Comments on: Talking Yourself Down and Talking Yourself Up (aka: Fighting the Two-Headed Dragon of Insecurity) http://booksbywomen.org/talking-yourself-down-and-talking-yourself-up-aka-fighting-the-two-headed-dragon-of-insecurity-by-ella-joy-olsen/ Fri, 04 Nov 2016 17:49:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.3 By: Ella Olsen http://booksbywomen.org/talking-yourself-down-and-talking-yourself-up-aka-fighting-the-two-headed-dragon-of-insecurity-by-ella-joy-olsen/#comment-48063 Fri, 04 Nov 2016 17:49:47 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15606#comment-48063 In reply to Jill Hannah Anderson.

Thanks girl! It’s the log line exercise in article form. Naked down the highway, now that’s a good metaphor. You need to use that in your next book!

]]> By: Jill Hannah Anderson http://booksbywomen.org/talking-yourself-down-and-talking-yourself-up-aka-fighting-the-two-headed-dragon-of-insecurity-by-ella-joy-olsen/#comment-48061 Fri, 04 Nov 2016 14:49:31 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15606#comment-48061 I absolutely love what you wrote, especially the ending logline you came up with. Not only is it creative and interesting, I love that you mentioned talking to their book club, etc. It is what we need to do – be confident enough to put ourselves out there and not feel like we are running naked down the highway. 🙂

]]> By: Micki Morency http://booksbywomen.org/talking-yourself-down-and-talking-yourself-up-aka-fighting-the-two-headed-dragon-of-insecurity-by-ella-joy-olsen/#comment-47884 Fri, 02 Sep 2016 20:47:28 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15606#comment-47884 Just came across this. Great encouraging piece, Ella, particularly to those of us in the trenches, hoping to have our words read by total strangers one day. I love the premise of your book about the five women connected by a house…Enticing cover.Looking forward to reading it.

]]> By: Ella Joy Olsen http://booksbywomen.org/talking-yourself-down-and-talking-yourself-up-aka-fighting-the-two-headed-dragon-of-insecurity-by-ella-joy-olsen/#comment-47866 Fri, 26 Aug 2016 21:24:29 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15606#comment-47866 In reply to A. B. England.

I’m so happy you feel this way, too. Best of luck with all of your own writing endeavors!

-Ella

]]> By: A. B. England http://booksbywomen.org/talking-yourself-down-and-talking-yourself-up-aka-fighting-the-two-headed-dragon-of-insecurity-by-ella-joy-olsen/#comment-47864 Fri, 26 Aug 2016 13:35:45 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15606#comment-47864 You have a good way of putting it. It takes so much courage and persistence to even finish a book, polish it to a high gloss, and get it to publication. Then you have to keep the faith and learn how to talk yourself up without overdoing it and sounding pompous once it’s on the shelves all the while dealing with reviews and sales numbers. It’s no wonder those that make it in this profession tend to be bull headed dragon slayers. You have to be!

]]> By: India http://booksbywomen.org/talking-yourself-down-and-talking-yourself-up-aka-fighting-the-two-headed-dragon-of-insecurity-by-ella-joy-olsen/#comment-47566 Tue, 10 May 2016 14:01:17 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15606#comment-47566 This is a wonderful read. Good Luck with your Book, launching it and flying with it, tether that Dragon.

]]> By: Ella Olsen http://booksbywomen.org/talking-yourself-down-and-talking-yourself-up-aka-fighting-the-two-headed-dragon-of-insecurity-by-ella-joy-olsen/#comment-47543 Tue, 03 May 2016 14:04:32 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15606#comment-47543 In reply to Ellen cassidy.

Ellen,
It’s so daunting to put yourself out there day after day! Talk yourself down and talk yourself up! My ARCs are being sent to reviewers this week and I’m trying to get work done. Talking myself down…
XO

]]> By: Ella Olsen http://booksbywomen.org/talking-yourself-down-and-talking-yourself-up-aka-fighting-the-two-headed-dragon-of-insecurity-by-ella-joy-olsen/#comment-47542 Tue, 03 May 2016 14:01:56 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15606#comment-47542 In reply to Beth Havey.

Thank you Beth! It would be great to catch up with you! Are you going to the WFWA conference in September?
All the best to you,
Ella

]]> By: Beth Havey http://booksbywomen.org/talking-yourself-down-and-talking-yourself-up-aka-fighting-the-two-headed-dragon-of-insecurity-by-ella-joy-olsen/#comment-47536 Mon, 02 May 2016 16:35:01 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15606#comment-47536 Dear Ella,

Congrats and love this piece. I love the premise of your novel and there are many others who will love it and read it. I will always regret I did not follow through with you after our one phone call. Swing that sword–and wishing you the best, Beth Havey

]]> By: Ellen cassidy http://booksbywomen.org/talking-yourself-down-and-talking-yourself-up-aka-fighting-the-two-headed-dragon-of-insecurity-by-ella-joy-olsen/#comment-47534 Mon, 02 May 2016 15:36:10 +0000 http://booksbywomen.org/?p=15606#comment-47534 wow, did this resonate! My dragon bites at me every day, as I question what i am doing, slogging away at my manuscript. You persevered, and made it this far, so a well deserved congrats!! Sometimes I like to read amazon reviews of others’ books, just to see what people say, and I quake at what might be written about mine. I like to think at age 50, I would understand you can’t please everyone. Maybe it’s time we embrace who we are as women, all the insecurity and doubt and flailing, for it makes human. And great storytellers. 🙂

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