tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post1203117047324557671..comments2023-10-28T05:33:15.060-05:00Comments on The Writing Playground: Something to Look Forward ToMarilyn Puetthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16073134550080890157noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-27814929806837966862007-06-16T17:33:00.000-05:002007-06-16T17:33:00.000-05:00Inspiration? I was in a chat and when i answered ...Inspiration? I was in a chat and when i answered a question someone posted on the chat board:<BR/><BR/>Are you all authors here? Am I the only one who's not published?<BR/><BR/>I piped up with: Nah! I'm an author wannabe...<BR/><BR/>When Jenna Mills piped up with:<BR/><BR/>Nini....You are an author, you're just prepublished.<BR/><BR/>Prepublished! My new favorite, best word. <BR/><BR/>And.............<BR/><BR/>I found out that I live less than five miles away from Gail Barrett. I won a book from her the other night and we found out that we live that close to each other! How cool is that?<BR/><BR/>So........that and all my friends have been my inspiration lately.<BR/><BR/>Nini :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-48299719174604516982007-06-08T15:34:00.000-05:002007-06-08T15:34:00.000-05:00Of course, PC...wouldn't be any fun if we let you ...Of course, PC...wouldn't be any fun if we let you be the canary when you <I>wanted</I> to be.Andrea Laurence AKA Smarty Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518751514879244662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-65846794333586798352007-06-08T12:08:00.000-05:002007-06-08T12:08:00.000-05:00Wait---I get to be the canary for everything but t...Wait---I get to be the canary for everything but this?!?! <BR/><BR/>Sheesh, I need to renegotiate my contract...Problem Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01456049865200737618noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-70158147061999194292007-06-08T11:35:00.000-05:002007-06-08T11:35:00.000-05:00Wow, I'm not quite sure what to do with being some...Wow, I'm not quite sure what to do with being someone's inspiration :-) Although, I don't mind being the canary just this once...someone has to do it and PC has been the canary so often she needed a break. <BR/><BR/>At the moment, I've got a fire lit under my own butt. It's going to be a long time before my book actually hits the shelves...I want to make sure I've got a couple more in the works by then. <BR/><BR/>InstigatorKira Sinclair - AKA Instigatorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14274056066229852126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-5879711657334493382007-06-08T10:14:00.000-05:002007-06-08T10:14:00.000-05:00You guys are my inspiration. Since joining HOD th...You guys are my inspiration. Since joining HOD this year I have actually started a real honest to goodness WIP. Not some scribbling in a hidden-under-my-bed journal. Although I am still sooo lost about this process I learn more everyday. Reading this blog and Rhonda's Rants have become a morning ritual. It proves you can have a hectic life and still find time to write. <BR/><BR/>According to SP's prsentation on personality types I am a true INFP. In the dictionary next to the definition of procrastinator you will find my picture. I am seeking a cure for this affliction. <BR/>Does BICHOK come in pill, powder or liquid? I would like the sticky gluey kind please.<BR/><BR/>Thanks to all for just being there!<BR/>Sherry W.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-17852098786198895602007-06-08T10:04:00.000-05:002007-06-08T10:04:00.000-05:00Let's not even discuss the scale. I think I need ...Let's not even discuss the scale. I think I need to buy new clothes for Dallas. Southern cooking is much worse for the waistline than Hawaii cooking. I've gained too much weight since coming here...<BR/>Thought I'd powerdiet before National, but two weeks in and I'm not doing a great job of it. It's that dang Chinese takeout place right up the road. They're killing me.Lynn Raye Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05823590040842807378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-88523431584181045502007-06-08T09:22:00.001-05:002007-06-08T09:22:00.001-05:00I think seeing someone we know make it IS inspirin...I think seeing someone we know make it IS inspiring. We were talking about this at dinner last night (tiramisu, yum! So much for my scale...). <BR/><BR/>Like SP said, sometimes this goal seems so intangible. Since we joined our chapter only one "newbie" has sold, and she wasn't a regular attender, so we didn't get to see everything that came before and after.<BR/><BR/>Seeing everything Instigator has done in revisions for this book, while writing another and brainstorming another, really made me look into whether I CAN put the work needed into it.