Comments for Kelly A. Harmon http://kellyaharmon.com Moving on to Fiction... Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:21:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 Comment on Proven: Drinking Vodka is Good for Your Creativity. Martinis All Around! by Justine Graykin http://kellyaharmon.com/martinis-drinking-vodka-good-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-43036 Justine Graykin Mon, 20 Feb 2012 14:21:06 +0000 http://kellyaharmon.com/?p=7095#comment-43036 May I say that I am not a big fan of Hemingway, but I do concur with one piece of advice attributed to him: Write drunk; edit sober. I doubt you'd need much research to infer that suppression of inhibition would ratchet up the flow of inspired output, the good and the bad. But maximum cognitive skills are needed to go back through the mess and sort the gems from the junk. But as for the scientific validity of this particular test, well, maybe. I wouldn't start the party yet. May I say that I am not a big fan of Hemingway, but I do concur with one piece of advice attributed to him: Write drunk; edit sober. I doubt you’d need much research to infer that suppression of inhibition would ratchet up the flow of inspired output, the good and the bad. But maximum cognitive skills are needed to go back through the mess and sort the gems from the junk.

But as for the scientific validity of this particular test, well, maybe. I wouldn’t start the party yet.

]]> Comment on Happy Valentine’s Day – What Are You Up To? by A. R. Hill http://kellyaharmon.com/happy-valentines-day/comment-page-1/#comment-42893 A. R. Hill Sat, 18 Feb 2012 03:27:37 +0000 http://kellyaharmon.com/?p=7080#comment-42893 Hi Kelly, Thanks for taking a look! I'll let you know when Treasure Hunter finally hits the shelves. Might be a bit before our online games get moving though. We are hoping to get some custom dice made in the future, maybe with our logo as the 1 pip, but that's a ways off unfortunately. My author page is down at the moment, though I've spurred the husband to take a look at it tonight. We had to remove everything when we took over managing the site from our old webmaster, and my page simply hasn't been rebuilt yet. I do have a page for the book up on goodreads.com, though I've been a bit, ah, lax in creating my author bio; the book is called "A Light Against the Darkness" and is available on Amazon. It's a vampire novel, though not of the romantic sort. ;) Hi Kelly,

Thanks for taking a look! I’ll let you know when Treasure Hunter finally hits the shelves. Might be a bit before our online games get moving though. We are hoping to get some custom dice made in the future, maybe with our logo as the 1 pip, but that’s a ways off unfortunately.

My author page is down at the moment, though I’ve spurred the husband to take a look at it tonight. We had to remove everything when we took over managing the site from our old webmaster, and my page simply hasn’t been rebuilt yet. I do have a page for the book up on goodreads.com, though I’ve been a bit, ah, lax in creating my author bio; the book is called “A Light Against the Darkness” and is available on Amazon. It’s a vampire novel, though not of the romantic sort. ;)

]]> Comment on Proven: Drinking Vodka is Good for Your Creativity. Martinis All Around! by Terri Bruce http://kellyaharmon.com/martinis-drinking-vodka-good-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-42883 Terri Bruce Sat, 18 Feb 2012 00:09:26 +0000 http://kellyaharmon.com/?p=7095#comment-42883 Oh no, I'm going to have to found teetotalers for gender equality in creativity studies now to combat the inherent biases of this study!!! :-P You know that interview question "if you couldn't be a writer, what would you be?" I've found my answer - the guy who gets paid to do things like play word games with drunk people! There are people in the world who get paid to do this??? How awesome is that?! I totally bet they have a lot of funny stories they could turn into a book, too. :-) Oh no, I’m going to have to found teetotalers for gender equality in creativity studies now to combat the inherent biases of this study!!! :-P

You know that interview question “if you couldn’t be a writer, what would you be?” I’ve found my answer – the guy who gets paid to do things like play word games with drunk people! There are people in the world who get paid to do this??? How awesome is that?! I totally bet they have a lot of funny stories they could turn into a book, too. :-)

]]> Comment on Proven: Drinking Vodka is Good for Your Creativity. Martinis All Around! by James Dorr http://kellyaharmon.com/martinis-drinking-vodka-good-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-42872 James Dorr Fri, 17 Feb 2012 20:53:28 +0000 http://kellyaharmon.com/?p=7095#comment-42872 Interesting, though I wonder if the word-choice test really indicates creativity. That is, it's a search that has one correct answer but is not creativity the ability to find "other" answers? The exotic, not the mundane. On the other hand, if it just dulls inhibition -- makes you find the first answer that seems to work and blurt it out fast -- perhaps it does help get creativity started, but still is not the truly creative response likely to be the _second_ answer (whatever it may be)? Interesting, though I wonder if the word-choice test really indicates creativity. That is, it’s a search that has one correct answer but is not creativity the ability to find “other” answers? The exotic, not the mundane. On the other hand, if it just dulls inhibition — makes you find the first answer that seems to work and blurt it out fast — perhaps it does help get creativity started, but still is not the truly creative response likely to be the _second_ answer (whatever it may be)?

