Saturday

[louiselux]

I sat in Coffee Republic this morning with a pot of tea and an iced cinnamon bun and wrote some of the end of Cupidity. It was good. There were lots of people shunting buggies about and also a small party who I worked out were mother, father, son and son's pregnant girlfriend. When she rushed off to fetch the cocoa shaker, insisting that they all must have cocoa on their hot chocolate, the family swapped looks and laughed but it wasn't unfriendly. It was a nice morning. Finishing this story is making me half sad and half relieved. It's been hard, but it hasn't felt bad or impossible at any point. I think that is because emungere is kind of awesome.

After the writing I went into Marks and Spencers and found black jeans that fit me! I came home and washed the kitchen floor and hoovered downstairs too. I did two loads of laundry. I'm planning to cook a nut roast in a while. Fear me!

Not sure where all the energy and the shopping-fu has come from all of a sudden, but I am happy about it. Also, I has a bagel with marmite.

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I found this quote recently somewhere. It made me think about writing a story, when you pick the wrong way to go. You always know you have, I think, deep down.

Look at every path closely and deliberately. Try it as many times as you think necessary. Then ask yourself, and yourself alone, one question. This question is one that only a very old man asks. My benefactor told me about it once when I was young, but my blood was too vigorous for me to understand it then. Now I do understand it. I will tell you what it is: Does this path have a heart? All paths are the same: they lead nowhere. They are paths going through the bush, or into the bush. In my own life I could say I have traversed long, long paths, but I am not anywhere. My benefactor's question has meaning now. Does this path have a heart? If it does, the path is good; if it doesn't,the path is of no use. Both paths lead nowhere; but one has a heart, the other doesn't. One makes for a joyful journey; as long as you follow it, you are one with it. The other will make you curse your life. One makes you strong; the other weakens you.

Carlos Castaneda

Comments

[scribblemoose]

It made me think about writing a story, when you pick the wrong way to go. You always know you have, I think, deep down.

Yes, absolutely. You do. And that's a great quote.

Writing, tea, cinnamon bun... yep, heaven. ♥

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Mmm, yes. It's so good to write in public, because it's easy to tune out the background but yet be able to people watch too, when you need a little break.

[thewriter0.livejournal.com]

That's a beautiful quote. It makes for a great philosophy for life AND for writing.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Indeed. I'd like to feel like I can live up to a quote like that.

[wk-recomend.livejournal.com]

1) That is an awesome quote. I'm glad that you shared it with us, and I think it will have a lot of use to me right now and in the future ^_^

2) I hope you do write that story and share it, because I'd love to read it.

3) Your energy just spread to me! :D So thank you for that one, too ~_^ I am off to clean my house as well :D

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[louiselux.livejournal.com]

That is very cool - it's a very inspiring piece of writing. I'm glad you got something from it.

*spreads teh energies*

[baka-gaijin.livejournal.com]

"...and wrote some of the end of Cupidity."

~ insert dramatic sigh ~

Well, all good things must come to an end. I used to beg my authors for MORE, DAMMIT! GIVE ME MORE!

But I've since learned that the author really does know best. And when a story has reached it's end, that's that. You and emungere have done such a great job with this story. I will sit back and look forward to reading the remaining chapters. XD

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Yay, thanks so much! I'm really glad you think so. We want to write some little side stories too, so there probably will be more at some point.

[yubberducky.livejournal.com]

:O Thanks for sharing that quote. It's so very true.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

You're welcome!

[cicer.livejournal.com]

That's a beautiful quote, and wonderfully philosophical. All paths really do go nowhere, so I guess the only thing you can do is try to pick a path with a 'heart' and have fun on the journey. Thanks for sharing this.

(Also, have I mentioned how much I like your new layout! It's gorgeous!)

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

That idea seems to resonate a lot with people, certainly it does with me. I'm glad you got something from it too.

(It's pretty isn't it? I love it. There are three others, all for the winter months. This one is february)

[wedjateye.livejournal.com]

I'll be sad to read the end of Cupidity. I've enjoyed it immensely. Beautiful writing - you and emungere deserve the bountiful praise and comments you've been getting. Thank you for sharing your wonderful story - it certainly has heart.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Thank you. I am so thrilled you've been enjoying it!! There's not been enough time to reply to everyone's comments as I'd like, but I do appreciate them a huge amount and so does emungere. I feel weird about finishing it. We're just writing the last couple of scenes now and it's taking ages. I think I'm spinning it out on purpose, not wanting to finish.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

Nice quote, and I too mourn the end of Cupidity. This just means you have to collaborate more often, I think.

[louiselux.livejournal.com]

Aww, thank you! I think it does too - we already have plans. Cracktastic plans, I admit.

[lady-ganesh.livejournal.com]

I'm all for cracktastic plans!