Comments on: Writer’s block is…

By: James Woods

James Woods — Thu, 12 Nov 2009 03:08:09 +0000

Thank god I chose acting. This writing stuff is crazy!

By: Dave Doolin

Dave Doolin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 01:42:28 +0000

Since the reply queue is full on that thread…

Pen cleaning.

I still have, somewhere in my garage, a _denture cleaner_. Same damn machine, but a helluva lot cheaper than the one’s sold at the engineering & blueprint supply stores in that day. Back then, $75 was *real* money.

By: Stephan Erdman

Stephan Erdman — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 21:18:17 +0000

Hey John, can’t believe I won! (alright I thought I got it right, but I didn’t count!)
And being such a newbie to copy writing I have to say it’s a privilege to learn from everyone’s thoughts and to feel that real passion for writing that permeates this whole blog!
Thanks, Stephan

By: LoneWolf

LoneWolf — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:34:23 +0000

It is nice imagery (unless you’re here in January 8=)

By: LoneWolf

LoneWolf — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 17:29:49 +0000

Well, I’ve done it! The first ‘toon is scanned and uploaded at Cookie Crumbles [http://blogs.efortunecookie.ca].

I’ll be posting more in the weeks to come (some are related to golf and will probably go on Howls [http://blogs.wolfpawroad.com] as it is my golf blog).

Enjoy!

By: John Carlton

John Carlton — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:39:55 +0000

I’ve told the “Stay Frosty” tale a lot.
One more time: My favorite sci-fi movies include the first 2 “Alien” flicks… the second of which (Aliens) has the Space Marine corporal (Michael Biehn) saying “stay frosty” to his comrades as the aliens approach (in the duct work).
I just started using it, years ago, cuz I liked the imagery of being coolly alert.
Later, I learned that current US Marines also occasionally use the term. It just hasn’t seeped into the mainstream culture…

By: John Carlton

John Carlton — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:34:37 +0000

Vellum!
Heavenly drawing surface. Caresses the ink, keeps it crisp and sharply defined, glides along like you’re drawing inside a dream.
My job, back in the Silicon Valley art department of that computer supply catalog in the late 70s, included cleaning the pens. We had a little chamber filled with alcohol and water that reverberated with sonic waves.
Whatever happened to those obscure tools, I wonder…
Last memory: I got so good with a #10 Exacto blade (doing paste-up) that I could cut clean through a single Yellow Pages page, without scoring the page underneath.
Surgeon’s deftness… all from working with the tool for 8 hours a day.
Obsolete skills…

By: John Carlton

John Carlton — Mon, 09 Nov 2009 03:29:59 +0000

Let us know where your blog’s at, Wolf, so we can see the ‘toons…

By: LoneWolf

LoneWolf — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:52:03 +0000

I find it hard to just sit down and write as you describe, although I’ve been doing more of it lately and it really does help.

I’ve also started carrying around a notebook (a suggestion that I’ve heard many times in the past) and writing ideas and making notes. I’m still learning how to use it effectively, but just the act of writing stuff down makes it stick in the brain and “simmer” there.

Thanks for keeping the interesting stuff flowing. By the way, where does your “Stay Frosty” salutation come from? Living in Northern Ontario, that won’t be too hard for the next few months 8=)

By: LoneWolf

LoneWolf — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 23:39:55 +0000

I dabbled in it when I was in high school/university (so long ago 8=( but never published anything. I’ve been thinking about reviving some and putting them up on my blog. Why am I just thinking about it? I’ll dig them out and start scanning ….