]]> Comment on Proven: Drinking Vodka is Good for Your Creativity. Martinis All Around! by Kelly http://kellyaharmon.com/martinis-drinking-vodka-good-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-42859 Kelly Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:59:26 +0000 http://kellyaharmon.com/?p=7095#comment-42859 Hi Melinda! I like the way you think! Maybe we can take up a collection and have a local study done? Hi Melinda! I like the way you think! Maybe we can take up a collection and have a local study done?

]]> Comment on Proven: Drinking Vodka is Good for Your Creativity. Martinis All Around! by Kelly http://kellyaharmon.com/martinis-drinking-vodka-good-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-42858 Kelly Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:57:59 +0000 http://kellyaharmon.com/?p=7095#comment-42858 Hi Ally! I wasn't surprised either, just for the reasons you suggest (but it's nice to know it's now a given!) :) You've got me curious about the vodka thing. I'm going to see if I can lay my hands on the full report... Hi Ally! I wasn’t surprised either, just for the reasons you suggest (but it’s nice to know it’s now a given!) :) You’ve got me curious about the vodka thing. I’m going to see if I can lay my hands on the full report…

]]> Comment on Writing Prompt – Patience by Kelly http://kellyaharmon.com/writing-prompt-patience/comment-page-1/#comment-42857 Kelly Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:56:10 +0000 http://kellyaharmon.com/?p=7086#comment-42857 Hi Kharmin! Long time no hear from. :) Thanks for the link. It's a bit dated...have you grown any patience since then? Hope the commute's gotten better! Hi Kharmin! Long time no hear from. :) Thanks for the link. It’s a bit dated…have you grown any patience since then? Hope the commute’s gotten better!

]]> Comment on Happy Valentine’s Day – What Are You Up To? by Kelly http://kellyaharmon.com/happy-valentines-day/comment-page-1/#comment-42856 Kelly Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:51:54 +0000 http://kellyaharmon.com/?p=7080#comment-42856 Hi Cori! Too bad about the movie! But PJs and a film at home is a great second best...especially sans child! Hi Cori!

Too bad about the movie! But PJs and a film at home is a great second best…especially sans child!

]]> Comment on Proven: Drinking Vodka is Good for Your Creativity. Martinis All Around! by Kelly http://kellyaharmon.com/martinis-drinking-vodka-good-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-42855 Kelly Fri, 17 Feb 2012 18:50:54 +0000 http://kellyaharmon.com/?p=7095#comment-42855 Hi Melinda! Thanks for dropping by. Your link is excellent. I see a few drinks I'm going to have to try now! Hi Melinda! Thanks for dropping by. Your link is excellent. I see a few drinks I’m going to have to try now!

]]> Comment on Proven: Drinking Vodka is Good for Your Creativity. Martinis All Around! by Melinda Bennington http://kellyaharmon.com/martinis-drinking-vodka-good-creativity/comment-page-1/#comment-42850 Melinda Bennington Fri, 17 Feb 2012 17:22:13 +0000 http://kellyaharmon.com/?p=7095#comment-42850 Oops - first response didn't go through! I replied: Great topic! I wonder about the research. For example, was the sample random, or, as it appears, gender-limited? Did vodka without cranberry have the same effect? What about olives, grapefruit juice, oj? And why was the study limited to vodka? As a writer and sailor,I might suggest that rum drinks should have been included in the study. Hemingway may have requested a Cuba Libre or Mojito, and Fitzgerald, gin. It's clear to me that you're on the right track. Further research is definitely warranted! I'm thinking women must be included. And more variety in the drinks tested. So, what grant funded this project, anyway? Any grant writers out there? :-) Oops – first response didn’t go through! I replied:

Great topic! I wonder about the research. For example, was the sample random, or, as it appears, gender-limited? Did vodka without cranberry have the same effect? What about olives, grapefruit juice, oj? And why was the study limited to vodka? As a writer and sailor,I might suggest that rum drinks should have been included in the study. Hemingway may have requested a Cuba Libre or Mojito, and Fitzgerald, gin.

It’s clear to me that you’re on the right track. Further research is definitely warranted! I’m thinking women must be included. And more variety in the drinks tested. So, what grant funded this project, anyway? Any grant writers out there? :-)

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