tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post4223604776252560555..comments2024-03-19T14:52:00.000-07:00Comments on Coming Down the Mountain: Do you REALLY want to be a writer?Karen Jones Gowenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11378428503220197256noreply@blogger.comBlogger67125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-25175104168833462192011-01-24T04:08:57.111-08:002011-01-24T04:08:57.111-08:00Hi Karen. This is my first time to read your wonde...Hi Karen. This is my first time to read your wonderful blog & I love this post so much! It's great to be reassured about why I feel down in the dumps so much of the time but yet do not want to change a thing. Oh and I'm just about to become a follower....so the 600 is one step nearer!<br />MariMari Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00196874968501090173noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-38044521963650703682011-01-20T18:17:42.522-08:002011-01-20T18:17:42.522-08:00haha. Love it. So true :-)haha. Love it. So true :-)Melissa Sarnohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11215683401795724259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-26190123414160335992011-01-20T05:30:18.281-08:002011-01-20T05:30:18.281-08:00Ha ha, excellent. I'm going for two of those m...Ha ha, excellent. I'm going for two of those myself!Simon Kewinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11537163555998763769noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-3558737949687091702011-01-19T06:41:05.736-08:002011-01-19T06:41:05.736-08:00So true, times three.
My favorite part of being a ...So true, times three.<br />My favorite part of being a writer? When all my non-writing friends tell me how rich I'm going to be when I sell my book.<br />Ummm......yeah. Not exactly how it works for most of us.<br />But still. Here I am.juliehttp://juliecgardner.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-77851789353440456322011-01-19T06:33:20.840-08:002011-01-19T06:33:20.840-08:00Guess I really struck a familiar nerve with this p...Guess I really struck a familiar nerve with this post. Which explains why I personally am in love with blogging. It's where I go to find like-minded people/writers dealing with the same joys and frustrations that I have about the craft of writing.<br /><br />The best writer groups ever are online imho.Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153821980625034810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-12190379323952683662011-01-19T05:42:56.889-08:002011-01-19T05:42:56.889-08:00And don't forget the chocolate!! ;-)And don't forget the chocolate!! ;-)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-90446178529109689312011-01-19T03:26:08.925-08:002011-01-19T03:26:08.925-08:00Late the party as always, but had to comment! So ...Late the party as always, but had to comment! So very well said :-)<br /><br />And yeah, we writers are a sad, sick bunch. *G*Marianne Arkinshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00934613403368823760noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-60585429743401809752011-01-18T23:37:42.869-08:002011-01-18T23:37:42.869-08:00All so true.
What sad people we must be ;-)All so true.<br /><br />What sad people we must be ;-)Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15625543235578144620noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-66480470039524690712011-01-18T19:24:03.027-08:002011-01-18T19:24:03.027-08:00Awesome Karen. So very, very true. I wish the rich...Awesome Karen. So very, very true. I wish the rich and famous one was a more common result, though. Don't you? ;)Aliciahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11087296691575392299noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-28780487572063061622011-01-18T18:46:32.162-08:002011-01-18T18:46:32.162-08:00LOL! Well, I hope to change all of this very soon....LOL! Well, I hope to change all of this very soon. But I see the humor in it.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-81473272208422206342011-01-18T17:25:55.179-08:002011-01-18T17:25:55.179-08:00We are driven! Well said, Sistah
Aloha from Wai...We are driven! Well said, Sistah<br /><br /><br /><br />Aloha from Waikiki<br /><br /><a href="http://comfortspiral.blogspot.com/" rel="nofollow">Comfort Spiral</a><br /><br />><}}(°><br /><br /><br /><°)}}><Cloudiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05853753108637831069noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-34315835183308070612011-01-18T12:56:26.670-08:002011-01-18T12:56:26.670-08:00I do like that swoopy feeling I get in my chest wh...I do like that swoopy feeling I get in my chest when I find just the right phrase or find a new person lurking in my pages. I do. And I've had children and I'm not sure I changed anybody's life by it. Even theirs. Yes, it isn't an easy ride to fame and