Ellen Writing

[ellenkushner]

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

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[batwrangler.livejournal.com]

Lovely -- it looks like a Vermeer.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

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

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

[klwalton.livejournal.com]

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

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

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

[klwalton.livejournal.com]

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.

[kristine-smith.livejournal.com]

::study envy::

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

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::

[elmocho.livejournal.com]

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

/pen geek.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

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!

[wildwose.livejournal.com]

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. ;-)

[deliasherman.livejournal.com]

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

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

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?

[belledewinter.livejournal.com]

And that's how the magic works. ♥

[http://users.livejournal.com/la_marquise_de_/]

Lovely (and what fabulous shelving).

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

Thank you!

[(Anonymous)]

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

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

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!

[handworn.livejournal.com]

What were you writing at the time?

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

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.

[handworn.livejournal.com]

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? ;-)

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

I'm mostly the 2nd kind.

[ninstorage.livejournal.com]

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

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

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

[fufaraw]

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.

[ellen-kushner.livejournal.com]

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

[fufaraw]

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.

[ambitious-wench.livejournal.com]

Very nice composition here; Portrait in situ! I'm wondering what kind of camera was used.

Well done, Delia!