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If you read my previous posts, you already know which way I'm going. This just kind of solidifies it.
Thursday, October 9, 2008
Take the Test!
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If you read my previous posts, you already know which way I'm going. This just kind of solidifies it.
Click here to take the ABC News test.
If you read my previous posts, you already know which way I'm going. This just kind of solidifies it.
So what have YOU been up to?
Seems these days I'm only posting links or pictures. I don't really have much to blog about lately. I've been focusing on getting ready for my writing conference--still need to watch L.A. Confidential--but I did do something a little crazy...I signed up for a critique.
I didn't want to in the beginning. I figured this is my first conference and I don't know how things are done, so I'll go and observe certain...things...and next year I'll do more. But for the past few weeks, say from the first of September, I began to wonder if maybe I should have signed up for one. The opinion of another professional (not just my instructor, who is a published author) can only bolster my confidence, right? Or, yeah, tear it down, I know, I know. I'm trying to think positive here. So I thought about it for a while, and finally decided that I would bring a couple extra copies of my work and see if I could sign up for one at the conference. See, if they say no, then I can say "I wasn't able to get an appointment" rather than "I was too chicken to sign up sooner." Weak, yeah, but it worked for me.
Anyway, on Sep 30, I get this e-mail saying "There are still open slots available...sign up now with the following critiquers!" And of course, I read through the list. And of course, there's one--only one--person on the list who is in my genre. I agonized for about ten minutes "Should I? Why shouldn't I? Why should I?" etc, etc...you get the picture.
One of my co-workers walks by as he's leaving and asks what's wrong. I tell him I'm trying to make a decision. "Easy," he said. "Don't do it."
"That's the wrong answer," I told him.
"Then that's your answer," he said. "You want to do it, so do it."
And he was right. I picked up my phone, called and booked the appointment. By the end of the week, I sent out my synopsis and first ten pages of my story. I've taken the next step on my road to becoming an author.
So what did YOU do this week?
I didn't want to in the beginning. I figured this is my first conference and I don't know how things are done, so I'll go and observe certain...things...and next year I'll do more. But for the past few weeks, say from the first of September, I began to wonder if maybe I should have signed up for one. The opinion of another professional (not just my instructor, who is a published author) can only bolster my confidence, right? Or, yeah, tear it down, I know, I know. I'm trying to think positive here. So I thought about it for a while, and finally decided that I would bring a couple extra copies of my work and see if I could sign up for one at the conference. See, if they say no, then I can say "I wasn't able to get an appointment" rather than "I was too chicken to sign up sooner." Weak, yeah, but it worked for me.
Anyway, on Sep 30, I get this e-mail saying "There are still open slots available...sign up now with the following critiquers!" And of course, I read through the list. And of course, there's one--only one--person on the list who is in my genre. I agonized for about ten minutes "Should I? Why shouldn't I? Why should I?" etc, etc...you get the picture.
One of my co-workers walks by as he's leaving and asks what's wrong. I tell him I'm trying to make a decision. "Easy," he said. "Don't do it."
"That's the wrong answer," I told him.
"Then that's your answer," he said. "You want to do it, so do it."
And he was right. I picked up my phone, called and booked the appointment. By the end of the week, I sent out my synopsis and first ten pages of my story. I've taken the next step on my road to becoming an author.
So what did YOU do this week?
Sunday, October 5, 2008
How unique are you?
I'm not posting my real name here, but my first name is well known - I share it with a very popular former first lady, bu my last name, while not uncommon, has an unusual spelling. Put them together and you get...ME!
Friday, September 26, 2008
Decision Made!
The Presidental Debate between McCain and Obama is only 50 minutes old and Obama has made up my mind for me...
Obama just doesn't seem to get it...You cannot be the leader of America and be popular with the world! It's going to take someone who is willing to be unpopular. Power brings out the worst in people, but if the powerful person shows he is willing to fight, and backs up what he ways with serious action, you will be taken seriously. Obama doesn't have the...nerve...to be unpopular.
McCain gets it...and he gets my vote.
Obama just doesn't seem to get it...You cannot be the leader of America and be popular with the world! It's going to take someone who is willing to be unpopular. Power brings out the worst in people, but if the powerful person shows he is willing to fight, and backs up what he ways with serious action, you will be taken seriously. Obama doesn't have the...nerve...to be unpopular.
McCain gets it...and he gets my vote.
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