tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post180390765639886051..comments2024-03-25T09:56:16.164+00:00Comments on An Awfully Big Blog Adventure: Ol’ Green Eyes is Back – by Ruth HatfieldUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-86142567800017368892018-07-13T08:45:37.688+01:002018-07-13T08:45:37.688+01:00Social media makes it all tougher, because people ...Social media makes it all tougher, because people are using it to relentlessly advertise and be upbeat. I have decided to quietly unfollow people who constantly advertise and don't do any 'human' posts. They won't notice. They're posting for the reading public, not for me. Moira Butterfieldhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17355420549929911500noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-9375680812853381262018-07-12T22:27:29.416+01:002018-07-12T22:27:29.416+01:00Really important post. It's important to talk ...Really important post. It's important to talk about this because it's such a common feeling but tends to remain unspoken. It's a natural human behaviour to compare ourselves to and measure ourselves against the people around us but nowadays the "people around us" are usually people we've never met and whose struggles we don't know and the truth of whose stories are distorted by the filter of bestness.<br /><br />Nicola Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07847390687632715336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-20950371477173614412018-07-12T16:53:43.241+01:002018-07-12T16:53:43.241+01:00It's difficult, isn't it. You try to be ni...It's difficult, isn't it. You try to be nice, but - sigh - it's an uphill struggle sometimes!Sue Purkisshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09084528571944803477noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7780182174577095197.post-84195468524174670002018-07-12T15:56:03.371+01:002018-07-12T15:56:03.371+01:00Ruth, this is a such a wise and valuable post and ...Ruth, this is a such a wise and valuable post and a good emotional compromise, it seems to me. Thank you, Ruth! <br /><br />Those green-eyed feelings can be hard to deal at a personal level and - more tiresomely - can really sap your confidence in your own writing.<br /><br />Besides, social media can bombard you with people promoting new books, new writers, new festival appearances, new "Writing while Juggling and Playing the Harmonica and being Stunningly Attractive" articles or the new "Best-Ever Author of the Entire Universe This Week" badges (sorry - those last two were lies!) so HOORAY for permission to feel a bit cross at times.<br /><br />(Ooops. I'm prepping for a pre-school storytime right now so I may be a bit overexcited by Wheels on the Bus etc rehearsals.)Penny Dolanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16386668303428008498noreply@blogger.com