tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873889619654138974.post5731886215155696385..comments2023-09-07T07:41:28.307-04:00Comments on Zestful Writing: Win or Lose, What to Make of ItElizabeth Simshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01207536110886973913noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873889619654138974.post-18169586902898414852014-06-09T08:37:46.008-04:002014-06-09T08:37:46.008-04:00You're welcome. I actuallly came across the qu...You're welcome. I actuallly came across the quote in a Book Country forum. I liked it so much that I decided to use it as the quote of the month for June on my blog.lidyhttp://iheartallstories.weebly.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873889619654138974.post-88698571066608903892014-06-07T15:02:31.383-04:002014-06-07T15:02:31.383-04:00My gosh, I was a fan of HT forever but never came ...My gosh, I was a fan of HT forever but never came across that quote, that I remember anyway. Thanks for sharing it.Elizabeth Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207536110886973913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873889619654138974.post-7601388319995083102014-06-06T20:54:19.263-04:002014-06-06T20:54:19.263-04:00yeah, I do and like Hunter S. Thompson said, "...yeah, I do and like Hunter S. Thompson said, "As things stand now, I am going to be a writer. I'm not sure that I'm going to be a good one or even a self-supporting one, but until the dark thumb of fate presses me to the dust and says 'you are nothing', I will be a writer.”lidyhttp://iheartallstories.weebly.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873889619654138974.post-60333101574543084792014-06-06T16:20:31.661-04:002014-06-06T16:20:31.661-04:00Not that this is a great thing, but it took me yea...Not that this is a great thing, but it took me years upon years to get published and get representation. Wish I'd taken a photo of the stack of rejection letters I'd accumulated before throwing them out. The thing is, Lidy, a true writer cannot BUT persist. I think you understand.Elizabeth Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207536110886973913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873889619654138974.post-28766559543236963232014-06-06T00:08:11.912-04:002014-06-06T00:08:11.912-04:00this post puts things in prospective for me. i'...this post puts things in prospective for me. i've been going around submitting to poetry competitions and chapbook contests, with an ever growing list of declined in my submittable. was beginning to think that I myself was missing something or wasn't good enough. especially after being informed from editors that they enjoyed it/made it to the final selection but not considered a fit. seeing another "almost" started to become just as daunting as getting the "declined" that i vowed to stop with the current trend and get an "accepted." like a do or die. anyways, on the bright side participants often received a free copy of the winning chapbook or poetry issuelidyhttp://iheartallstories.weebly.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873889619654138974.post-64121488844444193892014-06-05T17:26:14.292-04:002014-06-05T17:26:14.292-04:00Hey, thanks, Linda. Your comment means a lot to me...Hey, thanks, Linda. Your comment means a lot to me. Hang in there and keep us posted on your work, OK?Elizabeth Simshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207536110886973913noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1873889619654138974.post-77749980408333164292014-06-05T17:21:58.202-04:002014-06-05T17:21:58.202-04:00"...if I took it seriously EITHER WAY, I'..."...if I took it seriously EITHER WAY, I'd be impossible to live with." Sigh, this just happened to me last night. I decided that after looking over an instructor's extensive comments on an assignment, I must have absolutely no talent and, yes, I was impossible to live with.<br /><br />Every week you manage to say something that speaks directly to a problem I can relate to and it's time I let you know. Thank you, Elizabeth.Lexa Fisherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17607145577589963375noreply@blogger.com