Squee!!
I know it's a lot of exclamation points, but it's exclamation point worthy.
This was probably the hardest thing I ever did. Not so much the actual post--which was like plucking an ingrown hair from the back of my neck--but getting past the books I've been reading, their word-usage, and my pride, to the point where I just threw my hands up and went, "I'm odd. They'll have to deal with it."
Guess I was afraid of looking stupid. All those big names and me. It's a strange feeling, but totally worth it.
Running in the dark, chaos theory for pantsers
4 comments:
You are brilliant, not odd.
lol--Eva, please tell that to my pysch teacher because all my assignments keep bouncing. ((hugs you)) Thanks for believing in me.
I really enjoyed your post. I saw your mention of a class on RD and I'll try to get in for that.
What you say makes sense to me.
I have enough talent to keep my publishers interested, but enough quirks I think they might have broken me while trying to help me learn my craft.
I second guess myself to the point now where I've turned down two contracts that garnered praise over "my best work to date" simply because I can't accept that it is, or that it can't be improved.
I sit and stare at the screen and debate what I want to do and write versus what I've been told to do and how to write.
Reading through your archives is a kind of healing for me. I can't say how much I appreciate your work.
awww...damn it. That makes me want to post.
Thanks Hailey :)
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