tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post1738062523774342687..comments2024-03-29T07:25:11.925-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: Lights! Camera! Action!Jim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-82219690013408660912011-02-28T22:57:22.375-05:002011-02-28T22:57:22.375-05:00Elaine, I never think my work is excellent! That&#...Elaine, I never think my work is excellent! That's why I fiddle to death with it. So... is that mood swing or evil keel insecurity. Who knows. Cute post!Donnell Ann Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07943037206984648849noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-34181618924719157022011-02-28T21:02:54.602-05:002011-02-28T21:02:54.602-05:00I'm glad I'm not alone in going back and f...I'm glad I'm not alone in going back and forth on the emotional pendulum. I never close myself off from criticism because I want to learn as much as I can...and yet, sometimes the critics are wrong and you have to listen to your muse.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-82382033088568205872011-02-28T19:58:38.420-05:002011-02-28T19:58:38.420-05:00Too funny, Elaine! I certainly understand the mood...Too funny, Elaine! I certainly understand the mood swings. sometimes I feel like I'm on one of those fair rides where the bottom drops out every so often--up, down, up, down--it's the way of things, I'm afraid. If we didn't have problems to start with, we would after a short time in this business.Ellis Vidlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11918353154644739285noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-22332376760133119202011-02-28T18:36:54.843-05:002011-02-28T18:36:54.843-05:00Also, Elaine, as well as rejections being part of ...Also, Elaine, as well as rejections being part of the process, publishing is going through changing times and that's probably not good for a first time novelist. In fact, it's not even good for midlist authors who have published 6 and more hardcover books. <br /><br />I think you have to continue to be professional as you are and keep producing the best work you can.Pauline Alldredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00847008019331163905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-33068924512033359102011-02-28T12:41:21.563-05:002011-02-28T12:41:21.563-05:00I'm one of those who must let my writing simme...I'm one of those who must let my writing simmer for a while. What happens Karen, when you love your words but you critique partners don't?E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-41946780089027678722011-02-28T11:54:13.004-05:002011-02-28T11:54:13.004-05:00I waver from loving my own words to hating them mu...I waver from loving my own words to hating them multiple times during the course of the day. I often finish a day's writing knowing everything is drivel. I'll toss and turn all night trying to figure out why I ever thought I could be a writer... then the next day, I reread what I wrote and damn if it isn't really really good! I'd love to see a study of a writer's brain - there has to be some sort of twisting twirling mass common to all of us that causes such internal havoc.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-70596833540771028642011-02-28T10:08:41.501-05:002011-02-28T10:08:41.501-05:00Glad to know, Warren. I've also heard rejecti...Glad to know, Warren. I've also heard rejection stories. On a recent blog, someone posted a very nasty rejection letter to Gertrude Stein--of course she lived to publish another day. LOL!E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-48486940144913581122011-02-28T09:53:48.423-05:002011-02-28T09:53:48.423-05:00LOL! Been there felt that way. One thing that hel...LOL! Been there felt that way. One thing that helps me keep going is accounts of authors whose work has been turned down by scores of agents before it gets accepted and becomes classic work. One agent/publisher's opinion is just one opinion. Twenty or thirty rejections are just opinions. My favorite short story, THE WRONG MAN, which is now in print. on line, available in audio format and what I most often read at conventions and book signings racked up more rejections than anything else I've ever written. Ha!Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.com