tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post4316468360811838429..comments2024-03-28T06:16:39.508+00:00Comments on Help! I Need a Publisher!: IN WHICH I MEET A DELUSIONAL WANNABENicola Morganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-10852895004633044512010-09-12T22:57:23.549+01:002010-09-12T22:57:23.549+01:00Aww! I'm sorry I didn't get to this post s...Aww! I'm sorry I didn't get to this post sooner. Happy Silver Anniversary to you and your spouse!<br /><br /><i>"God, no. I'm not doing that again!"</i> That made me guffaw. Then I kind of felt bad, but it was funny, even though it was kind of pathetic.Elizabeth Westhttp://aelizabethwest.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-38106132409650774202010-09-07T23:18:24.549+01:002010-09-07T23:18:24.549+01:00Happy Anniversary and many more of 'em.
I thin...Happy Anniversary and many more of 'em.<br />I think I'm a bit delusional, or maybe a lot, but I'm a hardworking one so I hope I don't qualify too well.badas2010https://www.blogger.com/profile/07860051071493877253noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-18087388818618216532010-09-07T14:06:58.275+01:002010-09-07T14:06:58.275+01:00Happy anniversity!Happy anniversity!Tyler Torkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11460706772136362593noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-36752749049165905232010-09-07T13:53:48.426+01:002010-09-07T13:53:48.426+01:00This post made me laugh out loud. Was I meant to c...This post made me laugh out loud. Was I meant to cry? Well, at least that delusional wannabe had blind faith in her product.<br />Happy anniversary Nicola.Sarah Callejohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00170538674915115980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-32943931145956363742010-09-07T13:11:17.431+01:002010-09-07T13:11:17.431+01:00Congratulations on your wedding anniversary, and t...Congratulations on your wedding anniversary, and thanks for an enjoyable blog post, from a <i>non-delusional</i> wannabe.Kath McGurlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02526923882402757423noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-1324217166400160382010-09-07T11:46:47.967+01:002010-09-07T11:46:47.967+01:00*Blush* - thank you!
I think that the hardest thi...*Blush* - thank you!<br /><br />I think that the hardest thing is to perservere when there is a good chance that you are, in fact, delusional. Because, until an agent or a publisher - or perhaps even both - support your work, you can never really be sure that you have what it takes.<br /><br />I mean, you may be a fantastic writer. You may have fabulous ideas. But, unless you can also Catherine Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17540552933192453722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-85759802907019475292010-09-07T11:36:17.870+01:002010-09-07T11:36:17.870+01:00Warm congats on your wedding anniversary, to you N...Warm congats on your wedding anniversary, to you Nicola and your husband!<br /><br />----<br /><br />Reading your post, I came to the conclusion that self-belief has its limits, I guess.<br /><br />Writing the first draft as a type of "channelling": the closest I've got to that was just past the middle of my second novel in the 80's. Tapping away, it suddenly felt like a tap hadDavid John Griffinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01524610087056533062noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-27709232987367675992010-09-07T11:25:38.442+01:002010-09-07T11:25:38.442+01:00You are NOT delusional, any of you! In fact, I am ...You are NOT delusional, any of you! In fact, I am about to do another blog post to explain mny definition of a DW. And by the way, Catherine, you are among the least delusional and most hard working writers I know. And by the way again, we're all wannabes - I'm a wannabe, too. I wannabe more successful; I wannabe published again, lots. I don't think I'm delusional, but I might notNicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12189894289540344094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-83157766915635821832010-09-07T11:11:15.150+01:002010-09-07T11:11:15.150+01:00LOL!
Robert E Howard said that when he wrote the C...LOL!<br />Robert E Howard said that when he wrote the Conan stories, it felt like channelling. However, it's fairly clear that he abandoned or threw away the ones that didn't work.M Harold Pagehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08949772130509527838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-17648915565477492532010-09-07T10:46:52.388+01:002010-09-07T10:46:52.388+01:00Oh miaou! Late to the party! Happy Anniversary and...Oh miaou! Late to the party! Happy Anniversary and many happy returns of it. Champagne? Good. Chocolate? Good. The pink boots or the purple ones or the new boots? Good. I think you are all set for a purrfect day!catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-60662084470928544622010-09-07T10:44:15.136+01:002010-09-07T10:44:15.136+01:00If I write rubbish I hope people tell me. I don...If I write rubbish I hope people tell me. I don't want to waste my time producing drivel. Always surprises me when people can't accept helpful criticism.Mark Joneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11183394221961369630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-77574603711110001382010-09-07T09:59:11.328+01:002010-09-07T09:59:11.328+01:00Happy Anniversary to you and lukcy Mr Help I Need ...Happy Anniversary to you and lukcy Mr Help I Need A Publisher! - and thank you for brightening my day with the tale of a DW.Phillipahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06327571607067476569noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-53615400992249090992010-09-07T09:44:01.172+01:002010-09-07T09:44:01.172+01:00I think the "gift" bit was when I began ...I think the "gift" bit was when I began to bark with laughter...<br /><br />Happy Anniversary!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13618383906521024366noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-13779771953364892392010-09-07T09:36:09.995+01:002010-09-07T09:36:09.995+01:00Happy Anniversary! Many congratulations.
