovered Laini's other blog. She says she put it together when she needed a break from revisions of Silksinger (the manuscript of which I was lucky enough to get to read while I was there - now I can't wait to read it again).<BR/><BR/>Hope your headache didn't linger.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-81490656228737339782008-09-10T01:09:00.000-07:002008-09-10T01:09:00.000-07:00Thanks for the lead to Not For Robots, which I had...Thanks for the lead to Not For Robots, which I hadn't come across. Sounds just my kind of thing. I, too do the side-by-side thing, both in first draft, where I write on the recto sides only of the notebook, and make notes on the facing verso, and in a sense on the later computer stages, since I always have a pad of paper by my elbow...<BR/><BR/>And yes, photocopiers. I think it's the womb-like nature of those rooms, too - warm, slightly stuffy, quiet apart a faint hum, and then the heart-beat rhythm of the machine. Darkrooms are the same, only fix is spicier and more invigorating.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-54667408536568798972008-09-09T20:32:00.000-07:002008-09-09T20:32:00.000-07:00Not for Robots is one of my favourite sites, too. ...Not for Robots is one of my favourite sites, too. And I also like the smell of fresh printer ink ... mmm. And the sound of printing. I actually really like feeling the paper as it comes off the printer, too - it's all warm, like a fresh-laid egg.<BR/><BR/>Right, I'm going to stop now.Andrea Eameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15304706719936895188noreply@blogger.com