tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post1083971287776701549..comments2024-02-16T15:14:36.719-06:00Comments on Wet Noodle Posse: Cruising and Other Relaxing NightmaresMJFredrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06881706931355203700noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-64895140108765545722008-09-11T10:40:00.000-05:002008-09-11T10:40:00.000-05:00Lucky you, Delle! Love this post and the title! LO...Lucky you, Delle! Love this post and the title! LOL <BR/><BR/>I hope you have a WONDERFUL trip and come back with a few heroes, too!Theresa Raganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15815320170046221853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-64973569053713468902008-09-10T20:42:00.000-05:002008-09-10T20:42:00.000-05:00I think it is very important to be real about your...I think it is very important to be real about your research. I'm working on a Mayan time travel, a sort of back burner thing, which inspired our Mexican trip a few years ago. But I only used the tours and things that really pertained to the story.<BR/><BR/>This trip is really major though, and the cruise itself is actually cheaper than a hotel in Rome. I don't think you could deduct full years living abroad. But I'm not sure. My CPA step-daughter is really careful, not wanting her daddy to end up in jail, and she's very knowledgeable. So I run everything by her before giving her my expenses for the year. She says I have enough passive deductions as it is that I could never live long enough or sell enough to use them up. She assumes thew NYT list is not in my future, of course, and I tend to agree with her since that isn't part of my goals.Delle Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551688823035092802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-82833783811679245702008-09-10T20:08:00.000-05:002008-09-10T20:08:00.000-05:00Great post, Delle! I can definitely see me taking ...Great post, Delle! I can definitely see me taking a research trip like that! Wish it wasn't so long ago. I could write off my three years in England and my 2.5 years in Germany as research!! <BR/><BR/>You are right about writers not relaxing and vacationing like other people. I do, however, try to spend some quality time vegging out on my five acres, soaking up the peace and quiet and atmosphere so that I don't end up going postal at Wal-MartLouisa Cornellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12971924594129471055noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-61533321900975308512008-09-10T17:49:00.000-05:002008-09-10T17:49:00.000-05:00Well, I'm too cowardly to write off a cruise witho...Well, I'm too cowardly to write off a cruise without at least a contract on that book. I can see the IRS coming to my door. Heck, I cower when I think about deducting 'reading for pleasure' books as writing expenses, even though I'm learning the craft with every book I read. <BR/><BR/>I took the KOD on-line class about taxes for writers, and that didn't encourage me to risk writing off that kind of travel. Not until I have a few more books under my belt, and maybe show that I can at least break even on my writing. <BR/><BR/> We were in South Africa for a month (a week of it business), and yes, I was using my 'writer brain' during the whole trip, but I don't have a book set there. I figure I'll use the information eventually, but I've yet to say, "I want to write a book set in XX so we'll go there, and then I hope I can sell it."<BR/><BR/>Some day. Hubby used to do a LOT of business travel, and I'd tag along. Pre-writing days. Now, he comes with me to my conferences, but we've yet to take a writing research trip.Terry Odellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610682530545306687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-44403146533390935522008-09-10T17:39:00.000-05:002008-09-10T17:39:00.000-05:00But you se, Terry, cruises ARE business travel. I...But you se, Terry, cruises ARE business travel. I will find plenty of reasons to write off most of my cruise because I write. I fully intend to set a story in the Mediterranean, or make use of the architecture of Malta for a fantasy. Or steal the curls on an Italian hunk who comes dripping out of the sea. There will be notes and photos of Barcelona's famed Familia Sagrada cathedral-- can you imagine a modern "Murder in the Cathedral"? I will not only use every inch of the trip for writing, I will have a world of documentation to satisfy the IRS and my hard-nosed step-daughter accountant. <BR/><BR/>Not hubby, though. He's just along for the ride. Another one of those pitiable non-writer folk.<BR/><BR/>A good thing about cruises id there's lots of down time. Which of course means "relaxing", writers' style. But you know those commercials that show the guy sitting on the beach with his laptop? Bad. Laptops don't work in bright sunlight-- any sunlight, actually. And who would ever take the chance of getting sand in their keyboard?Delle Jacobshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09551688823035092802noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-38367957293548288212008-09-10T15:19:00.000-05:002008-09-10T15:19:00.000-05:00Delle,You depict writers on vacation so well! I ha...Delle,<BR/>You depict writers on vacation so well! I haven't ever been on a cruise but your discription is very tempting.Mo Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13644902211036445323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-7132902650492811392008-09-10T15:11:00.000-05:002008-09-10T15:11:00.000-05:00Sounds fantastic. I LOVE cruises. We hardly ever t...Sounds fantastic. I LOVE cruises. We hardly ever take vacations. Only things tied to business travel.Terry Odellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11610682530545306687noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-9544774952041554692008-09-10T14:32:00.000-05:002008-09-10T14:32:00.000-05:00Great post, Delle! We usually take one Caribbean c...Great post, Delle! We usually take one Caribbean cruise a year, and I do manage to get some relaxing done on it, probably because I've never been tempted to write a beach or ship-oriented book. I do admit to writing down snippets of conversation I hear, however. But yes, my other trips are almost always work-related, and <I>invigorating</I> is a good word for them!Esri Rosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12329547309752835833noreply@blogger.com