tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107245040090735659.post8814084691061830588..comments2023-06-06T07:38:35.538-06:00Comments on Answering the What If: The Secret IngredientAngie Paxtonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16858564760009040975noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107245040090735659.post-7005899291318982972010-03-18T09:34:20.864-06:002010-03-18T09:34:20.864-06:00KarenG, I completely agree that Twilight was atroc...KarenG, I completely agree that Twilight was atrocious and the serious sort of went downhill from there. There are online communities dedicated to Twi-haters. However, I've never met anyone that agreed with me that The Lovely Bones was awful. I finished reading it and went 'huh?' So thanks for that. That was refreshing and thank you for your words of encouragement. I so appreciate them. I haven't read Chasing Fire yet, but I loved Hunger Games and was hoping Chasing Fire would be the same caliber. Crud!<br /><br />Theresa, I popped over to your blog and read your post. It's so funny you should mention that passing from On Writing. After I read that book that very quote was burned into my gray matter. I couldn't stop thinking about it. But eventually I just put it aside and decided that's what all of this was about, to find out if I was bad or at least competent. Apparently I need to get back to that place. I'm so sorry about the harsh feedback you received. It's so hard to digest, but as writers we've all dealt with it at one point. The first novel I attempted got eviscerated by a particularly mean spirited man at one of the first online forums I even joined. Self esteem plummeted. Novel went in drawer never to emerge again. The muse curled up and wept for very nearly ten years before I tried again. <br /><br />Good luck to both of you! We'll all make it through this crazy journey somehow.Angie Paxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16858564760009040975noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107245040090735659.post-58864140933049036162010-03-18T06:29:02.327-06:002010-03-18T06:29:02.327-06:00I just came over from Rebecca's blog.
This ...I just came over from Rebecca's blog. <br /><br />This post sounds similar in tone to my last post. Don't take that agent off your list. Remember - you're seeing the finished product. You don't know what it looked liked when originally submitted. It went through edits from an agent and publisher to become a polished product.<br /><br />There are always people better than us. And worse - pull some books off the shelf. We just have to keep improving what we've written, the best we know how.<br /><br />Good luck with your partial.Theresa Milsteinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03477761307315565259noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9107245040090735659.post-4520834470066194942010-03-18T05:53:03.927-06:002010-03-18T05:53:03.927-06:00Well, you just read something really really good s...Well, you just read something really really good so now you know the competition out there. Now go read something really really bad, that's been agented, that's been published, that's become a bestseller. I recommend Twilight. Or Chasing Fire. Or The Lovely Bones. LOL! Point being-- there's a huge variety and market out there for readers. And we don't all like the same stuff. So get after it and rewrite. You can do it! (And seriously, I didn't like any of the above mentioned books. I thought they were all weak. But I did like Hunger Games a lot.)Karen Jones Gowenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01153821980625034810noreply@blogger.com