tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142835243333132161.post5009024065050932415..comments2023-09-08T01:51:08.835-06:00Comments on Welcome To The ROUS Motel!: Dear Writer...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05925777569861854546noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142835243333132161.post-11516745212464073172009-11-13T09:47:33.802-07:002009-11-13T09:47:33.802-07:00Randy - Thanks! I'll get some rest eventually....Randy - Thanks! I'll get some rest eventually...<br /><br />Anna - I was surprisingly more excited about the letter than I thought Id' be. Since submitting, I've thought of a lot of ways to make it stronger.<br /><br />Blee Bon - Thanks!<br /><br />Steve - As always, you crack me up!<br /><br />Britteny - I promise, as soon as I have my new opening written, I'll get you a copy!<brAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05925777569861854546noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142835243333132161.post-88601962427567037542009-11-11T09:34:11.643-07:002009-11-11T09:34:11.643-07:00Rejections are, to begin with, anyway, what this b...Rejections are, to begin with, anyway, what this business of writing is all about. Sad but true. The first ones piss you off, then the next batch discourages you, then you experience a whole medley of emotions from disgust to despair to indifference to dismay -- and so on. And finally, you get a letter that isn't a rejection. And you begin to see what all those rejections were for in the Mary Witzlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06458299046574564155noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142835243333132161.post-79934074865279921202009-11-10T22:01:14.922-07:002009-11-10T22:01:14.922-07:00So even though you didn't win do i still get t...So even though you didn't win do i still get to read the rest of it. I have been dying to reed the rest of it since you sent me that first little bit. I want to finish it. Please please please please please!!!!The Growshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06579532555504334140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142835243333132161.post-74526873540472509362009-11-10T17:27:53.524-07:002009-11-10T17:27:53.524-07:00Instead of Whispering Ferns, how about Whispering ...Instead of Whispering Ferns, how about Whispering Sagebrush...turn it into a western set in, I don't know, North Dakota. Also, we've got jobs out here...lot's of them and they pay well, too. The oil fields in western North Dakota are booming. Here it's called "Rockin' the Bakken." Forget about Wallgreen's and think evergreens...North Dakota, it's legendary. Steve at Randomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05850384298833289904noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142835243333132161.post-51985539707594449252009-11-10T16:30:37.938-07:002009-11-10T16:30:37.938-07:00It's a first step and you have to take that fi...It's a first step and you have to take that first step - tack it up and use it to inspire you forward. You will do it!!!Blee Bonnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00272480204272788877noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142835243333132161.post-91465860124524342062009-11-10T13:36:47.701-07:002009-11-10T13:36:47.701-07:00Congrats on the first rejection! Yes it might be a...Congrats on the first rejection! Yes it might be an odd thing to celebrate, but make sure to file it away so that one day, when your tenth book has been published, you can look back at it and laugh. :-)Anna Staniszewskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09316883819771607655noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142835243333132161.post-17217113476258208082009-11-10T12:54:41.363-07:002009-11-10T12:54:41.363-07:00You have my good luck wishes. Please keep writing....You have my good luck wishes. Please keep writing. I'm sure it was truly a difficult decision for the judges for it to have taken so long.<br /><br />Go get some sleep.randymeisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14100394906350879643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7142835243333132161.post-87476868724951813412009-11-10T12:22:31.912-07:002009-11-10T12:22:31.912-07:00Hmm, I just noticed that I apparently rhyme in my ...Hmm, I just noticed that I apparently rhyme in my thoughts when I'm tired. That explains a lot, actually....Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05925777569861854546noreply@blogger.com