tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post7157250523714022729..comments2023-11-03T07:01:16.104-05:00Comments on C. Hope Clark: We Love to Hear About the Hard TimesHope Clarkhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17319310910383413396noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-9469552348495451382011-01-02T01:53:51.931-05:002011-01-02T01:53:51.931-05:00Thanks so much for this, Hope! It's SO, SO INS...Thanks so much for this, Hope! It's SO, SO INSPIRING and just what I need to start the new year off!Crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09968456960528987538noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-30148131789660386782010-12-30T19:45:28.205-05:002010-12-30T19:45:28.205-05:00More oftentimes than not, the big name authors sel...More oftentimes than not, the big name authors seldom come "down from yon high" to tell us how hard this is, how much a leaning on the last nerve is to get the first chapter just right, how much you have to eat, sleep, breathe your craft, how many pots of coffee and sleepless nights, how much <i>honing</i> this craft really takes place. We read one another, but the writing life certainly doesn't have to be a lonely one or something elusive as some choose to, as well as the media, portray it as. Anything worth doing takes doing it; the big question remains: will the wannabees stop whining about it and appreciated the honing process to get to the goal? Shortcuts won't make that happen. Embracing the sweat of it does. Thanks, Hope, for being part of my life and letting me and the rest of us know in a humble, down-to-Earth manner, this goal isn't as elusive as others believe or (sometimes) martyr it to be.M. K. Clarkehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11071652624778221807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-79163624892415740452010-12-30T10:42:23.261-05:002010-12-30T10:42:23.261-05:00The media seems to prefer covering the apparent ov...The media seems to prefer covering the apparent overnight successes...writer ABC just happens to live next door to an agent who pushes the MS...after writer XYZ self-publishes, a cousin of a famous publisher reads the MS and sends it to the publisher with a Post-It note saying "read this." And bingo, somebody is rescued from probable obscurity.<br /><br />The real stories about the long hours and the twists and turns of the journey are more interesting to real writers.<br /><br />MalcolmMalcolm R. Campbellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07840134761199335243noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-14016238.post-1746413825313577312010-12-30T05:07:07.729-05:002010-12-30T05:07:07.729-05:00A great post! Luck sometimes plays a part, but wri...A great post! Luck sometimes plays a part, but writing is hard work. It takes commitment and stamina.Ellie Garratthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03731071128348213067noreply@blogger.com