tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post1631911666605691728..comments2024-03-28T12:01:31.049-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: My New Year’s Gift to YouJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-57565360227775350842013-01-06T21:00:33.171-05:002013-01-06T21:00:33.171-05:00Gloria,
The past is the past and cannot be change...Gloria,<br /><br />The past is the past and cannot be changed. The future is what we make of it by our choices in the present.<br /><br />~ JimJim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-53456553554019755962013-01-06T18:39:30.725-05:002013-01-06T18:39:30.725-05:00I'll admit I didn't take time to watch/lis...I'll admit I didn't take time to watch/listen to it. As usual, I'm rushing. But I have a sort of Lake Woebegon complex. I'm very shy about promoting myself. Now that my book is out, it's awfully hard for me to promote it. It might go back to my father saying that he wouldn't brag or compliment his kids, but would let other people do it. I don't remember anyone ever saying how wonderful we were. :-) In later years after we were grown up, he was full of praise for each of us, but not in our formative years. I'm not sure the power stance would help me anymore. Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-50106617849887658292013-01-06T13:08:10.471-05:002013-01-06T13:08:10.471-05:00Michael -- I think you picked a great line for a b...Michael -- I think you picked a great line for a best take away.<br /><br />Terry -- I had not thought about doing the power pose shortly before writing. I might just give that a try myself.<br /><br />~ JimJim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-72230930719525439422013-01-06T11:39:40.289-05:002013-01-06T11:39:40.289-05:00Jim, I had seen this before, but took the time to ...Jim, I had seen this before, but took the time to view it again. I think as a woman I can't see it too many times! Because of my dad, I learned how to be a confident speaker, but in inter-personal interactions I sometimes find myself feeling powerless. So this is a great reminder. Actually I think that even as a writer, if I do a power pose before I sit down to write, it might have a positive effect on my writing. It's worth a try<br /><br />And by the way, good luck with your book promo.Terry Shameshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07202071611825887999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-89127524950374259002013-01-06T10:20:29.307-05:002013-01-06T10:20:29.307-05:00I'm always leery of silver bullet solutions, b...I'm always leery of silver bullet solutions, but certainly everything Ann discusses makes intuitive as well as scientific sense. Certainly a worth addition to the arsenal against being your own worst enemy. Best take away? "Don't fake it til you make it, fake it til you become it."Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01086228037314913493noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-23591756803644742102013-01-06T09:07:57.448-05:002013-01-06T09:07:57.448-05:00Wonderful post! Boy, do I identify with your child...Wonderful post! Boy, do I identify with your childhood ears!Jessica Fergusonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18320362797117599955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-45361630650111370502013-01-06T06:17:27.113-05:002013-01-06T06:17:27.113-05:00I think that Amy is right. I've lived in the D...I think that Amy is right. I've lived in the D.C. area for many years. Power and influence are the game in this town--so no one has weaknesses. If anyone were to show a weakness, they would be devoured. Everyone fakes it, and I guess it works. <br /><br />For promotion, that seems like a proactive stance. The problem is that for writers, their work will reveal themselves more than their promotion. Even if we "fake" it, our books reveal our weaknesses and strengths. All the faking it won't be worth the performance. <br /><br />That being said, I do think we create ourselves. If viewed less as faking it and more as Ann Charles suggested--creating a public persona and playing that role to promote seems a bit more genuine, a seeming contradiction. But for writers, we need to feel credible and our creation is our art. Creating a persona instead of trying to "fake" it, seems more congruent. Perhaps viewing promotion as theater is the best perspective.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.com