tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268238247379169028.post2103992995744921238..comments2024-03-14T02:21:43.549-07:00Comments on Faeries, Dragons, and Spaceships: Why you can never fail as a writerMarie Andreashttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11422636765580836358noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268238247379169028.post-80847245307930086832012-01-29T07:19:09.033-08:002012-01-29T07:19:09.033-08:00Thanks all-and yup Lucie, if you can give up- it p...Thanks all-and yup Lucie, if you can give up- it probably wasn't in your heart :)Marie Andreashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11422636765580836358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268238247379169028.post-3453160058438884632012-01-25T16:14:31.308-08:002012-01-25T16:14:31.308-08:00Persistence and love of the craft. Thanks for the ...Persistence and love of the craft. Thanks for the reminder. If you give up too easily maybe writing was never your first love anyway.Lucie et Juliettehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01096277303926488644noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268238247379169028.post-36724311936066948202012-01-13T12:43:03.030-08:002012-01-13T12:43:03.030-08:00I love the WIP analogy, Marie, and it's so tru...I love the WIP analogy, Marie, and it's so true that the only way to fail is to give up. I do make deadlines for myself, but when I don't meet them, I make new ones. Believe it or not, I don't look at it as failure as long as I've made genuine progress toward the goal. If I wasn't trying hard enough, then I'd really let myself down.<br /><br />@Linda I'll bet the writing was in Latin or maybe more like Runes ;)Angela McCallisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10610798614001745001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268238247379169028.post-27149047262626573052012-01-12T00:09:17.067-08:002012-01-12T00:09:17.067-08:00Great post, Marie. #2 reminds me of Madeline L'...Great post, Marie. #2 reminds me of Madeline L'Engle relating in her memoir "A Circle of Quiet" that she thought about quitting writing when, at 40, she had tried to sell her books and no publisher was interested. As I recall, her quitting lasted about a day (lucky for us). Writers write, they can't do anything else.Janet Taithttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18222754520926424388noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268238247379169028.post-59431793137818405542012-01-11T10:47:29.779-08:002012-01-11T10:47:29.779-08:00Here, here, Marie. We are, like our books and idea...Here, here, Marie. We are, like our books and ideas, works in progress. If I had never sold, I'd still be writing because writing in in my blood. I swear, I saw a bunch of words, written in cursive, on my last Xray.<br />ha.<br />Writing is bliss, and I'm open to ideas at all hours of the day and night.<br /><br />Thanks for the post.<br /><br />Linda<br /><br />www.lindathomas-sundstrom.comLinda Thomas-Sundstromhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13233692374773304445noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268238247379169028.post-91127671685045306352012-01-11T09:37:31.015-08:002012-01-11T09:37:31.015-08:00Wonderful post! You are absolutely right! :-)Wonderful post! You are absolutely right! :-)Karin Shahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15575299065671413823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268238247379169028.post-61738813429962754192012-01-11T08:04:04.308-08:002012-01-11T08:04:04.308-08:00I think we learn by failing. We may not like the ...I think we learn by failing. We may not like the lesson, might not be fun or pretty, but we often learn more from our failures than our successes.Julia Rachel Barretthttp://juliarachelbarrett.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268238247379169028.post-17461614068663822782012-01-11T07:56:57.832-08:002012-01-11T07:56:57.832-08:00Thanks Nancy and Melissa :). I thought it was tim...Thanks Nancy and Melissa :). I thought it was timely- start of the year and all.Marie Andreashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11422636765580836358noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268238247379169028.post-10489307643906651942012-01-11T07:04:07.236-08:002012-01-11T07:04:07.236-08:00Great post, as always, Marie!Great post, as always, Marie!Melissa Cutlerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00110444399980196899noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1268238247379169028.post-47912585559561021482012-01-11T06:41:34.442-08:002012-01-11T06:41:34.442-08:00Great post and a good reminder some of us (me) nee...Great post and a good reminder some of us (me) need!Nancy S. Brandthttp://www.nancysbrandt.comnoreply@blogger.com