tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post5032974313595291858..comments2023-09-20T03:40:25.128-07:00Comments on Leigh Russell: O for a muse of fireLeigh Russellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-43552357482255076392010-01-25T16:39:41.802-08:002010-01-25T16:39:41.802-08:00I hope you're talking about walking along a be...I hope you're talking about walking along a beach, Pat!Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-25698347606935592952010-01-25T07:32:06.626-08:002010-01-25T07:32:06.626-08:00I'm not allowed to mention it(see Debs)but it&...I'm not allowed to mention it(see Debs)but it's great thinking time for me.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01529798893653033970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-34675964358192859182010-01-24T10:05:24.475-08:002010-01-24T10:05:24.475-08:00If I told you, I'd have to...
never mind. ;)If I told you, I'd have to...<br /><br />never mind. ;)Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10347219783395836620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-29252371359836744322010-01-24T10:02:32.094-08:002010-01-24T10:02:32.094-08:00Jenn - "Serial Killers use Vanish" ... h...Jenn - "<i>Serial Killers use Vanish</i>" ... how do you know!!!??Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-66795407551047358142010-01-24T08:30:55.873-08:002010-01-24T08:30:55.873-08:00haha - maybe I should have said, a supermodel chan...haha - maybe I should have said, a supermodel changing the car-oil then, but I always seem to choose the darkest and most sinister of all the available options - hence the way I write, I suppose. <br /><br />Serial Killers use Vanish, of course.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10347219783395836620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-71991559515931191522010-01-24T07:59:57.899-08:002010-01-24T07:59:57.899-08:00I wonder if your serial killer has managed to wash...I wonder if your serial killer has managed to wash out all the blood stains, Jenn?!Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-53528831299145465462010-01-24T06:18:56.955-08:002010-01-24T06:18:56.955-08:00I read blogs, and I try to imagine extraordinary p...I read blogs, and I try to imagine extraordinary people doing ordinary things. What might it be like for a serial killer to be hanging out the washing? A few ponderings like that over a cup of tea and a bag of oranges usually gets me started with something.Jennhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10347219783395836620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-73832445674151418152010-01-23T17:30:46.718-08:002010-01-23T17:30:46.718-08:00Hi Rob, interesting that you and Barry both said y...Hi Rob, interesting that you and Barry both said you sometimes have an idea and <i>have</i> to write it down. I sometimes have that feeling. It can be quite a mental pressure, almost a compulsion, at times.Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-52802999529782248972010-01-23T17:27:23.083-08:002010-01-23T17:27:23.083-08:00Hi Monique - good to hear from you. I'm afraid...Hi Monique - good to hear from you. I'm afraid I rarely laze in the bath. Showers are so much quicker, and I seem to have so little time! I do have ideas in the shower though. What is it about water? 'Water and meditation are forever wedded' (Melville)Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-25873734964012119902010-01-23T17:24:59.708-08:002010-01-23T17:24:59.708-08:00Val, I'm thinking of buying a little dictaphon...Val, I'm thinking of buying a little dictaphone or something similar. I often have ideas when I'm driving to work (but won't admit to scribbling when I'm sitting in traffic... that wasn't me!)Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-58619151901428613112010-01-23T17:23:53.216-08:002010-01-23T17:23:53.216-08:00Hi Barry - Lost Cockatiel certainly sparks some in...Hi Barry - Lost Cockatiel certainly sparks some interest. Will you be posting the story on your blog?Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-22928782994487374182010-01-23T17:22:55.703-08:002010-01-23T17:22:55.703-08:00Hi Akasha - I often have ideas when I'm about ...Hi Akasha - I often have ideas when I'm about to go to sleep. I can't resist jumping up to scribble them down. I seem to get my best ideas last thing at night, but maybe I'm just too tired by then to realise the ideas aren't really so good...Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-24370265495992170522010-01-23T17:20:49.081-08:002010-01-23T17:20:49.081-08:00I've not been here for a while - (writing!) -
...I've not been here for a while - (writing!) -<br />Thank you for visiting. I'll respond individually, as usual.Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-59003716251720923802010-01-23T16:01:38.380-08:002010-01-23T16:01:38.380-08:00Hi Leigh
