Re: Re: Something I can't get off my mind

[Guest guest]

Ok, aparantly it's not as pricey as it was at the time I got it lol. I's

actually pretty cheap, I just took a peek.

There's a " new drawing on the right side of the brain " . I don't have

that... I wonder how different it is?

Mia

> Yes, Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain is a fab book! It's kind of

> pricey, but was worth it IMO.

>

> It was a book recommended to us by my former art teacher (now friend).

> She's amazing and I was so glad I was able to save & get that book!

>

> See if you can find it used on Amazon or something to save money, that's

> what I did.

>

> Mia

>

[Guest guest]

Well he gave excellent advice, Doug. My husband, a novelist who churns out three

and sometimes four books a year to publisher deadlines, was appalled by the

ludicrous advice some woman wrote to wannabe fiction writers in Writer's Digest

magazine many years ago.

She said you should write the first one hundred pages of your novel, throw it

out and start over, writing it again.

My husband was horrified. Hell, he said, nobody would ever finish a book!

He was so disgusted he cancelled his subscription and neither one of has has

ever picked up the magazine since.

Heinlein's one and two are along the lines of what hubby tells people

when they ask him how to be novelists:

1: Apply ass to seat of chair.

2. Keep it there and write.

:-)

Em

Sent from my blueberry.

> A KO writer s workshop? LOL

>

> I have one project on the burner, 2 more in the idea and mapping stage.

>

> I recently read a talk by Heinlein given at the Naval Academy.

> In it, he lists 5 rules for becoming a successful writer.

>

> 1. Write

> 2. Finish what you start.

> 3. Resist the urge to re write, except on editorial order.

> 4. Submit what you write to publishers.

> 5. Repeat 4 until someone buys it. Eventually, someone will.

>

> Doug

[Guest guest]

Well he gave excellent advice, Doug. My husband, a novelist who churns out three

and sometimes four books a year to publisher deadlines, was appalled by the

ludicrous advice some woman wrote to wannabe fiction writers in Writer's Digest

magazine many years ago.

She said you should write the first one hundred pages of your novel, throw it

out and start over, writing it again.

My husband was horrified. Hell, he said, nobody would ever finish a book!

He was so disgusted he cancelled his subscription and neither one of has has

ever picked up the magazine since.

Heinlein's one and two are along the lines of what hubby tells people

when they ask him how to be novelists:

1: Apply ass to seat of chair.

2. Keep it there and write.

:-)

Em

Sent from my blueberry.

> A KO writer s workshop? LOL

>

> I have one project on the burner, 2 more in the idea and mapping stage.

>

> I recently read a talk by Heinlein given at the Naval Academy.

> In it, he lists 5 rules for becoming a successful writer.

>

> 1. Write

> 2. Finish what you start.

> 3. Resist the urge to re write, except on editorial order.

> 4. Submit what you write to publishers.

> 5. Repeat 4 until someone buys it. Eventually, someone will.

>

> Doug

[Guest guest]

Thanks . Yeah, I've been to that website, it was VERY helpful!!!

Thanks very much for the kind compliment.

As for writing... unless it's term papers or things for presentations, I

have a tough time. I'm just not as eloquent or profound as I'd like to be

LOL.

Mia

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>

> @Mia, it's incredible to read the stuff that you've been through. I'm

> really sorry things have been so tough. But I'm really glad this country

> actually *does* still help people who need and deserve it. I hope you can

> continue to get disability, and I bet you are almost at the end of this. I

> can see you as a great nurse in a year or two.

>

> PS, just guessing what kind of surgery you are having...you might want to

> check out hystersisters.com .

>

> --LL.

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