tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post4839705798993123195..comments2023-10-30T15:13:22.680+00:00Comments on Strictly Writing: SHOWING UPDThttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-21128817266985538192010-05-25T09:37:29.890+01:002010-05-25T09:37:29.890+01:00Thanks, Kirsty - by paraphrasing, you've broug...Thanks, Kirsty - by paraphrasing, you've brought it into a new dimension for me!<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-66656615262160547162010-05-25T09:34:49.417+01:002010-05-25T09:34:49.417+01:00As you know Susie, I am a great believer that if y...As you know Susie, I am a great believer that if you keep showing up, keep honing your craft, keep feeding your creativity, that will not only be an achievement in itself, but it will lead to all those other things - validation, acceptance, acknowledgement. Only showing up can get us there and that is all we can control, so in a way it's all we need to worry about - quite comforting if we reduce it to that. Thanks for the post. KathKirstyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12226519022337690529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-89272227343412649102010-05-24T21:54:59.204+01:002010-05-24T21:54:59.204+01:00Thank you, Derek: you embody 'showing up'...Thank you, Derek: you embody 'showing up' - respect!<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-85000085990411930052010-05-24T21:43:12.136+01:002010-05-24T21:43:12.136+01:00Inspiring as ever, Susie! It seems to me that what...Inspiring as ever, Susie! It seems to me that what you're talking about is internal values as opposed to external measures. The journey rather than (but mindful about) the destination. For me, only two things are certain - firstly that outward success can only be achieved by turning up and doing the work, and secondly that regardless of any opportunities and accolades life may put my way, I will continue to write. Life, do you best or do your worst, it's all something to write about! Thanks for reminding us Susie, what it's really about.DThttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803989273524731892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-2367051590985796162010-05-24T14:37:09.003+01:002010-05-24T14:37:09.003+01:00Thanks, everybody, for reading and commenting.
(...Thanks, everybody, for reading and commenting. <br />(Caroline, it's easy to write about this stuff - actually doing it entirely another matter! Especially when those demons are in the ascendent. They often seem to pop up in force just as one is about to break through...)<br />SusiexSusie Nott-Bowerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428000582406338267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-90532603259317822662010-05-24T14:17:25.405+01:002010-05-24T14:17:25.405+01:00These words have been balm for the soul today, Sus...These words have been balm for the soul today, Susie, as I am having a major wrestle with my Inner Critic demons. You're absolutely right [as ever, you wise one, you] that sometimes we have to forget about the awards or the knock backs and just show up...<br />Great post.Caroline Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04708248040141519582noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-91360981709935315732010-05-24T10:40:37.594+01:002010-05-24T10:40:37.594+01:00Oh dear. :-)
I think it's best to take one th...Oh dear. :-)<br /><br />I think it's best to take one thing at a time, one day at a time. Cross that bridge when the others arrive if and when they do. You're only human and one person. You can only do your best and hope for the best.<br /><br />Good luck!<br /><br />take care<br />xOld Kittyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13185547869183611159noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-61995478874204115292010-05-24T08:59:04.453+01:002010-05-24T08:59:04.453+01:00I always feel fraudulent when I read posts like th...I always feel fraudulent when I read posts like this, as truth be told, I have not served my apprenticeship in writing and rejection.<br />However, I do believe whether pubished or not, all any of us writers can do is write. What happens to our books once they're out there - be that in the book shops or being subbed to agents, is not worth worrying about.<br />Obviously one has to do one's best. Make the work as good as it can be. Make the sub package as saleable as possible or do all the PR stuff you can to sell your book.<br /><br />After that, though, you just get on and write some more.<br />HB xHelen Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00266205672947750373noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-44645857114615435512010-05-24T08:17:13.979+01:002010-05-24T08:17:13.979+01:00The net sheds a tiny beam of light on the can'...The net sheds a tiny beam of light on the can't-get-published-for-nuts and how good it is to read them! Some of the best poetry I've read came from a diary site with lots of teen angst that editors wouldn't touch with a barge pole. <br /><br />I've been writing some time now and I know how it feels to see at the supermarket The No 1 bestseller by, let's say, Smartie Boots. Being breast fed when I gave writing my life's committment like a medieval monk...<br /><br />Grr as they say. Some people just plain lucky. <br /><br />These days though the new books at the library are all tv 'tie-ins' and the literary is gone the way of film photography. The people who do it are not wanted any more...so just let's go on writing and some day be buried as failed wannabes.Fidelitynoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2725342624231517088.post-36813795192104636952010-05-24T07:51:02.914+01:002010-05-24T07:51:02.914+01:00Love this post, thanks. Showing up for work, as yo...Love this post, thanks. Showing up for work, as you say, is the trick. Getting black on white, day in, day out. Brava!Sarah Hilaryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03379986260169703599noreply@blogger.com