tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post5212510344450945346..comments2023-11-03T07:01:16.104-05:00Comments on C. Hope Clark: Leaving the Year Behind YouHope Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17319310910383413396noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-26311322333910832952011-12-31T14:25:46.045-05:002011-12-31T14:25:46.045-05:00Just because it might get overlooked amid all the ...Just because it might get overlooked amid all the writing successes: Congrats on the twelve pounds! I know how hard every one is to lose when you're over...let's say...twenty.Kelly Robinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01752857506190488860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-61566834902151834302011-12-31T13:37:51.485-05:002011-12-31T13:37:51.485-05:00Have been thinking along the same lines, reflectin...Have been thinking along the same lines, reflecting over 2011, and how I want to move ahead for 2012. Thanks for the food for thought.<br />Congrats on your successes!<br /><br />Happy New Year!Karen Langehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18177923284595298347noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-88687865156953774512011-12-31T00:45:55.884-05:002011-12-31T00:45:55.884-05:00Thank you for sharing so much with your readers. I...Thank you for sharing so much with your readers. I look forward to every new post from you. I've been on a frustrating path for a several years and I've realized I'm at fault for not analyzing my time and my goals as carefully as I should have. By facing that truth, I'm able to carve a new path. I'm learning to be thankful for opportunities that were given to me, whether they worked or not. In everything, lessons can be learned, especially failing. I have better laid plans for 2012, and I really thank you for inspiring me to keep at it, make mistakes, be myself, and have a plan. It might be ever-shifting, but the more knowledge I gain, the better the plan gets.<br />Thanks Hope.<br />Looking forward to your book - if you come to Nashville on your tour - please post. Would love to see the woman behind Funds for Writers in real time.<br />-Cat YorkAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-4351317740489124652011-12-30T20:04:02.557-05:002011-12-30T20:04:02.557-05:00Hi Hope,
Thank you for sharing your joys and sorr...Hi Hope,<br /><br />Thank you for sharing your joys and sorrows of 2011. I wish you the best for 2012! <br /><br />Beth BlairBeth Blairhttp://bethblair.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-33677860449857929492011-12-30T17:44:08.488-05:002011-12-30T17:44:08.488-05:00Hope,
You are a wise woman. Thanks for passin...Hope,<br /> You are a wise woman. Thanks for passing your hard earned wisdom along to us.<br /> Your newsletter piece on the three lanes of Talent, Discipline, and Luck hit me right between the eyes. Without discipline, the other two just aren't enough. Your essay inspired me to get in the middle lane and stay there. <br /> Happy New Year.<br /> BettyBetty Snownoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-9452332410975455792011-12-30T14:38:36.694-05:002011-12-30T14:38:36.694-05:00Wow! You've had quite an eventful year! You...Wow! You've had quite an eventful year! You've encouraged me to look back too, an exercise I'll undertake this weekend! HAPPY NEW YEAR!Julia Munroe Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09798422149542791454noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-66826533004282658542011-12-30T14:26:56.818-05:002011-12-30T14:26:56.818-05:00I've been doing exactly what you're advisi...I've been doing exactly what you're advising - assessing and making plans for my writing and blogging projects.<br /><br />This is good business sense. I usually post my resolutions on Jan. 1st on my blog, in an effort to share what may be common concerns for writers and to improve the quality of my own content. I work on them throughout the year. <br /><br />We lost our beloved cat in 2009 and eventually I wrote a short story/post (A Street Cat Tale)from his viewpoint. It's a type of closure on a sensitive memory. Time is the best balm.<br /><br />Best wishes for 2012! Thanks for keeping us well informed.D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-50740383063697074622011-12-30T09:09:01.824-05:002011-12-30T09:09:01.824-05:00Hope, I did some similar reflecting during Thanksg...Hope, I did some similar reflecting during Thanksgiving week as I recalled the many things I had to be thankful for from the entire year. Sometimes we forget how blessed we are. I can see how it would be beneficial to look at the things that didn't work so well, either. Good food for thought...Cheryl Barkerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15700429665500763372noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-36748274161473886892011-12-30T04:05:29.764-05:002011-12-30T04:05:29.764-05:00Hope--I love the way you divided goals into three ...Hope--I love the way you divided goals into three categories.<br /><br />I'm sorry about your loss. I still think--at unexpected times--that my hand will meet the top of Trixie's head as she nudges to get attention, and she died this past Spring. Pets carve a place into our heart that never get refilled. We can get another pet, and yet they find a DIFFERENT place in our heart.<br /><br />I just realized one major reason why I'm looking forward to reading your book, despite the fact that mysteries are not usually the type of book I pick (although I'm sure it will enthrall me, as all well-written books do, no matter what the genre). It will be fascinating--after reading your posts about the editing process--to speculate which plot events you fought over, which word choices you agonized over, and so on...<br /><br />(Just a thought. Have you considered taking a copy of your novel, and marking on it with some fascinating notes about "battles" you did with your editor, character development/plot events that you thought and rethought about? I imagine it would be a wonderful auction item at a writing conference. Just an idea...)Sioux Roslawskihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17924021828536277618noreply@blogger.com