tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4692850990505834120.post8898710789544153164..comments2022-11-11T01:59:43.437-08:00Comments on B: So, I'm Kinda a Hypocrite....Rachel Beanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02558300529910254645noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4692850990505834120.post-8325624663696723442011-08-23T07:11:17.287-07:002011-08-23T07:11:17.287-07:00Haha, thanks guys!
Yeah, Jeigh, I totally agree! ...Haha, thanks guys!<br /><br />Yeah, Jeigh, I totally agree! I actually have a really good friend who writes too, and when I got back into writing, it was fun to talk about our books and give advice :) And, weird coincidence, but Ella Enchanted is my sister's favorite book! <br /><br />Ooh, thanks for the quote Christine! I actually like that one a lot, especially the part about how if we give up, it makes the things people say about us true. Wait, so does the quote go all the way to the " trying to break in" part, or is it just the third paragraph?<br /><br />And, yeah, I get pretty (okay, REALLY) embarrassed when I admit to people I'm a writer (or worse, when my Dad tells his colleagues right in front of me...) Haha, that was one of the main reasons I started this blog: so I could talk about writing to people (who actually cared ;)Rachel Beanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02558300529910254645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4692850990505834120.post-48557445566190427372011-08-23T01:12:52.268-07:002011-08-23T01:12:52.268-07:00And every blogger giving tips is a sort of silly h...And every blogger giving tips is a sort of silly hypocrite. I talk about coming out of the writer-closet and being brave because admitting I'm a writer to just about anyone makes my ears bright red and the room way too toasty. <br /><br />I also start incoherently mumbling. So then I get online and prove I still have some command of the english language.Christine Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08711726941768571495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4692850990505834120.post-58083818054214917802011-08-23T01:10:40.460-07:002011-08-23T01:10:40.460-07:00True that, Jeigh!
Here is a quote from Bruce Cov...True that, Jeigh! <br /><br />Here is a quote from Bruce Coville you might like:<br /><br />"...most important of all—never give up. You must believe in yourself, even when no one else does. People will think you are crazy. They will think you are conceited. You will get discouraged. You will think it is hopeless. You will think you are never going to get your work published. And if you give up, that will be true. You must believe in yourself, and Never Give Up.<br /><br />I know that sounds discouraging, but if it talks you out of wanting to be a writer, then you probably wouldn't have made it anyway. I know many people who are better writers than I am who will never be published, because they couldn't stand getting rejected while they were trying to break in."Christine Tylerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08711726941768571495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4692850990505834120.post-51740002443906837972011-08-21T17:33:45.335-07:002011-08-21T17:33:45.335-07:00I've found that the best thing sometimes is to...I've found that the best thing sometimes is to have a writer friend or two to talk to, because you're right, this is a pretty universal thing among writers. And if there's anything writer friends are good for, it's telling you that you're not crazy for feeling that way sometimes, and to remind you to just shut up because you're not as bad as you think you are.<br /><br />That said, one author who I love but who also manages to inspire me without making me feel like a hack is Gail Carson Levine. I don't know what it is about her stories, but they just whisper to me that I CAN do it.Jeighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09171703860855673581noreply@blogger.com