Comments on: Writing is Just a Day at the Beach http://booksbywomen.org/writing-is-just-a-day-at-the-beach/ Wed, 27 Apr 2016 14:49:57 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Suzanne Brazil http://booksbywomen.org/writing-is-just-a-day-at-the-beach/#comment-47510 Wed, 27 Apr 2016 14:49:57 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13961#comment-47510 In reply to Denise Barnes.

I loved your story, Denise! Wonderful to know that those of us still in the mess of the first are not alone in our wanderings 🙂 Also inspiring to know that my 5 1/2 drafts so far do not make me unusual!! Thanks so much for reading and taking the time to comment.

]]> By: Denise Barnes http://booksbywomen.org/writing-is-just-a-day-at-the-beach/#comment-46689 Sun, 13 Sep 2015 09:59:51 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13961#comment-46689 I enjoyed the post, Suzanne. I remember thinking exactly the same thing when I started writing my first novel, a historical saga called Annie’s Story. Who did I think I was, fantasising I could write a book? I wasn’t clever enough. Never mind that I had a degree and had written and had had published a couple of memoirs. It was the fiction side of writing that awed me. I loved doing short stories, but a novel…
Annie’s Story was published in April. Juliet’s Story will be out in January, and Kitty’s Story, the third of The Voyagers trilogy, should be out at the end of next year. I’m now on my fourth novel, a romantic comedy for a change. And the doubts are back. Is it funny enough? Yes, I’ve written 3 novels but is that all I really have in me? Shouldn’t I stop when I’m winning? But I won’t. I’m a writer and I love it more than anything.
And just to let you know, I probably did 25 drafts before I was satisfied with Annie, and the same number with Juliet. So enjoy the journey! 🙂

]]> By: Suzanne Brazil http://booksbywomen.org/writing-is-just-a-day-at-the-beach/#comment-46677 Tue, 08 Sep 2015 16:37:44 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13961#comment-46677 In reply to Barbara Gabriel.

Thanks for reading, Barbara. My goal this year is to kick fear in the behind!

]]> By: Barbara Gabriel http://booksbywomen.org/writing-is-just-a-day-at-the-beach/#comment-46673 Mon, 07 Sep 2015 15:25:31 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13961#comment-46673 I love the uncertainty of trying out a new activity, walking a new path, adjoined with the challenges of writing. Nice job.

]]> By: What’s Happening?! | Suzanne M. Brazil http://booksbywomen.org/writing-is-just-a-day-at-the-beach/#comment-46654 Wed, 26 Aug 2015 14:08:11 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13961#comment-46654 […] Excited to be featured on Women Writers, Women’s Books site with my essay “Writing is Just a Day at the Beach.“ […]

]]> By: Suzanne M. Brazil http://booksbywomen.org/writing-is-just-a-day-at-the-beach/#comment-46652 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 19:26:28 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13961#comment-46652 In reply to Linda Sienkiewicz.

The mitten! Love it. My daughter is an NMU grad and we love the whole mitten 🙂 Thank you for taking the time to read. I’m always trying to sharpen that particular tool.

]]> By: Linda Sienkiewicz http://booksbywomen.org/writing-is-just-a-day-at-the-beach/#comment-46651 Mon, 24 Aug 2015 17:33:09 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=13961#comment-46651 Good for you. Determination is the best tool a writer can have. (waving at you from the other side of the Mitten!)

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