tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post3884656509931293007..comments2024-03-29T11:42:44.511-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: I'm Giving Up WritingJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-76413127709721671102013-07-29T19:19:45.999-04:002013-07-29T19:19:45.999-04:00This is fantastic and had me laughing. I've ha...This is fantastic and had me laughing. I've had this same conversation with myself so many times.Rachelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14493848424746127310noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-13635264689353307742013-06-11T16:59:28.784-04:002013-06-11T16:59:28.784-04:00Paula, you're a sweetheart!Paula, you're a sweetheart!Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-88131797285111927932013-06-11T13:06:02.401-04:002013-06-11T13:06:02.401-04:00Dear Carla, Jim, Kath, EB, Linda, and Gloria, just...Dear Carla, Jim, Kath, EB, Linda, and Gloria, just a brief note from someone who has read each of your writings and appreciated them: PLEASE DON`T STOP! Thank you. Your fan, PaulaPaula Gail Bensonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08843350597811462936noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-80526013500094910552013-06-11T11:22:13.873-04:002013-06-11T11:22:13.873-04:00This is the time of the year I feel most frustrate...This is the time of the year I feel most frustrated. I want to write. I have so many ideas for my 4th book and can't find the time to start it. A lot of it has to do with all the outside work that needs done this time of the year, mowing, weeding, planting - work I actually enjoy and want to be doing. The other part of me wants to be inside writing. Not writing leaves me feeling frustrated with all the ideas and thoughts churning inside my head for that fourth book, for short stories, for poetry and a need to do a final revision and polishing of book three. Still I'm looking back wistfully on those summer days when school was out and I had no more lessons to plan or papers to grade and had time to garden - a passion of mine - and read on summer afternoons. Gloria Aldenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13581719606924364447noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-59275427475303142862013-06-11T10:26:17.511-04:002013-06-11T10:26:17.511-04:00Carla, I write because it's what I do. I'v...Carla, I write because it's what I do. I've always written. It's how I survived a violent, abusive childhood. It's how I live. For years, I had a day job that required 60-80-hour weeks, so I wrote poetry instead of novels. But I still wrote.<br /><br />Right now, I'm facing a tight book deadline, and I start thinking about how nice it would be if I didn't have to write anything. If I could spend my time doing fiberart, cooking, going for long walks in wild surroundings, having lunch with friends, just goofing off for long periods of time. But I know I'd be picking up a notebook and pen in no time. It's what I do.Linda Rodriguezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11913741596693442469noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-89579304378753820512013-06-11T09:04:35.578-04:002013-06-11T09:04:35.578-04:00EB you are so right. We have to work around the ob...EB you are so right. We have to work around the obstacles. And Kath, I'm delighted the hope is back! Congrats on getting to the finals. Jim, your point, "I am not the one who has to write," is key. We write because it brings us something, and that is probably not wealth. At least, monetary wealth.carlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15985823239660829148noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-60449638002592186372013-06-11T06:44:02.466-04:002013-06-11T06:44:02.466-04:00I become frustrated by my lack of time because I t...I become frustrated by my lack of time because I think that, like every craft, the more time you spend practicing pays off and increases your skill level. <br /><br />Being published in short stories has fueled my confidence that I can write at a professional level. But novel writing demands a continued and sustained concentration that my life style affords only in spurts. <br /><br />When I have a few months that are clear, I make the most of it, but I find that still isn't enough time. I need a year free--maybe when we retire. Until then, I keep pushing myself to write around the obstacles my life presents.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-15521805817308837722013-06-11T06:40:17.139-04:002013-06-11T06:40:17.139-04:00Why, yes. Last fall I hit the- I'm fooling mys...Why, yes. Last fall I hit the- I'm fooling myself, I'm just wasting my laptop's time- wall. So many years of rejections. As a last "I don't care, I'll just do it" I entered a writing contest held by a publishing company that had quickly rejected one of my mss. just that summer. And I entered two mss., one in each category, MG and YA. <br />I was walking on air when I made the semi finals in both. And then I made the finals in the MG. The reward: a line edit, editorial letter, and email feedback on revisions from the editor in charge of the MG category. <br />I may write alone, but the truth is I don't write just for myself. I need someone else to see the value. The hope is back. <br />Kathhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15620539513724126913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-55804670023972859162013-06-11T06:06:35.251-04:002013-06-11T06:06:35.251-04:00If I stop enjoying the writing process, I’ll stop ...If I stop enjoying the writing process, I’ll stop without regrets. <i>I am not one who has to write.</i> I didn’t try to write anything publishable after my fling with poetry in high school and college, so if I decide to do something else, it’s because that thing calls to me more.<br /><br />It probably won’t be watching the latest show on TV, however.<br /><br />~ Jim<br />Jim Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.com