tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post8248206503352521026..comments2024-03-25T05:17:05.202-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: THE ODDS ARE AGAINST YOU!Roland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger14125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-56467523217248211122013-10-27T17:50:48.355-05:002013-10-27T17:50:48.355-05:00Wendy:
I guess another word for "Luck" m...Wendy:<br />I guess another word for "Luck" might be "Timing" - hit the receptive influencial person at the "write" time! :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-4536470400032239172013-10-27T15:16:09.258-05:002013-10-27T15:16:09.258-05:00I, too, agree that "luck" is the largest...I, too, agree that "luck" is the largest ingredient in the writing recipe. Good writing is just a bonus to editors these days.Wendy Tyler Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10841984342368861282noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-37158606473465576532013-10-27T10:48:32.415-05:002013-10-27T10:48:32.415-05:00Terry:
Yes, the way to guarantee failure is never ...Terry:<br />Yes, the way to guarantee failure is never to try!<br /><br />Yvonne:<br />Luck is the one thing we can't provide our writing. We can only be prepared should lightning strikes, right?<br /><br />Susan:<br />To write your tale into being is such a feeling that words pale to describe it. I've missed your visits. :-)<br /><br />Vesper:<br />I wonder if the world wide net will outlive Man? We write because we must -- it would be nice though to be able to support ourselves with our dreams! Han Solo is the writer's mascot!! :-)<br /><br />Shelly:<br />Emily Dickinson only became widely read AFTER her death. Let's hope our novels are appreciated when we have the health to enjoy it!!<br /><br />Milo:<br />To have Sam, Victor, and Hibbs be enjoyed by later generations would be nice. It makes me smile. Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-39856040198284731452013-10-27T07:54:29.417-05:002013-10-27T07:54:29.417-05:00Outliving myself -- that may be what drives me as ...Outliving myself -- that may be what drives me as a writer. I want my characters to live long after I've departed from the earth, and they're all clamoring to be released into the world!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-26815535649870384982013-10-26T20:11:02.364-05:002013-10-26T20:11:02.364-05:00Yesterday, I was thinking about this. It can be de...Yesterday, I was thinking about this. It can be depressing. But yes, our work will out live us.<br /><br />Good post, Roland!<br /><br />Hugs and chocolate,<br />Shellyshellyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09596621767297173021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-61887391791708518882013-10-26T20:00:46.858-05:002013-10-26T20:00:46.858-05:00Thank you for putting Han Solo right after the tit...Thank you for putting Han Solo right after the title of this post! :-)<br /><br />Luck. I think luck is the main ingredient here.<br />We are not writing (just) for money. If this were (just) a business, what would be the point of continuing, if success were nowhere in sight?...<br />We write because we couldn't not write. Because weaving stories is weaving wondrous lives for ourselves too. Because writing is like breathing. (That's why I write.)<br /><br />Yes... <i>Writing is a vow to outlive yourself.</i> Archaeologists of the future will 'dig' on the Internet and find our posts, and poems, and books, and wonder about us just as we wonder looking at a Sumerian clay tablet... :-)Vesperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12417602625059442986noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-11615986631724213822013-10-26T18:15:06.569-05:002013-10-26T18:15:06.569-05:00Haven't checked in with you for a while, and I...Haven't checked in with you for a while, and I do enjoy you so much.<br /><br />Write, write, write--that is the best thing of all.Susan Kanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09834094675218254410noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-25354034001394211372013-10-26T16:18:09.238-05:002013-10-26T16:18:09.238-05:00"You need to connect with the right person on..."You need to connect with the right person on the right day." That's the hard part and so much of it is luck, though I've heard it said that the only failed writer is the one who gives up.Yvonne Osbornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18212188414972694795noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-20505015455104076192013-10-26T13:50:47.641-05:002013-10-26T13:50:47.641-05:00Yes, the odds of great success (however you want t...Yes, the odds of great success (however you want to define it) are pretty darn long. But they're infinitely better than the would be if you didn't try at all. Terry W. Ervin IIhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13561009802388207515noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-61427253756628708722013-10-26T12:39:48.718-05:002013-10-26T12:39:48.718-05:00wendy:
Hearing success stories like yours is what ...wendy:<br />Hearing success stories like yours is what helps keep the rest of us going. Thanks! :-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-84887211184850611892013-10-26T12:26:32.268-05:002013-10-26T12:26:32.268-05:00The odds were against me when I started writing fo...The odds were against me when I started writing for magazines last year but I ignored those odds and now I am a regular contributor. If you thought too much about your chances too much, you'd never tap that keyboard again!Wendy's Writinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06960941625432714363noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-51367967575953775462013-10-26T11:15:20.094-05:002013-10-26T11:15:20.094-05:00Yolanda:
Like laundry, writing, for me, must be do...Yolanda:<br />Like laundry, writing, for me, must be done regularly. :-)<br /><br />Yes, to be accepted even if it by one with your writing is awesome beyond words. To hear that your book hit them personally can make it all worthwhile, can't it?<br /><br />D.G.:<br />It is sunny here today -- which is good because I hate to drive my rare blood runs in the rain.<br /><br />I don't watch soap operas either but I know they go on, and on ... and on! :-)<br /><br />Be like Han Solo: never give up, right?Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-90360545744730269752013-10-26T11:09:55.865-05:002013-10-26T11:09:55.865-05:00"Writing is thankless work. Writing is a vow ..."Writing is thankless work. Writing is a vow to outlive yourself." <br />- True except it makes me feel good to write, I love words and storytelling.<br /><br />"It is like housework. It is like laundry. It is like a soap opera. It is never finished." <br />- Housework and laundry - also thankless, but necessary, like editing. Soap operas - don't watch them.<br /><br />"There is always more to do."<br />- A reason for living, writing, and not giving up.<br /><br />Hope you have more sun than we do. It's gray and cool here today.D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-36007183138694318652013-10-26T10:51:57.096-05:002013-10-26T10:51:57.096-05:00Writing is many, many things but it's nothing ...Writing is many, many things but it's nothing like laundry or any drudgery! Don't get me wrong I know what you mean, but as a person who does both, writing is a blessing, yes sometimes a curse, but even then it is hand over fist better than any other mindless task out there! LOL<br />I say that, just before I leave my computer, my newest WIP, to go put another load in the washer! :)<br />Great post - it's not about the money - but oh, wouldn't that be NICE! It's all about the creativity and the sharing and acceptance of the art even if just by a few! Besides it's the journey - and just imagine what wonderful stores we'll be able to tell when we hit those numbers! Everyone has a story - even the one to success, just depends on how you measure that success - Dollar by dollar or million by million! :)<br />Happy Halloween, Roland!Yolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.com