<BR/><BR/>Not whether I want to, because I do, but whether I can at this stage of my life. And you know what, it isn't easy, but it is doable. <BR/><BR/>Thank you, Instigator, for being the canary. :)Angelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17010424240956906870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-87033836141389930702007-06-08T09:22:00.000-05:002007-06-08T09:22:00.000-05:00Writing-wise, I'm not sure what has inspired me la...Writing-wise, I'm not sure what has inspired me lately. While Kira's sale has certainly been exciting and I'm happy-as-punch for her, my own writing has come under close self-scrutiny for the past few weeks mainly because I haven't done any of it. I'm doing a lot of soul searching to ask myself why when the process has been so painful for the past few months. It's probably just a transient case of post-menopausal fog combined with worrying about my mom after her surgery and finding out earlier this week I need surgery on my foot. Rhonda's scale -- or actually MY scale -- doesn't want to budge and because of my foot, I can't do my power walking to help it along. Poor pitiful me.<BR/><BR/>However... Today is Grandbaby's birthday and a year ago I was racing to Birmingham so I could be there when she screamed her way into the world. Big party tomorrow and don't tell, but Grammy and Papa are giving her a Little Tikes swing and slide sized just right for a one-year-old. Where has the time gone??? <BR/><BR/>PMPlayground Monitorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07444337591281145863noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-25675110778123733222007-06-08T09:12:00.000-05:002007-06-08T09:12:00.000-05:00Stone! That makes me think I'll sink if I'm in wa...Stone! That makes me think I'll sink if I'm in water. Hmmmm.<BR/><BR/>The good thing about the moon is...I'd be light on my feet. :-)<BR/><BR/>Kathy<BR/>(Stoned)Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-40459869648374613932007-06-08T09:02:00.000-05:002007-06-08T09:02:00.000-05:00One word -- DEADLINE.One word -- DEADLINE.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-59899881172982496412007-06-08T08:44:00.000-05:002007-06-08T08:44:00.000-05:00I have to say my scale will be one of the last thi...I have to say my scale will be one of the last things I unpack when I'm in the new house. Admitting how many "stone" I was for the horseriding was quite agitating. Although it sounds a lot better in stones than it does in pounds. My weight on the moon is really nice too. Doesn't decrease the size of my bum, though...Andrea Laurence AKA Smarty Pantshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13518751514879244662noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-57686003163583874372007-06-08T08:36:00.000-05:002007-06-08T08:36:00.000-05:00Getting ready for the conference and my first pitc...Getting ready for the conference and my first pitch has consumed my thoughts of late. I have to say, Instigator's 'Call' has really jazzed me! Her success has been a wonderful influence inspiring me not to tire of the work that must be done before the conference. Preparation is key. The years Instigator spent preparing for this, all the revisions she made have proven it can be done, that hard work, focus and devotion WILL bring reward. Instigator has become our torch and rightly so. <BR/><BR/>Flame On!<BR/><BR/>Kathy <BR/>(Trying to lose at least as many pounds as Rhonda)Katherine Bonehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14701961380138616355noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-61154180176222106782007-06-08T08:19:00.000-05:002007-06-08T08:19:00.000-05:00Hey, SP! You're right, Kira's sale is inspiring. ...Hey, SP! You're right, Kira's sale <I>is</I> inspiring. I'd just gotten back to my WIP this week after the craziness of my move and all that, and I was feeling pretty good. Then Instigator gets great news and it REALLY makes me know why I do this. <BR/><BR/>I remember what Maven Linda said at an HOD meeting recently. She said that envy was fine because you didn't want to take away the good thing your friend got, you just wanted one too. She said that jealousy was wanting it <I>instead</I> of someone else, and that wasn't good. But it's okay to want one too. <BR/><BR/>Well, I want one too, and Kira's good news lets me know it's possible when you work hard and are dedicated. Of course you have to write a kick-ass good story too! I'm still trying to do that and I hope I get it right someday. :)<BR/><BR/>And you're right, she's such a nice sweet person that it's impossible not to feel giddy for her. :) I'm raising my coffee cup to not only this first sale, but also to the possibility of the rest of us getting one too. :) The publishing pie is not finite (also something Maven Linda said that day).<BR/><BR/>Party on, Playfriends!Lynn Raye Harrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05823590040842807378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18688033.post-71060572860738559802007-06-08T08:04:00.000-05:002007-06-08T08:04:00.000-05:00The scale.MUST-DROP-ANOTHER-TEN-POUNDS...:-)And SP...The scale.<BR/><BR/>MUST-DROP-ANOTHER-TEN-POUNDS...<BR/><BR/>:-)<BR/><BR/>And SP, there isn't a doubt in my mind that each and every one of the Playfriends will sell. You're all fabulous writers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com