I'v...Happy Anniversary! Many congratulations.<br /><br />I've always likened the inspiration thing to channelling, as if, somewhere out in another universe, my stories were real! (Don't laugh - it was the best way I could find to describe it!)<br /><br />But the effort of getting those stories down on paper has been enormous. I'm at the point now where I am struggling, despite some veryCatherine Hugheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17540552933192453722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-24533060567027862452010-09-07T09:35:28.290+01:002010-09-07T09:35:28.290+01:00Happy anniversary! What legends. May you spoil eac...Happy anniversary! What legends. May you spoil each other rotten all day. And thanks for the positivity in this post. Good stuff.Kristin Pedrojahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12908889616491914001noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-43926176281012631692010-09-07T09:29:25.624+01:002010-09-07T09:29:25.624+01:00Oh, and VERY happy anniversary!! =DOh, and VERY happy anniversary!! =DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-46372679396398068902010-09-07T09:28:44.441+01:002010-09-07T09:28:44.441+01:00Unfortunately, I know of someone very close to the...Unfortunately, I know of someone very close to the person you have just described - the only difference being that said person writes on a regular basis and has self-published two books. His problem - he hates criticism - ANY criticism, constructive or otherwise. If you offer it, after reading his drivel (and, being a book reviewer, I can categorically state that it IS drivel). as a way of Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-89847284028501763052010-09-07T09:22:23.789+01:002010-09-07T09:22:23.789+01:00I like how we're all worried that we could be ...I like how we're all worried that we could be delusional too - sometimes I'm not sure where to draw the line between being a committed writer and just being plain fit to be committed!<br /><br />Enjoy your day and celebrations.Nick Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02571077124165351007noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-61636555401297546912010-09-07T09:15:27.917+01:002010-09-07T09:15:27.917+01:00Happy Anniversary. Much chocolate and champagne to...Happy Anniversary. Much chocolate and champagne to you xHelenMWaltershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16182100572365505905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-86597364163396544632010-09-07T08:58:14.716+01:002010-09-07T08:58:14.716+01:00I clicked this post as soon as I saw it in case th...I clicked this post as soon as I saw it in case that delusional writer was me!<br /><br />:)<br /><br />I think this woman could bring a lot of business to some lucky vanity publisher. But I don't get how you can be both patient AND crabbit.<br /><br />Happy anniversary.Thomas Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987047131104943571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-55874068701511182892010-09-07T08:58:06.950+01:002010-09-07T08:58:06.950+01:00Happy Anniversary!
People who only want you to ag...Happy Anniversary!<br /><br />People who only want you to agree with them and won't learn can be very annoying. <br /><br />One thing I've learnt from the writing community is to hold my writing lightly - anything can be changed, deleted, added. A first draft is just raw material.<br /><br />Anyway, I hope you have a lovely day!fairyhedgehoghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14141089706966852951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-55888871760643217232010-09-07T08:55:19.071+01:002010-09-07T08:55:19.071+01:00... and I echo Alison's sigh of relief.
Happy ...... and I echo Alison's sigh of relief.<br />Happy anniversary! (pity about the weather though)sheilamcperryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02444979085877277654noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-56329349577495339942010-09-07T08:50:00.311+01:002010-09-07T08:50:00.311+01:00Happy Anniversary!
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Wow you had the patience...Happy Anniversary!<br />-----<br /><br />Wow you had the patience for a long conversation with this writer?Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04283371140346602856noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-23471166600819233572010-09-07T08:49:16.784+01:002010-09-07T08:49:16.784+01:00Congrats on your anniversary! And thanks for the l...Congrats on your anniversary! And thanks for the lovely words; they mean a lot. *glows*Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2488887316391780144.post-25258144359934353502010-09-07T08:06:55.564+01:002010-09-07T08:06:55.564+01:00In which I breathe a sigh of relief it wasn't ...In which I breathe a sigh of relief it wasn't me you were talking about ;-)<br /><br />Happy twenty-fifth, silver anniversary 'twin'. We'll think of you two when we're drinking our Laurent Perrier... (Well, just for a moment!)Alison Mortonhttp://www.alison-morton.com/blog/noreply@blogger.com