tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post774975564032710090..comments2023-07-14T06:17:49.677-04:00Comments on The Daring Novelist: ROW80 Check In 5 - Writing SeasonThe Daring Novelisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-71714445350422247672013-07-22T19:51:52.899-04:002013-07-22T19:51:52.899-04:00My own situation is pretty similar to yours. I can...My own situation is pretty similar to yours. I can't stand summer and heat and glaring sunlight depresses me. And since I work as a teacher, I'm tied to the school holidays as well. It's tolerable when we get a typically grey and wet North German summer. But this year, we ended up with constant heat and glaring sunlight almost from the start of the summer holidays on. The first week was okay, but now it's just horribly hot and no sign of getting cooler either. Ah well, it can't be helped.Corahttp://corabuhlert.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-49133528282765448712013-07-18T04:18:46.223-04:002013-07-18T04:18:46.223-04:00I hate the sun and live in Dubai (but I'm just...I hate the sun and live in Dubai (but I'm just about to return to UK for four glorious days :D ) <br /><br />NO been here before, sorry this is brief. My flight awaits. I'll be back. X<br /><br />Shah Shah Whartonhttp://shahwharton.com/2013/07/row80-escaping-the-desert/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-67654533558357776342013-07-17T23:23:59.025-04:002013-07-17T23:23:59.025-04:00You're like me, I hate hate HATE summer. I rea...You're like me, I hate hate HATE summer. I really think there's something to that reverse seasonal affective disorder thing. (Of course, here in southern Arizona, everyone hates summer. But me especially.) And I do love fall - though November is our September. When my kids were little, summer was kind of a double whammy - too hot to do anything, and I couldn't do anything anyway because the kids were home. But the only one left at home now is 17, and he's mostly self-cleaning and self-feeding (mostly), so it's easier to get stuff done when he's home.<br /><br />Writing naughty stuff, huh? And we have to figure out who it is? This is a challenge, right? :DKyrahttp://www.kyrahalland.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-44785471216104467652013-07-17T18:27:02.657-04:002013-07-17T18:27:02.657-04:00Amy: Children do have an effect on your writing &q...Amy: Children do have an effect on your writing "weather." Huzzah indeed!<br /><br />Dawn: I have shades and use a sleep mask, but the intensity of the light during the day has an effect on metabolism, even if you can successfully shut it out during sleep.<br /><br />Jill: Okay, I misread what you said. I thought you said that YOU were in your nineties, (and I can tell you I was very impressed that you had a 12 year old daughter).The Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-36369412226146627352013-07-17T18:22:03.728-04:002013-07-17T18:22:03.728-04:00Jae: I live in Michigan.
The only thing north of ...Jae: I live in Michigan.<br /><br />The only thing north of here is Canada. (And not the warm part of Canada either.)<br /><br />The only places I've ever lived are Michigan and Quebec. (Though I did take a "southern" vacation in New Jersey this year. And I visit L.A. from time to time, where it is often cooler in August.)<br /><br />The Lakes (or "Inland Seas" as they are known) do modify the climate along the west coast of Michigan, but even if you live close you have to go out into the sun to jump in them. (They are, however, usually very very cold -- except in September.)<br /><br />Lee - exactly. The further north you go, the longer the days are in summer. (I have no problem with long nights.) I've been to Scotland, very similar climate to Northern Michigan, even though it's further north.The Daring Novelisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01676188266569869059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-59639158267218005112013-07-17T15:56:06.843-04:002013-07-17T15:56:06.843-04:00You'd hate Scotland in Summer... Scandinavia e...You'd hate Scotland in Summer... Scandinavia even more so. I worked in the far north of Scotland as a teenager and one of my colleagues, an Australian, was seriously freaked out by the short nights.<br />"The sun goes down at eleven! It doesn't really get dark!! And then it's up again at three-thirty!!! Why does it bother????"<br />Summer heat, mm, maybe not so much. Except this year, apparently.<br />30 degrees Celsius...<br />But then autumn begins to kick in about late August/early September: the hedgerows fill up with cobwebs and blackberries and the days are still warm but the nights are cool; the swallows depart for Africa, and the Equinox sets us off on the long slide to winter...<br />It's a grand time to be alive.Lee McAulayhttp://leemcaulay.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-60498731360298143392013-07-17T12:01:13.544-04:002013-07-17T12:01:13.544-04:00You need to move to the northern states or somethi...You need to move to the northern states or something, at least during the Summer. Or maybe next to an ocean so you can at least hop in to cool off. <br /><br />I prefer the Fall as well. Best season there is. :)Jaehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12068459550733383726noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-82557492624803244892013-07-17T08:24:31.124-04:002013-07-17T08:24:31.124-04:00Now THIS is why I love blog-hops. Here I am, just...Now THIS is why I love blog-hops. Here I am, just linking around, and I discover a marvelous blog such as this. Despite your distrust of summer, I still like you and more importantly, your writing. I too am sitting in my basement, with the central air blasting, but am about to go host a birthday party at the lake for my twelve year old daughter and ten of her friends. It will be ninety today, and the humidity and heat index shall be record breaking. (I guess it's my own fault for getting knocked up in October. THAT'S what brisk weather did to me!_)<br />If I never return from this odyssey into hell, know that I thought we might be friends and blogmates someday, and please remember me fondly.<br />~Just Jill<br />(NOT a bible study site like on the last Linky...) Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14264782489713599426noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-37461428014457074442013-07-17T03:27:09.046-04:002013-07-17T03:27:09.046-04:00Enjoy the freedom!!!! I am also one of those peopl...Enjoy the freedom!!!! I am also one of those people who loathe summertime and all the sunlight. :D Love your "any other month that has an r in it" line. It made me crack up. <br /><br />Good luck with your week. Do you think blackout shades would help with your aversion to sunlight while you're working? Dawn Montgomeryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13094479667234469671noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3982837118358902227.post-46333821463562009182013-07-17T02:19:31.851-04:002013-07-17T02:19:31.851-04:00OMG you're Robert Galbraith, aren't you?!?...OMG you're Robert Galbraith, aren't you?!?!?<br /><br />I love my academic schedule... it consists of teaching one little two-credit course each Spring, and that course meets in person during the odd weeks and virtually during the even weeks. I love it!<br /><br />But what I love even more is the fact that this Fall I will finally have BOTH my kids in school full time! Huzzah!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com