tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839584506001378073.post6492067729804527085..comments2023-10-30T22:39:14.941+11:00Comments on Jonathan Gould, Writer: Grumpy, grumpy, grumpy, grumpyJonathan Gouldhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06169533695637011148noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839584506001378073.post-84559960492411240182012-07-16T09:02:46.458+10:002012-07-16T09:02:46.458+10:00Hi Jim,
Nice to hear things are going well.
Cont...Hi Jim,<br /><br />Nice to hear things are going well.<br /><br />Content is never going to stop me writing - busy is my major problem.Jonathan Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169533695637011148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839584506001378073.post-17253228854525788662012-07-15T21:01:40.251+10:002012-07-15T21:01:40.251+10:00Grumpy is my default, Jonathan. Even I’ve been les...Grumpy is my default, Jonathan. Even <i>I’ve</i> been less grumpy of late though. I blame it on the sun, what little of it I see as I work behind closed curtains all day long to stop the sun shining on my monitor. I think part of it has been due to the fact that my wife has finally admitted that some of the jobs she’s been doing for me are getting too much for her and I can now take over them without feeling I was taking something from her. She’ll still do all my editing and deal with the printers but I’m taking on more of the online stuff. Which is fine because it means I can get on with stuff rather than waiting on her. This has also prompted me to reduce the frequency of my blogging so from August 12th I’ll only be posting once a week so that gives me an extra two days a week. Suddenly I have all this time. I’m also writing again now I’m off the aspartame—terrible stuff—but only poetry albeit some decent stuff including a masculinisation of the well-known Jenny Joseph poem ‘Warning’ (the one about the old woman who wears purple).<br /><br />I do worry about being too content—happiness is a bit of a stretch—because in the past where I’ve gone through periods like this (usually involving a new woman) my creativity slumped. I’ve always been a writer who’s drawn from his negative side. Why my writing isn’t dark and depressing has always surprised me but beautiful flowers grow in shit so what do I know?<br /><br>Jim Murdochhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12786388638146471193noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839584506001378073.post-87632279427345326832012-07-15T10:58:52.054+10:002012-07-15T10:58:52.054+10:00Hi Amanda,
Yeah, I might need to make a checklist...Hi Amanda,<br /><br />Yeah, I might need to make a checklist of things I can do to be more grumpy: less sleep, spend more time at work, less chocolate,more shouting at the kids, spend more time looking at my bad reviews. I'm sure that will work.Jonathan Gouldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06169533695637011148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8839584506001378073.post-47605364259054535372012-07-15T09:42:59.719+10:002012-07-15T09:42:59.719+10:00You know, Jonathan, you don't do "grumpy&...You know, Jonathan, you don't do "grumpy" very well. Maybe if you get less sleep or something you'll do better next time.Amandahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01884941835230865015noreply@blogger.com