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Ellen Writing

May. 7th, 2009 at 9:10 PM

Delia took this photo of me in my study on Monday.

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batwrangler wrote:

May. 8th, 2009 01:20 am (UTC)

Lovely -- it looks like a Vermeer.

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ellen_kushner wrote:

May. 8th, 2009 01:26 am (UTC)

Gosh - I never thought of that! But you're right.

She's very fussy about her light, is our Delia.

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klwalton wrote:

May. 8th, 2009 01:50 am (UTC)

That's what we call in our house a "framer". Really lovely.

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ellen_kushner wrote:

May. 8th, 2009 02:37 pm (UTC)

Do you actually frame your favorites, or is it just an expression?

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klwalton wrote:

May. 8th, 2009 03:26 pm (UTC)

With the two of us being enthusiastic photographers, we'd soon run out of wall space. This has become even more of a concern now that we have two grandchildren! But we do still frame and hang something that really reaches us.

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kristine_smith wrote:

May. 8th, 2009 01:59 am (UTC)

::study envy::

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ellen_kushner wrote:

May. 8th, 2009 02:10 am (UTC)

Yeah, she's good - she can even get the room a good portrait! Terri Windling helped me figure out the colors - to go with the "Marigold" William Morris fabric from Liberty's we made into curtains.

All the crap and clutter is my own.

::icon envy::

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elmocho wrote:

May. 8th, 2009 03:57 am (UTC)

I see the quill in the pen stand, but do you write with anything particular?

/pen geek.

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ellen_kushner wrote:

May. 8th, 2009 04:18 am (UTC)

Yeah, the quill pen is just Decor. I do like to write with fountain pens, though - cheap, disposable ones, as I am hard on the nibs. I also have 3 Rotring italics pens of differing widths; I don't write a fancy hand - indeed, my scribbles are hieroglypic - so the heavier nibs draw out the letters enough to make them just a bit more legible. Thanks for asking!

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wildwose wrote:

May. 8th, 2009 04:50 am (UTC)

I am trying to understand here...you say you are writing, which I guess means like literary, i.e. fiction, etc. yet I don't see a computer anywhere...I mean...you say....GASP!...you write LONGHAND! With a Pen?!?!?!

Is this still done? And doesn't it have to be typed out ultimately? Unless of course there is a scribe who copies them into vast tomes with illumination. That would be cool. ;-)

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deliasherman wrote:

May. 8th, 2009 01:24 pm (UTC)

We both write our first drafts longhand, actually. You know--if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

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ellen_kushner wrote:

May. 8th, 2009 02:38 pm (UTC)

Yeah, and then we print out what we've typed up and scrutinize it and cross things out and scribble corrections in the margin.

Is this what they mean by multiple platform?

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belledewinter wrote:

May. 8th, 2009 09:39 am (UTC)

And that's how the magic works. ♥

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la_marquise_de_ wrote:

May. 8th, 2009 10:10 am (UTC)

Lovely (and what fabulous shelving).

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ellen_kushner wrote:

May. 8th, 2009 02:36 pm (UTC)

Thank you!

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(Anonymous) wrote:

May. 8th, 2009 12:07 pm (UTC)

But's what up with the right hand; is that a bandage on there?

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ellen_kushner wrote:

May. 8th, 2009 02:34 pm (UTC)

I am on my computer 90% of the time, and my arm is getting sore, so I stuck a brace on to stabilize it. Forgot I still had it on!

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handworn wrote:

May. 8th, 2009 02:27 pm (UTC)

What were you writing at the time?

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ellen_kushner wrote:

May. 8th, 2009 02:36 pm (UTC)

Hmmm, it's the spiral notebook, so it must be - well, a new project I'll talk about when it's a bit more congealed. But the fact that it's in a notebook already and not on the backs of envelopes or scraps of paper is a good sign.

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handworn wrote:

May. 8th, 2009 03:17 pm (UTC)

Just out of curiosity, which kind of writer are you? Fiction writers usually seem to be one of two kinds-- either they figure out everything that's going to happen first, then write it, or they let it grow organically as the writing progresses and then start shaping it to the patterns that have begun developing.

Or, perhaps, are you interstitial between the two? ;-)

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ellen_kushner wrote:

May. 9th, 2009 04:46 pm (UTC)

I'm mostly the 2nd kind.

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ninstorage wrote:

May. 9th, 2009 09:47 am (UTC)

That is a totally awesome photo, should be on a book jacket :D

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ellen_kushner wrote:

May. 9th, 2009 04:46 pm (UTC)

Thanks! Look for it coming soon to my revised website....

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arliss wrote:

May. 10th, 2009 04:45 am (UTC)

This is lovely, and makes me both smile and a little teary. It reminds me of the office of the poet who was my teacher, and responsible for my own literary renaissance. It's a beautiful composition, and a lovely portrait.

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ellen_kushner wrote:

May. 10th, 2009 03:03 pm (UTC)

Thank you. It's Mother's Day: Give us your Teacher's name!

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arliss wrote:

May. 10th, 2009 03:21 pm (UTC)

She's Annette Allen, Dean at Salem College when she occupied her office-alike, and founder of the Center for Women Writers at Salem. She left for a larger position at U of Louisville. Happy Mothers' Day, Annette.

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