Comments on: Writing a Novel? Bit like Birthing an Elephant.. http://booksbywomen.org/writing-a-novel-bit-like-birthing-an-elephant/ Thu, 25 Sep 2014 11:09:44 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Carol Fragale Brill http://booksbywomen.org/writing-a-novel-bit-like-birthing-an-elephant/#comment-23728 Thu, 25 Sep 2014 11:09:44 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10604#comment-23728 In reply to Diana Jackson.

Diana, hard as they are at the time, I think it’s those ouch moments that help us become the writers we are meant to be.
thanks for stopping by and sharing your thoughts.
best,
carol

]]> By: Diana Jackson http://booksbywomen.org/writing-a-novel-bit-like-birthing-an-elephant/#comment-23515 Wed, 24 Sep 2014 11:21:04 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10604#comment-23515 Love the title ‘Peace by Piece.’ I can empathise with the ouch moment too mind you it is better to be honest. No point in a person gushing about a book to please us…we neither learn nor develop our art that way. I had a few five stars reviews, so I phoned a member of my writer’s group and said…please please look at it with your critical eye and get back to me. He hasn’t as yet. I too have had highs like the emails out of the blue from readers and the early days when press were more than happy to add an article or two. It’s getting tougher to get book-signings and publicity though and I did hit a low recently, bogged down with marketing…almost paralysed…not knowing what to do next…when I’d rather be creative…but something keeps me going. I wish you good fortune and the good grace to take the lows with the highs. Diana Jackson

]]> By: Writing a Novel? Bit like Birthing an Elephant.... http://booksbywomen.org/writing-a-novel-bit-like-birthing-an-elephant/#comment-16912 Sat, 08 Mar 2014 01:14:46 +0000 http://booksbywomenorg.netfirms.com/?p=10604#comment-16912 […] Years ago, there was a poster on the conference room wall at work that jokingly referred to birthing an elephant. It’s been over 20 years, so I am paraphrasing, but it went something like, “Working here is like birthing an elephant.  […]

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