tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873179008848863719.post3633533771241025782..comments2014-03-17T00:56:14.261-04:00Comments on the ebb tide: In Which we write the Most Emdashes EverArtemisia Coylehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04045036910091391247noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873179008848863719.post-28273342274658020752012-09-05T07:14:33.232-04:002012-09-05T07:14:33.232-04:00Good point. Work is always work. And I suppose if ...Good point. Work is always work. And I suppose if it's not hard, you're not pushing yourself enough.Artemisia Coylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04045036910091391247noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6873179008848863719.post-72668180547030168942012-09-04T15:17:16.951-04:002012-09-04T15:17:16.951-04:00Oh, alt+0151!—how we love thee! I'm also a fan...Oh, alt+0151!—how we love thee! I'm also a fan of alt+0183 and, straying from punctuation, let us not forget alt+0230. Nothing like a sprinkling of the exotic ascii to liven up one's writing.<br /><br />One might think of your dystopian reprogramming as actually encouraging, a necessary masochism. If you were only writing when you want to, then it's merely a hobby. No matter how much those people-who-are-obviously-comfortable-enough-to-no-longer-have-to-care say "do what you love and the world will be roses," one's job is work—that which must be done—which inevitably contains an element of toil: pulling thorns and thistles from the earth. If writing now carries more connotations of work than hobby, then there's hope that it could become your vocation, and not just something to fill the time pleasantly when you have a few moments.<br /><br />Revel in the fact that writing has reprogrammed you and doesn't just hang around pretending to care and offering you tracts on "How to Overthrow Big Brother" or "3 Novels to a Better You."David Michael Mayeuxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15878894421781085604noreply@blogger.com