tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post7777960615445764615..comments2023-01-08T13:48:58.890-08:00Comments on The Sound of Butterflies: A room of one's own no more.Rachael Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07690377694600952816noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-87590979610569715782009-02-05T16:47:00.000-08:002009-02-05T16:47:00.000-08:00Once you find your groove thing/ writing routine a...Once you find your groove thing/ writing routine at home you will be unstoppable. Who knows, you may even have better results the more precious the time is ( that critic voice certainly won't be able to have so much time to crap on) Good luckAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-15270011739305735092009-02-05T14:06:00.000-08:002009-02-05T14:06:00.000-08:00Can they make you an Honourary Fellow or Associate...Can they make you an Honourary Fellow or Associate?<BR/><BR/>This offers university facilities, but no pay. You use the libraries, office, internet, they retain the reflected glory of your presence.Damon Younghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06421351032851052928noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-41136406558936285852009-02-04T17:32:00.000-08:002009-02-04T17:32:00.000-08:00It's wonderful that you had such an amazing opport...It's wonderful that you had such an amazing opportunity to write! Being at home and trying to write with little ones about is, well, difficult to say the least, isn't it? I'm having a pretty hard time dealing with having two now, as once I get one to bed, the other wakes up.<BR/><BR/>Looking forward to reading your new book!Amber Loughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12374291005610549082noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-60560711230434180752009-02-04T17:23:00.000-08:002009-02-04T17:23:00.000-08:00Thanks for all the comments everybody. I am feelin...Thanks for all the comments everybody. I am feeling great about the novel today; on Tuesday I felt lousy. Such is the rock and roll of the writing life.<BR/><BR/>That kind of access to the university libraries would be brilliant. I recently heard of one writer who taught at a university for years, then had to pay thousands for the privelige of using the library for a year when she left. I'd better make the most of the next couple of weeks!Rachael Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690377694600952816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-14431955062211390872009-02-03T17:42:00.000-08:002009-02-03T17:42:00.000-08:00Thoughtful and gracious comments and how wonderful...Thoughtful and gracious comments and how wonderful that the whole experience has been so enriching for you. Like many others I am impatient to read novel # 2.<BR/>Best wishes for your move back to "normalcy".Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-60839403191567255132009-02-03T16:33:00.000-08:002009-02-03T16:33:00.000-08:00Glad your residency was so productive, I look forw...Glad your residency was so productive, I look forward to your novel when it is published :-)<BR/><BR/>AngelaLiteraryMindedhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00017526368314189191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-11123264572452099782009-02-03T12:40:00.000-08:002009-02-03T12:40:00.000-08:00Great to hear the residency has been such a produc...Great to hear the residency has been such a productive time for you, and allowed you to explore your next novel in directions you wouldn't have had the time or energy for.<BR/><BR/>University library and database resources are a wonderful thing. I like Mark Hubbard's suggestion about Alumni and Writers in residence. Have you asked anyone in the University?<BR/><BR/>I keep applying for the Burns Fellowship - working on the squeaky wheel principle so that in about 20 years time when they're sick of the perpetual applications...Vanda Symonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09956034768397598056noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-50862712911792744132009-02-03T10:01:00.000-08:002009-02-03T10:01:00.000-08:00One of the things I found so wonderful when I writ...One of the things I found so wonderful when I writer in residence at Dunedin College of Ed was the validation I felt. Having the offical space was great too and I completed two books while there (one is published; the other is an orphan).<BR/><BR/>We have a 'sleep out' which is now my space and, if anyone wants me, they have to come outside, cross the lawn and bang down the door. The children as less likely to do this. However, just yesterday morning, hubby did just that to ask if I wanted a cup of tea and hence completely pulled me out of what I was doing.<BR/><BR/>Later, I had to school him in the art of refuge: if iza wanna cuppa, iza will come get a cuppa - geddit.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-68403126774408549502009-02-03T02:02:00.000-08:002009-02-03T02:02:00.000-08:00I'm glad the writing has gone well. As stated prev...I'm glad the writing has gone well. As stated previously, I'm looking forward to buying the new novel.<BR/><BR/>Pertaining to Canterbury Library membership, wouldn't it be good if alumni, including writers in residence, were allowed life long membership of 'their' university libraries, consequent on a small fee, of course.<BR/><BR/>It would be great to have access on that basis, and would keep past students and their universities in touch. I've just about read the Diamond Harbour library now :)<BR/><BR/>Best of luck when tenure ends.<BR/><BR/>(There's a writing community in Chch?)Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07707604974739887751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-15556917367320506722009-02-03T01:05:00.000-08:002009-02-03T01:05:00.000-08:00We've missed you terribly in Wellington, but were ...We've missed you terribly in Wellington, but were willing to live with that for the benefits this residence would bring. Now, creche sounds promising!Mariannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550099313130721917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-2197507547309076492009-02-02T20:12:00.000-08:002009-02-02T20:12:00.000-08:00Speaking on behalf of Christchurch (because YES, I...Speaking on behalf of Christchurch (because YES, I do have that authority!) it's been wonderful having you here and getting to know you, and I will be lining up for my copy of your new novel when it's published.Sharonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14568676662601144007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-38649209065527765092009-02-02T14:32:00.000-08:002009-02-02T14:32:00.000-08:00A great argument in favour of residencies - but I ...A great argument in favour of residencies - but I hope you will be strong enough to mark out your own inviolate territory at home too!<BR/><BR/>I like the sound of your novel. <BR/><BR/>PxThe Paradoxical Cathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10100658773584057280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16175404.post-31815795833739413162009-02-02T14:29:00.000-08:002009-02-02T14:29:00.000-08:00How wonderful to have that opportunity and I look ...How wonderful to have that opportunity and I look forward to the enw book. I have not long moved to Dunedin and our new hosue is so small that I don't even have space for a desk anymore and am a kitchen table writer now. At least kindy and school are back tomorrow and I'll only have one little one at home.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com