Comments on: Story Week: How to Be A Writer who Loves the Gap

By: Lineage of Women

Lineage of Women — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 03:21:20 +0000

[...] Jen Louden writes: “…every writer has to learn to live – and even thrive– in the gap. Creating actually happens in the gap.” [...]

By: Lisa

Lisa — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 12:12:40 +0000

WOW, Jen…. no words other than a HUGE, juicy, sparkling, THANK YOU.

By: Susan Piver

Susan Piver — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 18:09:54 +0000

Jen, your words are inspiring and way uplifting. Reading you, my self-doubt dissolves because you give me back my neurosis as simple humanity. You help me to be more gentle toward myself. I am so grateful for that!

By: Willie Hewes

Willie Hewes — Thu, 10 Jun 2010 10:52:05 +0000

Thanks for this. I should keep this somewhere and read it again a few times.

I’m thinking of once again trying my hand at fiction (it’s been a while) and man, I am poop-scared. Hang out in the gap. Yes. That sounds like something I can do.

Spike, your novel sounds like SUCH a riot! Ha ha! Sorry, that’s probably unhelpful. You made me laugh though.

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Wed, 09 Jun 2010 16:14:07 +0000

On no Mahala I never inhaled! Just wanted all the stoners to know I had compassion for them. Love “trance” lators!

Spike thank you for your comment as I am in the gap right now and noticing how much i want to – and then did – pop out of it. So knowing you are there is so helpful.

Andrew, this is so helpful to me! “And we’re back in the land of fantasy-perfect again – that shadow life that our mind thinks we should be living, we *could* be living if only we tried harder.” that is so important, so vast, so key! Thank you for that this morning!