tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post6781950539547349068..comments2023-11-03T07:01:16.104-05:00Comments on C. Hope Clark: What You Won't DoHope Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17319310910383413396noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-78409245291305439912012-03-23T11:09:33.268-05:002012-03-23T11:09:33.268-05:00I had to put myself through this in a recent autho...I had to put myself through this in a recent author's bio. Most other writers on my topic had many more years of experience than me. But I knew that what I had to say was valuable, and unique, and I had checked it with more experienced folks and gotten 100% agreement. <br /><br />So in my bio, I didn't mention years at all. I just told my story -- how I came to be an expert on my subject, and what I had to share. <br /><br />Of course I'll happily stick review copies in the hands of those guys with 30 years experience, so they can tell everyone that I got it right :-).Jennifer Fitzhttp://jenniferfitz.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-72108764097337491682012-03-23T10:38:51.965-05:002012-03-23T10:38:51.965-05:00Excellent post - and timely for me. Thanks for sh...Excellent post - and timely for me. Thanks for sharing.Heather Marstenhttp://www.heathermarsten.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-68584175705101712512012-03-23T09:39:46.463-05:002012-03-23T09:39:46.463-05:00Right, Lyn! It's all in how we look at things....Right, Lyn! It's all in how we look at things. Be positive and we see positive!Hope Clarkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17319310910383413396noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-37415037627729896872012-03-23T07:06:35.555-05:002012-03-23T07:06:35.555-05:00Hi, Hope,
I wonder if some people say to themselv...Hi, Hope,<br /><br />I wonder if some people say to themselves, "Well, I gotta have standards!" But the trick is, as you say, in stating those standards positively. Sure, you don't want to travel a lot---then just as you mentioned, call yourself a regional promoter. (I love all your rephrasings!) <br /><br />I heard one time that if you want to quit smoking, you shouldn't say, "I will not smoke," but "I want to be healthy and my lungs full of clean air." Because when the brain hears, "smoking," it thinks, "where's my next cigarette?" I think there's some application here. If we fill our minds with self-righteous negativity, then we're in a defensive rather than open mode. We're not growing.<br /><br />I'm preaching to myself here as I revise my novel!<br /><br />LynLyn Fairchild Hawkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13308501118724743991noreply@blogger.com