tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32906017.post116000610749991486..comments2023-12-11T20:04:16.370-08:00Comments on Allie's Musings: Do You Ever Think About...Allie Bonifacehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17334745422433097012noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32906017.post-1160258737251353792006-10-07T15:05:00.000-07:002006-10-07T15:05:00.000-07:00Honey, honey, honey. I am right there with you. I'...Honey, honey, honey. I am right there with you. I've been writing for 12 years. I joined my local chapter 10 years ago. I am the ONLY unpublished PRO (the other PRO is published in a non-RWA recognized mystery publisher.) <BR/><BR/>I finalled in the GH 3 years ago and thought, this is it. <BR/><BR/>I got my first revision request the same year and thought, this is it. <BR/><BR/>I had an editor call me two years ago with revisions and thought, this is it. <BR/><BR/>I got an agent last year and thought, this is it. <BR/><BR/>Each of those things happened when I was ready to give up. Maybe I should give up. I've spent a fortune on contests and conferences and ink and paper and postage. <BR/><BR/>But I tell myself if I quit, I will always wonder. So I can't quit.MJFredrickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06881706931355203700noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32906017.post-1160085017146190512006-10-05T14:50:00.000-07:002006-10-05T14:50:00.000-07:00Charity, That's a great column - I'm printing it o...Charity, <BR/><BR/>That's a great column - I'm printing it out to keep by my computer at all times!Allie Bonifacehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17334745422433097012noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32906017.post-1160080280803812582006-10-05T13:31:00.000-07:002006-10-05T13:31:00.000-07:00I can’t say it any better than Jenny Crusie’s Wri...I can’t say it any better than Jenny Crusie’s <A HREF="http://jennycrusie.com/essays/writerwithoutapublisher.php" REL="nofollow"> Writer’s Liberation</A>.Charity Tahmasebhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14208740898666710699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32906017.post-1160008719686073802006-10-04T17:38:00.000-07:002006-10-04T17:38:00.000-07:00EEK! Oh no... no... no... no... Did I say no? No...EEK! Oh no... no... no... no...<BR/> <BR/>Did I say no? No... no... no...<BR/><BR/>A, <BR/><BR/>You're <I>way, WAY</I> too good at what you do to give up now. C'mon, girl. Hang tough. <BR/><BR/>Geez, you should talk to some of the ladies in Persist and Publish -- they've sent out literally hundreds of queries on multiple novels, gotten lots of partial requests, one even got an agent (who then got deathly ill and quit the biz), but they're still plugging along.<BR/><BR/>You're so close. So close. Why quit when you're about to make it?<BR/><BR/>So. Stay.<BR/><BR/>Please? <BR/><BR/>(Oh, no, no, no, no, no...)Marianne Arkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934613403368823760noreply@blogger.com