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#60018 - 11/19/04 10:46 PM
Re: I really stepped in it this time!
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Da Queen
Registered: 07/02/03
Posts: 12025
Loc: Alabama
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Well thank you Evie! I get that crap ALL THE TIME from members of my family. Things like, "oh I started to call you the other day but I knew you would be ON THE COMPUTER (heavy emphasis on the last three words). Or my son, the Tom cat, will come home after days of stuff I don't want to know about and when he sees me sitting there reading he'll say, "What? Do you have a fever? You're not on the computer! Is it broken?"
Every one comments on the amount of time I spend on the computer but EVERY SINGLE PERSON that calls me, or would, knows my cell number and that it's on and laying beside me while I work. They are also the FIRST ONES to say, "when you do you have something new coming out?"
If I ever comment back to them and say "well, I tried calling you but as usual, you were at the mall" then they say, but that's different. HUH?
Everyone in my family does this with the exception of my oldest son. He thinks I can do no wrong. Bless his heart....
JJ
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#60020 - 11/19/04 10:54 PM
Re: I really stepped in it this time!
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Founder
Registered: 07/09/08
Posts: 23647
Loc: Maryland
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TVC, I love you for being so honest. First, your son's adorable to talk about you with his friends. I love it! I'm a firm believer in the Lord working in mysterious ways. If I recall you are new to the area. This is a wonderful opportunity to network in your new profession. It's perfect. The Lord is opening a door for you. All you need to do is walk through it with confidence. You march right to that meeting/club and take pride in yourself. Believe in yourself. Be true to yourself and you don't worry about any little thing! Be sure to come here before your meeting and we'll build you up and make you feel like the writer you are. I can't wait for the day when you blab to your new friends about how scared you were to meet them. I think this is God at work. Go for it. Open yourself up. Put yourself out there. Who knows what God has in store for you as a writer! I can't wait to hear about it!
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#60026 - 11/20/04 03:59 AM
Re: I really stepped in it this time!
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Registered: 11/01/03
Posts: 1076
Loc: Ohio, USA
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You tickled me with your post. My son did the same thing - telling people, "My Mom is a writer." But mostly he brags, "My Mom is a Children's writer." Seems he got impressed when I had a children's poem published! The inspirational writing doesn't count?! *g*
He's 22, and helps me by letting me run my poetry past him, so I think he feels a part of it. Which I love!
I believe a big part of it is your mindset. Once I wrapped my mind around the idea of being a writer, I jumped in with both feet.
That's interesting about the difference between 'writer' and 'author.' So does it matter what you've had published? Poem? Article? Book? I usually think of 'authors' as writers who've had books published. Does it matter if you were paid?
Can't wait to hear about how much you've learned in the near future with your new contacts!
Donna
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#60027 - 11/20/04 05:35 AM
Re: I really stepped in it this time!
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Registered: 07/11/04
Posts: 2132
Loc: MA
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TV- in answer to your dilemma I will drop in here the end part of a story I wrote about my writing. "Now, I finally feel like a writer. The funny thing is, I was a writer all along, but didn’t realize it. Writing is being a writer. Whether you write fiction, non-fiction, essays, journals, memoirs, poetry, for profit or for your own pleasure, if you are writing, you’re a writer. You can do the grammar checks, the spelling, and the tweaking that perfects it and makes it ready for publication later. Your best work will come from the re-writing. Payment for our work is ideal, but money is not what makes us writers. It is how writers make a living from their craft. Writing comes from within us. Getting the words out and expressing our thoughts through our written words is truly what makes us writers." So, you are a writer. Hope it helps. Louisa
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