tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402640602628647606.post6581426757570808147..comments2024-03-12T01:15:08.068-07:00Comments on Ashley Nixon : Truths of My Writing Life:Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00503400522084515874noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402640602628647606.post-13108339249213915022012-06-24T08:18:44.308-07:002012-06-24T08:18:44.308-07:00Fingers crossed for the job interview! I have left...Fingers crossed for the job interview! I have left you a Fabulous Blogger Award over at my blog today if you want to pop over to collect sometime. When you have a spare moment of course. Take care of yourself.Suzanne Furnesshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00908200156114453054noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402640602628647606.post-69700931010053124302012-06-22T01:26:27.700-07:002012-06-22T01:26:27.700-07:00Good luck on the job interview and hang in there!Good luck on the job interview and hang in there!Tonja Dreckerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07683717853264134466noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402640602628647606.post-30110041568786980922012-06-21T21:58:18.932-07:002012-06-21T21:58:18.932-07:00Remember, life is where the books come from. Relax...Remember, life is where the books come from. Relax and absorb.Elizabeth Seckmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00045076826326574984noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402640602628647606.post-86501767171559110542012-06-21T20:37:11.142-07:002012-06-21T20:37:11.142-07:00This post comforted me in several ways. First, I ...This post comforted me in several ways. First, I feel very, very, very lucky to not be working 60 hours a week. Second: truth number 3... I am big on setting goals, and often I keep them and they're great motivators and all goes well. But I set a goal to do a whole revision this June, and it just didn't happen. Or at least the whole first half of June didn't happen. And I've really had to talk myself through the fact that I needed that time to relax my brain and let ideas come to me, that I was doing other life-things during that time, that I was even doing a ton of little things to prepare for the revision during that time... So yeah, that was good to hear for someone who is learning to just "go with the flow" and let go of a goal now and then. :) <br /><br />Good luck with your busy schedule and your job interview!!! I sincerely hope that you get the new 40-hour-a-week gig.SFhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05126306619182458823noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402640602628647606.post-17425968485382980232012-06-21T19:36:45.152-07:002012-06-21T19:36:45.152-07:00Good luck with your interview! I hope it's a ...Good luck with your interview! I hope it's a good fit, and you can stop working so much and start writing more!<br /><br />I don't know how people write thousands of words a day. Even when I'm home for summer vacation I don't usually get thousands done. I just keep at it, and finished one novel, so it must have worked.<br /><br />I do write goals, only because it gives me something to feel good about. At least I accomplished something! The rest of writing is so subjective, I can easily get disappointed. Meeting goals makes me happy :)Lara Schiffbauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13546286607078965432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402640602628647606.post-14212336644366345622012-06-21T18:12:45.499-07:002012-06-21T18:12:45.499-07:00I quite love editing, but I haven't done enoug...I quite love editing, but I haven't done enough of it. Most of my works are still rough drafts :) Next year I hope to focus more on editing what I already have.<br /><br />Working every day, including weekends??? That would suck. I hope things calm down for you soon!Trishahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16927558937796802496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6402640602628647606.post-14015856487575468742012-06-21T17:10:13.914-07:002012-06-21T17:10:13.914-07:00With four kids I never know when I will have time ...With four kids I never know when I will have time to write. I feel the same way you do when I read about people writing thousands of words every week. I don't produce nearly that much, but I know it will get done eventually! (I love your big goals, by the way!) Some days I write a thousand words (or more). Some days I write zero. That's just the way it is.Rachel Schieffelbeinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01629400142880123520noreply@blogger.com