Bette Davis didn't have this problem

[teleidoplex]

Y'know, most of the time I think Robin Hobb is bit of a crackpot with her somewhat luddite stance regarding the internet and writers:

http://www.robinhobb.com/rant.html

but then something happens like today, where I sit down to take a brief break from writing, and end up spending an hour on Youtube because I found some new and cool thing and got distracted.

Today's distraction: Speed Painting.

This one's my favorite. Fricken' Mascara, man!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sahHSNy_Uk

Uh. Back to work. I'm pretty sure I have a character's life to screw over. That's easily as fun as speed painting, right?

(for the record, I love Robin's work, I just think she's a little too on the "what's bad for me is bad for everyone else" side of the fence).

Comments

[swan-tower.livejournal.com]

Mmmm. I'm not sure I'd go with those comparisons, actually; dancers may be choreographers, but they customarily perform works designed by others. Writers (and artists) operate in a different framework.

(We're agreeing on the broad point; I'm just being nitpicky on the approach. I blame the fact that I'm editing MNC right now.)