tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post6202857157815599364..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: High Confidence and the Leaks - Joan LennonUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-33125984238441356442011-01-24T14:27:16.631+00:002011-01-24T14:27:16.631+00:00I like what Eleanor Roosevelt said - something lik...I like what Eleanor Roosevelt said - something like 'No one can insult you without your permission.' It is only someone else's opinion. You know yourself whether you've produced something worthwhile or not. And if you know, then you know - and it doesn't matter what anyone else says! Having said that, I keep many irons in the fire - different lines of work. If one is not looking hot and glowing and warming to my soul, then usually another one can provide a bit of radiance. Usually!Meg Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07461125464455502821noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-42787238816744889902011-01-23T22:31:00.285+00:002011-01-23T22:31:00.285+00:00I know how this feels - so hard to keep confidence...I know how this feels - so hard to keep confidence and not lose it all as soon as you get a rejection. But what Anne said - you managed it once, you can do so again.Leilahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02890097085059764567noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-26169348459394636542011-01-22T11:47:05.721+00:002011-01-22T11:47:05.721+00:00Brilliant post. I would join an indie band called ...Brilliant post. I would join an indie band called Vegetables of the Soul.Lynda Waterhousehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04880769618542325268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-32000353398687469952011-01-22T11:34:02.129+00:002011-01-22T11:34:02.129+00:00Yes,when my words are rejected part of me is rejec...Yes,when my words are rejected part of me is rejected. But it is more than that. It is not just being told "not this time" but also being told "you are not worthy". <br />I suppose that is why it is easier to be my alter-ego and say, "Miaou, I sympurrthise."catdownunderhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06959328192182156574noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-6622048966946430582011-01-22T08:59:52.549+00:002011-01-22T08:59:52.549+00:00I think Anne is absolutely right. Though the probl...I think Anne is absolutely right. Though the problem is an age old one for writers. The words on the page are pieces of us, our own language, shaped by emotion and imagination. Rejection of what editors see as a product, is often perceived, by the author, as a personal rejection.<br /><br />I had an <a href="http://square-sunshine.blogspot.com/2011/01/dont-air-brush-blush.html" rel="nofollow">experience</a> yesterday, not totally unrelated.Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13494219959077922220noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-34088919671201458072011-01-22T08:14:41.480+00:002011-01-22T08:14:41.480+00:00Writers are so wound up with their work. A rejecti...Writers are so wound up with their work. A rejection is like a rejection of them, lock stock and barrel. If we could think of the work as a separate entity and not some extention of ourselves then rejection would be easier. A carpenter may make a beautiful wooden table. If a buyer doesn't want to buy it they do not start soul searching. The piece didn't suit that buyer, that's all. We writers need to see our work as a product (however lovingly produced) and not take to heart rejection. Did you ever have work accepted by a publisher? Then it will happen again.Anne Cassidyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08122890017026913723noreply@blogger.com