Comments on: Why I’m taking an editing vacation…

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 14:40:00 +0000

In reply to Leisan Galeyeva. Try it sometime. I highly recommend it.

By: Leisan Galeyeva

Leisan Galeyeva — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 07:14:00 +0000

I have never taken an editing vacation((( But even not being a native speaker I do find your posts brilliant and encouraging and wish you, Daphne, good luck and plenty of inspiration in your work!

By: LJ

LJ — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 16:15:00 +0000

That sounds so rejuvenating and productive! I talked to a writer who would go on a cruise ship for a week to finish her books. Your cabin sounds better:) Now that my kids are grown, being home can feel like a retreat–but there is always something else to do. Thanks for inspiration!

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 01:14:00 +0000

In reply to Carolyn Arnold. Oh, that sounds heavenly. Love the image of watching thunderstorms roll by...

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 01:13:00 +0000

In reply to Lesley Grainge. Sounds delightful. I've never been to Turkey but it's been on my bucket list for a while.

By: Carolyn Arnold

Carolyn Arnold — Wed, 13 Jul 2016 00:45:00 +0000

I can relate so well to going somewhere away from home with few distractions! I live in the busy SF Bay Area, and my boyfriend and I have access to a spacious house in Florida in a resort community for a few weeks in the summer. I bring my writing/editing and he brings his computer work. After swimming and sunning before noon, we work in different rooms overlooking a garden while the thunderstorms roll by during the afternoon and evening. I get up early and do my morning writing alone. It is this space around me here that I treasure – the room to breathe and feel myself and my writing. Thank you for describing it so well.

space around the edges of my life.

By: Lesley Grainge

Lesley Grainge — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:37:00 +0000

Every year my husband and I go to Turkey for five weeks. We stay in an apartment in a small fishing village. It has been the birth place of many of my projects. I identify with the reasons you have given. Soon be off there again and now I can prepare a draft ready to edit! Live this column. I learn so much!

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:12:00 +0000

In reply to Joseph Ellis. Yes, the change of environment was the best aspect, for sure!

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:12:00 +0000

In reply to Daphne Gray-Grant. Thanks for your kind words, Jay. And for being persistent enough to email them to me!

By: Daphne Gray-Grant

Daphne Gray-Grant — Tue, 12 Jul 2016 21:11:00 +0000

In reply to Suzanne Stormon.

I’m back in my office now and, sadly, it’s feeling very “real.” Still, I had a great time away. I like your juxtaposition of “hard job” and “easy place.” So true!