fortune but dang it is a fun ride by times.Jan Morrisonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01771180344305042855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-36194542024399348672011-01-18T09:01:45.075-08:002011-01-18T09:01:45.075-08:00I know I have said this before, but this is why I ...I know I have said this before, but this is why I follow writer blogs. The posts are beautiful, clever, funny, touching, imaginative, heartbreaking.....but never dull.Plain Janehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17925232966242274371noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-42008142005567191502011-01-18T08:34:41.211-08:002011-01-18T08:34:41.211-08:00LOLOL! Well said!LOLOL! Well said!Jessica Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10889900730906728317noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-73526208501243768472011-01-18T06:21:41.963-08:002011-01-18T06:21:41.963-08:00LOL, I so loved and needed this. My favorite part ...LOL, I so loved and needed this. My favorite part is the "writing stories about characters you have never met but are strangely in love with"<br /><br />Funny thing, I went to school to be a teacher (and I teach on a small scale), I had the kids, won't touch politics with a 20 foot pole, so all that's left is writing. :)Charity Bradfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01960821077619680661noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-23801781625202057242011-01-18T06:16:02.224-08:002011-01-18T06:16:02.224-08:00so many down-sides to being a writer. i can think ...so many down-sides to being a writer. i can think of at least one up-side-- you can have an impact on people's lives through your stories, or at least encourage them. sometimes, that's the only thing that keeps me writing - that and the fact that if i stopped, i feel like part of me would die.Michelle Gregoryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05747275507200268417noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-52250887420264157102011-01-18T06:08:10.694-08:002011-01-18T06:08:10.694-08:00*snort* Yeah, put me down for that last one.*snort* Yeah, put me down for that last one.Hart Johnsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17599570189253229318noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-42711693997789637802011-01-18T00:50:45.519-08:002011-01-18T00:50:45.519-08:00Hehe, I like this.Hehe, I like this.Paul Anthony Shortthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14393249001158230985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-39503253026688267662011-01-17T23:02:41.454-08:002011-01-17T23:02:41.454-08:00Thanks for a good chuckle this morning. Tis so tru...Thanks for a good chuckle this morning. Tis so true, yet we forget...MaDonna Maurerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04157381592556792198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-75088928968227463052011-01-17T20:57:12.659-08:002011-01-17T20:57:12.659-08:00Well in that case... I think I'll go be a.. a....Well in that case... I think I'll go be a.. a.. nope the voices in my head won't let me be anything else. I'll have to be a writer.<br /><br />PS. Love the cover of Uncut Diamonds :)Sari Webbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14157780034728554529noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-19890299622728797452011-01-17T20:47:28.612-08:002011-01-17T20:47:28.612-08:00This is very true!This is very true!Melissa Hursthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15530652829980250261noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-43988707485149744412011-01-17T19:57:56.451-08:002011-01-17T19:57:56.451-08:00In the end, I think all writers write because it&#...In the end, I think all writers write because it's what they do. They can't help themselves. Write from joy.Trish and Rob MacGregorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02846270474176860924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-9525811235328385702011-01-17T19:44:31.107-08:002011-01-17T19:44:31.107-08:00Wow...feels like looking in the mirror! Thanks!Wow...feels like looking in the mirror! Thanks!An Authentic Lifehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16207286136371241704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-33558179121674149612011-01-17T19:02:58.639-08:002011-01-17T19:02:58.639-08:00At least I won't be alone in my freakyness. :)...At least I won't be alone in my freakyness. :)Margothttp://www.margothovley.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7852800943772489474.post-52317110750601185942011-01-17T18:39:13.185-08:002011-01-17T18:39:13.185-08:00Love this! Lonely freakdom suits me. Thanks for a ...Love this! Lonely freakdom suits me. Thanks for a laugh today.Kari Mariehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04404956407734167300noreply@blogger.com