tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post5313417874108025239..comments2023-12-10T19:04:26.773-08:00Comments on Author2Author: There is no magic pill!Emily Marshallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07073350248209507278noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post-66236493702803888272008-04-25T19:05:00.000-07:002008-04-25T19:05:00.000-07:00Enjoyed reading this and good to hear this is not ...Enjoyed reading this and good to hear this is not for the faint at heart. Getting newspaper articles published was too easy and I thought it would be so-o-o-o easy to write fiction. It is seriously hard work, but oh so satisfying when progress is made.amuse mehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17107288250737832143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post-46998237568063819362008-04-25T15:15:00.000-07:002008-04-25T15:15:00.000-07:00Darwin the Dolphin talked! :)OK, I started writing...Darwin the Dolphin talked! :)<BR/><BR/>OK, I started writing seriously in 2004 and have already accumulated more than 100 rejections -- does that mean I'm subbing too much or you subbed too little? :)DeenaMLhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01093257361683249174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post-85605700941637052182008-04-25T08:23:00.000-07:002008-04-25T08:23:00.000-07:00I'm glad you didn't quit, too, Lisa! I started in...I'm glad you didn't quit, too, Lisa! I started in 2001, as well, and am on the threshold of publication now...any day...any day!<BR/><BR/>But your advice is right on, though many beginning writers won't want to believe it. They'll convince themselves that they won't need to go through all that, to wait that long, that they already know the craft so well...<BR/><BR/>But they will soon find out that this business is just as you have described it, and no matter how well we think we write, we can always learn more. <BR/><BR/>So, I'm walking in your footsteps on my way, too. Hoping that I will arrive soon. :-)Ghost Girl (aka, Mary Ann)https://www.blogger.com/profile/10104992485564788542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post-69272322010801701242008-04-25T08:15:00.000-07:002008-04-25T08:15:00.000-07:00Wait, dolphins don't talk? LOL.Lisa, it's great of...Wait, dolphins don't talk? LOL.<BR/><BR/>Lisa, it's great of you to share the early steps of your writing career. Very inspiring.Kate Fallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12856887940900664692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3318840210070768346.post-14020854939574326192008-04-25T07:29:00.000-07:002008-04-25T07:29:00.000-07:00Great advise Lisa. I loved it, and really needed i...Great advise Lisa. I loved it, and really needed it right now as I'm dealing with some of the same thoughts. Just got to keep plugging away...Emily Marshallhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07073350248209507278noreply@blogger.com