tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post8783617521678486428..comments2024-03-18T17:05:21.126+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: When did you come out? – Jess VallanceUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-25242181484005511402015-04-27T13:37:59.216+01:002015-04-27T13:37:59.216+01:00Bloomin eck CJ, don't say that. That's the...Bloomin eck CJ, don't say that. That's the tidal wave I'm talking about. Jess Vallancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16910780246749441187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-87299215157059042452015-04-26T12:17:33.105+01:002015-04-26T12:17:33.105+01:00Holding back in case it all goes wrong at the last...Holding back in case it all goes wrong at the last minute worked for me when it did! My then-publisher of my first book went bust (or at least admitted they'd gone bust) about 2 weeks before my book was due to come out! Happily, it was picked up by another publisher and came out a year later!C.J.Busbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12288574235370421625noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-53119765480618061942015-04-25T12:54:36.564+01:002015-04-25T12:54:36.564+01:00Blimey Tamsyn, another one! I thought you just had...Blimey Tamsyn, another one! I thought you just had one out!<br /><br />I have always rather fancied giving gas and air a go, actually. Jess Vallancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16910780246749441187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-74090098941008907862015-04-25T07:58:35.640+01:002015-04-25T07:58:35.640+01:00Great post, Jess. We're going to have our book...Great post, Jess. We're going to have our books around the same time - my next one is out on 1st July. Want to share some gas and air?<br /><br />I do tell people I write children's books, as Stroppy does, in an active sense. Still get asked, 'Will I have heard of you.' But I was in the closet for a long time. Sometimes it's nice to have this secret no one else knows, the knowledge you are making something only you can do. Coincidentally, that works for babies too :)Tamsyn Murrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08041502244181924265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-41618686807558703342015-04-23T17:00:40.147+01:002015-04-23T17:00:40.147+01:00I 'came out' in the office where I worked ...I 'came out' in the office where I worked when I was about 18 - years before I was published. It was accidental. I was scribbling away in the lunch-hour in my shorthand notebook and one of the other girls said jokingly, "Are you writing a novel, Ann?" and I said, "Yes." Mind you, I didn't say I was a writer, only that I was writing. Years later, if asked what I did, I would admit to being a writer. But I still prefer not to be asked.<br /><br /><br /> Ann Turnbullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06484265041343702129noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-77571633317832905212015-04-23T16:53:31.642+01:002015-04-23T16:53:31.642+01:00I'd love it if people started asking 'What...I'd love it if people started asking 'What ARE you?' when you met them. Jess Vallancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16910780246749441187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-17340911427046518402015-04-23T16:01:46.943+01:002015-04-23T16:01:46.943+01:00As for the "what do you do?" question, t...As for the "what do you do?" question, there's worse things than writing. My husband is a mathematician, to which people always say "I hated maths at school..."Emma Barneshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02718171070716804800noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-30923815488682378342015-04-23T13:39:01.402+01:002015-04-23T13:39:01.402+01:00I am actually more likely to answer 'what do y...I am actually more likely to answer 'what do you do?' with 'I write children's books', because that is a 'doing' not a 'being'. And that's fair, because people don't ask what you 'are', do they?Stroppy Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16560035800075465845noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-19653701292627023742015-04-23T12:59:06.775+01:002015-04-23T12:59:06.775+01:00Answering the "what do you do?" by sayin...Answering the "what do you do?" by saying you're a writer rarely goes with "small talk" and its short time spans, in my experience. "Writer" is for close friends only. <br /><br />I try to brace myself for those well-intentioned comments that hurt, as well as using quick deflecting strategies to move the conversation on. But maybe other workers have their own version of such questions? Like talking to doctors or medical people about a latest ailment? Or a miracle cure seen online? <br /><br />Nice post, Jess.<br /><br />Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-57259907983175901772015-04-23T10:40:56.616+01:002015-04-23T10:40:56.616+01:00Vampires, honestly. On what planet have they been ...Vampires, honestly. On what planet have they been living? Clearly if your book is for teens it must be a sci-fi dystopia. Them are so behind the times.<br /><br />I did come out but I've gone back in again. I once had a traditional publishing contract, which apparently legally entitled me to call myself an aufor, but then I lost it and no more have been forthcoming in the four books I've written since. So I'm back on the Sunday kickabout list. Even though I'm a much better footballer now than I was back then.Nick Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08191176209084540085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-79253105731290602152015-04-23T09:24:54.870+01:002015-04-23T09:24:54.870+01:00Book-pregnant - good analogy! I think I started s...Book-pregnant - good analogy! I think I started saying "I'm writing" at about 8 but didn't get to saying "I'm a writer" till my 50s.Joan Lennonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15763862159032836768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-13376859431349304582015-04-23T09:01:37.875+01:002015-04-23T09:01:37.875+01:00Ha, good point, thanks, Anne. Edited now. Ha, good point, thanks, Anne. Edited now. Jess Vallancehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16910780246749441187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-60107161407346584432015-04-23T07:24:43.807+01:002015-04-23T07:24:43.807+01:00Jess what's your book called. Mention the titl...Jess what's your book called. Mention the title of it whenever you talk/blog about it.Anne Cassidynoreply@blogger.com