I understand about needing to get out th...Hi Leigh<br /><br />I understand about needing to get out the house, i find it easier to write after I've been out for about 30 mins. Even if it means going to the shop and buying a small item and interacting with someone for five minutes... maybe its a reaction to writing being a very internal thing. I let idea's and conversations build up in my head and when i get home I've got to write it down before it leaves me... also my paintings have turned into a chance for more stories to come out.<br /><br />RobBeyondSight Painting and Literaturehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187493902980769392noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-47512025742436213352010-01-21T11:43:16.606-08:002010-01-21T11:43:16.606-08:00Usually in the bath leigh. A hot tub, a glass of w...Usually in the bath leigh. A hot tub, a glass of wine, a purring cat beside me and my mind is going into overdrive. Also, as Akasha said, eavesdropping and people watching.Middle Ditchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16493665280732775898noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-54193246932743981552010-01-21T08:44:58.920-08:002010-01-21T08:44:58.920-08:00When my mind wanders is the best time for getting ...When my mind wanders is the best time for getting ideas.<br /><br />I've had brilliant flashes of inspiration while driving to work. [My commute is rather long ... and not much traffic!]<br /><br />I know, I shouldn't drive and day dream, but there you go.Val Ewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11773318159420863765noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-9555554058770359882010-01-20T14:07:33.915-08:002010-01-20T14:07:33.915-08:00Ideas come to me randomly -- the trick is to be pr...Ideas come to me randomly -- the trick is to be prepared for them, to be receptive to those little ideas that everyone has all the time without realising it, to know how to turn them into stories and whether they're worth doing so.<br /><br />An example? I was in town the other day and I saw a sign posted to a lamppost which read "Lost Cockatiel". An entire short story just popped into my head and I burned to write it, which I did that night.<br /><br />Who know -- even this comment may spark an idea.Barry J. Northernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12078136594892291058noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-81672148840725627542010-01-20T12:30:05.315-08:002010-01-20T12:30:05.315-08:00A lot of ideas I get from just people-watching - m...A lot of ideas I get from just people-watching - my favourite hobby - and eavesdropping on the conversations of others. I, also, have ideas pop into my head as I'm dropping of to sleep...but I rarely jot them down: bad I know!<br />:)Akasha Savage.https://www.blogger.com/profile/13482147165827577180noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-27134713792347568382010-01-20T12:22:00.708-08:002010-01-20T12:22:00.708-08:00Hi Mike, the South Bank is a buzzy place. Lots of ...Hi Mike, the South Bank is a buzzy place. Lots of interesting people, movement, atmosphere, history - and now lots of food places too. Last summer one of the bookshops had fake grass with deckchairs outside. We sat there watching the world go by.Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-43902014604817291682010-01-20T12:17:38.691-08:002010-01-20T12:17:38.691-08:00Oh, please don't mention ironing! It's bee...Oh, please don't mention ironing! It's been a subject of 'discussion' in my house for... 30 years... I find people inspiring, especially when I don't know them. I could watch people endlessly, everyone different, each with his or her unique story...Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-28032196903785069792010-01-20T10:20:40.691-08:002010-01-20T10:20:40.691-08:00I like walking on the South Bank. Being from the ...I like walking on the South Bank. Being from the north side of the river it really is like a different country, and it has that wonderful criminal history that still seems to seep out of the walls of some of the older buildings. Foreign travel broadens the mind and opens the eyes - even if it just means crossing the Thames.Mikehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00464327913906340251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-18922808922738311722010-01-20T09:35:33.898-08:002010-01-20T09:35:33.898-08:00Listening to people talking at work. I suppose the...Listening to people talking at work. I suppose there's always a positive to sitting in a room with 80 other people. Walking along the beach helps, and strangely enough doing the ironing usually helps me when I'm confused over plot strands, etc.Deborah Carr (Debs)https://www.blogger.com/profile/03223653554549707595noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-51573292653489316282010-01-20T03:52:40.619-08:002010-01-20T03:52:40.619-08:00Bad areas of Detroit, casinos, diseputable people,...Bad areas of Detroit, casinos, diseputable people, and my blog... Hmmm. And I'm such a respectable person!Leigh Russellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15080517449825380527noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8326835832552443337.post-70616745560202733902010-01-19T19:01:06.876-08:002010-01-19T19:01:06.876-08:00I actually come to your blog to find inspiration.
...I actually come to your blog to find inspiration.<br /><br />When I'm not doing that, though, I go to restaurants and eavesdrop on conversations. Sometimes I drive through bad areas of Detroit, sometimes I go to the casinos or talk to disreputable people- then, for balance, I take a little look in the mirror. But I don't do too much of this, because it takes away from my writing time!Rickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14546882686381428986noreply@blogger.com