tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9629687.post8954725858414889967..comments2023-10-14T04:54:09.328-05:00Comments on Fumbling for Words: Pregnant with wordsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9629687.post-44782049257615325022010-01-17T19:50:44.692-06:002010-01-17T19:50:44.692-06:00I'd love to read your faith story.I'd love to read your faith story.Karlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16433191926314878774noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9629687.post-34920546404817234932010-01-05T17:57:17.225-06:002010-01-05T17:57:17.225-06:00I Love love love your journal page about this. I l...I Love love love your journal page about this. I love that you ALREADY wrote a book. I love your ideas and your file and your honesty. Holding this gently, like you asked.Bethanyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510823788662848522noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9629687.post-87251692560765529292010-01-03T22:17:18.298-06:002010-01-03T22:17:18.298-06:00I'm in agreement with many of the people have ...I'm in agreement with many of the people have commented so far. Write because you HAVE to write. Write because it makes you happy. Write because the words are filling your brain and need a place to live. Enjoy the process and the destination will become clearer. After all, your word of the year is "journey." This could be a journey of a lifetime.<br /><br />xo,<br />Darrah<br /><br />P.S. Everything I said is easier said than done and I laugh now that I have reviewed what I've written so far. I could listen to my own advice once in a while!darrahhttp://artcetera.squarespace.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9629687.post-58937785084857579342010-01-02T22:02:13.434-06:002010-01-02T22:02:13.434-06:00I like what Anvilcloud said about writing the book...I like what Anvilcloud said about writing the book just because it means something to you. I think the rest will take care of itself. Publication would be sweet, but your growth through the process will be every bit as sweet and put you in a more confident place for the next book you write. You have a lot of neat ideas and I think you should pursue them and see where you are led. Ya never know!Dovelilyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03591746964880560230noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9629687.post-51779839180808740092010-01-02T18:58:12.790-06:002010-01-02T18:58:12.790-06:00Okay, be warned, you've hit a bit of a nerve. ...Okay, be warned, you've hit a bit of a nerve. Just a bit of one. Here goes.<br /><br />When you paint a picture, don't you just enjoy the process? Do you not bother to paint if you don't think it will sell? Do you not bother to paint if some unknown person doesn't accept a proposal about it first? I say, write the book that you want when you want and how you want. Write it because you are into creativity and because the writing means something to you. If nobody publishes it or nobody much reads it, you will still have written it and grown through the process. It will still be a book.<br /><br />While we're on it, do you not think your blog is real writing, or do you think it doesn't count because nobody pays for it? IMO this blog is worth several books. <br /><br />So there's my two cents, which probably is now worth less than a cent due to inflation. :)Anvilcloudhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07974744042579564912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9629687.post-12662607658346715892010-01-02T18:43:08.916-06:002010-01-02T18:43:08.916-06:00I think you have the potential to write all of tho...I think you have the potential to write all of those books, one at a time, one right after the other. Maybe a book just to get started could be a compilation of your top 50-100 blog posts (you have a 1000+, right?) and you can self publish it on Lulu.com and sell it to us. :) See how easy? Just kidding. I can see you writing these books. <br />Sandy xxoo<br />PS Love your word for the year - journeySandy Dempseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02918578806132768233noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9629687.post-53443482963311607522010-01-02T12:38:55.091-06:002010-01-02T12:38:55.091-06:00You can never have too many ideas. I love it when ...You can never have too many ideas. I love it when I'm cooking like that. But it can feel overwhelming. Is there any way you can combine some of these wonderful characters you have already described here and written about and make them different parts or aspects of this next story? Just a thought. happy New Year.The Bodhi Chicklethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16516287894431519640noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9629687.post-18107125155850387912010-01-02T12:01:08.731-06:002010-01-02T12:01:08.731-06:00wow! this was a great post. my mind was popping wh...wow! this was a great post. my mind was popping when i read it. <br /><br />you know im a bit of a new fan of yours. to me, you have already accompished so much of what i hope to somehow achieve in my own lifetime. i mean that. each Thing you take the time to write down in permanent form is a wonderful achievement, in my book. (bad pun so not intended, hehe!) <br /><br />after reading this i could not stop thinking about the difference between Achievement and Success. One is permanent, one is fleeting.<br />One is personal, one is public. <br />One is a thing, one is a state. <br /><br />I will take the permanent, personal thing over a fleeting public state anytime! Am i making ANY sense at all here?<br /><br />Do it for the long term satisfaction of writing it down, and not for the end result, and i think you will have the Journey of your life. Somehow i can see your own girls reaping the rewards of one day finding your own, UNpublished journals, reading them and learning from them like the character in your own book. life imitating art, like. <br /><br />sorry to ramble: BUT i just wanted to say that I think this book has been in the making for a long time but like everything else, timing is the key! 2010 can so be that year. i know you know that wherever you point your compass, you go, just keep going! so just dont stop writing so it can happen!leelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18270248444506772043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9629687.post-67856296642992249132010-01-02T11:43:16.829-06:002010-01-02T11:43:16.829-06:00I hope to hear updates of the "it's happe...I hope to hear updates of the "it's happening" variety. Maybe if you just start the kind of book it wants to be will follow. Of all your ideas, is there one that most consistently comes back to you?andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16364011769128646998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9629687.post-77017738920877806092010-01-02T09:46:56.646-06:002010-01-02T09:46:56.646-06:00I just realized (from your Tweet) what an odd expr...I just realized (from your Tweet) what an odd expression "hoping against hope" is. I may be pondering that all day.Barbarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03510716146005067174noreply@blogger.com