tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641078212889557094.post2220683208750595482..comments2020-01-24T13:48:07.334-08:00Comments on Triss Stein: WRITING WHAT SCARES USTrisshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08058396345946250313noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641078212889557094.post-22560717216552499602018-03-22T11:19:41.613-07:002018-03-22T11:19:41.613-07:00Yes, you can write it fairly, honestly, and with c...Yes, you can write it fairly, honestly, and with complexity. Knowing that you need to do those three things means you already know what to do.Ramonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00627775403015684868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641078212889557094.post-19470947197507965232018-03-20T07:18:02.365-07:002018-03-20T07:18:02.365-07:00To Sharon and Donis- I loved hearing from you.
S...To Sharon and Donis- I loved hearing from you. <br /><br />Sharon, so funny that you put the anxiety to such good use. Much admiration! And yes, so true, the compensation for writing in a void, pre-pub, is a certain freedom to do whatever you want. <br /><br />Donis- yes! so helpful to know we are not aloneTrisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058396345946250313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641078212889557094.post-85919425848644130932018-03-20T07:13:41.383-07:002018-03-20T07:13:41.383-07:00Trisha, thanks so much for your extremely thoughtf...Trisha, thanks so much for your extremely thoughtful response.What a pleasure to read. I'm sending something to your e-mail.Trisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058396345946250313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641078212889557094.post-74942481918679083082018-03-19T15:40:26.507-07:002018-03-19T15:40:26.507-07:00Every single time I wonder if I am going to be abl...Every single time I wonder if I am going to be able to pull it off. For me writing is both terrifying and a joy. Sometimes more one than the other...Donis Caseyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15207228706777377242noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641078212889557094.post-71056607424046571512018-03-19T11:27:58.426-07:002018-03-19T11:27:58.426-07:00"Write your worst nightmare." That was t..."Write your worst nightmare." That was the advice from a multi-published writer. I followed it. It became my eighth manuscript, JUSU AND MOTHER EARTH, the first to garner a contract. <br /><br />Seventeen years of rejections proved an advantage for me also. Before I sold that first, No. 8, I was working on book #12. Numbers 4, 5, 6 and 7 are among my now-14 published novels. I have sold them all myself to print/royalty publishers. I still refuse to self-publish. I need the validation of editors. Since I couldn't sell for such a long time, I wrote whatever I pleased. If I felt joyful, I wrote happy. If I felt sad, I wrote bleak. My husband and I had a quarrel. He won. I thought, "A man is a wonderful thing, but occasionally, it would be better if he could't speak." So I wrote BODACIOUS. The hero was mute. It was very satisfying. Men and women both like it. Weird.Sharon Ervinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01034672245013019017noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641078212889557094.post-55169656998918720852018-03-19T05:55:37.054-07:002018-03-19T05:55:37.054-07:00I'm enjoying an early morning lie-in with coff...I'm enjoying an early morning lie-in with coffee in bed and my iPad to entertain me. I just read your latest post and then all the rest of them and it brought up so many thoughts and memories. I think the fear of not being able to accomplish what we set out to do brings all our anxieties to the forefront. It's a hard lesson to learn that with fear comes change and growth and stepping out of our comfort zone. I will procrastinate for days to avoid this. What if I fail and disappoint myself and others but what if I succeed and then more is expected of me going forward. Ackkkk! I think I'll play another game of spider solitaire while I think about this.<br />I love that the next book will be set in Brooklyn Heights. This gorgeous neighbourhood was my first introduction to Brooklyn and led the way to us buying our brownstone in Prospect Heights five years later.<br />The blog about snow brought back those mornings in my childhood where we, too, listened to the radio to see if the schools were closed. Being on the other side of the Lake from you this only happened twice in all my years of school. It also reminded me to ask you - fellow history lover - if you have ever read the book by David Laskin called The Children's Blizzard. It details the events of the Blizzard of 1888 which hit the newly settled areas of the Prairies and changed the lives of everyone who lived there forever. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13142000233858499857noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641078212889557094.post-1498737433323032062018-03-19T05:14:14.447-07:002018-03-19T05:14:14.447-07:00Jeff, Sheila, and Mariah: Good morning and thanks ...Jeff, Sheila, and Mariah: Good morning and thanks for the comments.You all get it. And now back to the wrestling mat. Trisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08058396345946250313noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641078212889557094.post-27803630116266053522018-03-19T05:11:13.391-07:002018-03-19T05:11:13.391-07:00Wrestling with where to go for the next book and t...Wrestling with where to go for the next book and this was the perfect day for me to read this. Thanks!Mariah Frederickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10602758081151016817noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641078212889557094.post-16147638180896136082018-03-19T03:28:25.209-07:002018-03-19T03:28:25.209-07:00Ah, yes, that little (and sometimes pretty loud) v...Ah, yes, that little (and sometimes pretty loud) voice in the head that says: you're not up to this. Sheila Yorkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16580800243505309470noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-641078212889557094.post-2538923151412782662018-03-18T20:27:43.274-07:002018-03-18T20:27:43.274-07:00BOO! You convinced me Triss!! :)BOO! You convinced me Triss!! :)Jeffrey Sigerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00718317707555064653noreply@blogger.com