I Demand A Re-count!
Do I sound like a Democrat?
But I'm not talking about votes, I want the days in August recounted. Where have they gone? The whole summer is over and somehow I missed it!
Enough whining.
Thanks, Patti and Sharon, for the comments and your friendship.
Everyone should meet these great women, or have such people in their lives. I could write a book on them both!
Sharon asked about the writers seminar I went to, so here goes. (Sharon, it was nothing like the little writers seminar we went to in Pennsylvania that one Saturday so long ago).
I learned a lot!
Holly Miller, editor of the Saturday Evening Post magazine was the teacher for the day. She was fantastic. I came away with pages of ideas and practical, applicable equipping. I also had a personal consultation with her. I gave her a summary of what I'm working on and where I'm at with it. She said--"Get it out there. Send out the proposals."
To which all of you are saying, "Duh!" But I was at a point I didn't know what to do. I needed an "authority" to give me direction.
Book talks were another element of the seminar. I brought some of the books home with me, others I've checked out from the library. Right now I'm reading "Seven Steps on the Writer's Path." It's like looking in the mirror--"Are you sunk in a pit of lonelinesss and confusion, burdened by pressures you can neither name nor escape?" (quote from the book cover front flap). I'm filled with "aha" moments as I read. The steps are: Unhappiness, Wanting, Commitment, Wavering, Letting Go, Immersion, and Fulfillment.
I'm recycling the first four---over and over.
You think you're getting tired of asking me if I'm done yet?
This little book is peppered with quotes from authors:
"I wrote for 12 years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting . . . published."
" . . . was rejected 31 times before Warner Books bought . . ."
"It takes 5 years to break in and 15 years to be able to support yourself . . ."
Oh, well.
Thanks for checking in on me. Keep praying. The latest published government count is that 629,498 married men died in 2005. Since '05 was a pretty typical year, that means over 600,000 women are widowed each year. As we baby boomer get older, the number of widows will get larger. I'll keep writing.
But I'm not talking about votes, I want the days in August recounted. Where have they gone? The whole summer is over and somehow I missed it!
Enough whining.
Thanks, Patti and Sharon, for the comments and your friendship.
Everyone should meet these great women, or have such people in their lives. I could write a book on them both!
Sharon asked about the writers seminar I went to, so here goes. (Sharon, it was nothing like the little writers seminar we went to in Pennsylvania that one Saturday so long ago).
I learned a lot!
Holly Miller, editor of the Saturday Evening Post magazine was the teacher for the day. She was fantastic. I came away with pages of ideas and practical, applicable equipping. I also had a personal consultation with her. I gave her a summary of what I'm working on and where I'm at with it. She said--"Get it out there. Send out the proposals."
To which all of you are saying, "Duh!" But I was at a point I didn't know what to do. I needed an "authority" to give me direction.
Book talks were another element of the seminar. I brought some of the books home with me, others I've checked out from the library. Right now I'm reading "Seven Steps on the Writer's Path." It's like looking in the mirror--"Are you sunk in a pit of lonelinesss and confusion, burdened by pressures you can neither name nor escape?" (quote from the book cover front flap). I'm filled with "aha" moments as I read. The steps are: Unhappiness, Wanting, Commitment, Wavering, Letting Go, Immersion, and Fulfillment.
I'm recycling the first four---over and over.
You think you're getting tired of asking me if I'm done yet?
This little book is peppered with quotes from authors:
"I wrote for 12 years and collected 250 rejection slips before getting . . . published."
" . . . was rejected 31 times before Warner Books bought . . ."
"It takes 5 years to break in and 15 years to be able to support yourself . . ."
Oh, well.
Thanks for checking in on me. Keep praying. The latest published government count is that 629,498 married men died in 2005. Since '05 was a pretty typical year, that means over 600,000 women are widowed each year. As we baby boomer get older, the number of widows will get larger. I'll keep writing.
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