tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post40786919731799683..comments2023-12-06T00:48:23.734-08:00Comments on Daily Writing Practice: Sunday November 29th, 2009Marchttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-23937087608801008182009-12-01T18:00:23.075-08:002009-12-01T18:00:23.075-08:00Monica - too true :)
I always thought those actor...Monica - too true :)<br /><br />I always thought those actors and actresses were full of crap, but now I think I have an idea of how that would feel.Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-55418252907380558492009-11-30T18:39:38.314-08:002009-11-30T18:39:38.314-08:00I truly believe that you aren't a real writer ...I truly believe that you aren't a real writer until you've been rejected. To even be short-listed is quite a compliment. It's like the losers at the Oscars say: "It's an honour to simply be nominated."<br /><br />Besides ... there's always next time.Monica Manninghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15261586665831377609noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-89513950927937997232009-11-30T17:22:05.156-08:002009-11-30T17:22:05.156-08:00Thanks, and I hope you manage to finish your story...Thanks, and I hope you manage to finish your story, whether it's before or after the deadline.<br /><br />And... well, getting closer to the end, at least. I know, generally, what's going to happen from here on out. It's just a matter of getting it down.<br /><br />This line just jumped out at me, on both readings:<br /><br />"And so I reflect, both in the glass<br />And in my head."Marchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14952331166517430843noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1149217012399643733.post-6918130379519452492009-11-29T14:21:00.794-08:002009-11-29T14:21:00.794-08:00Wow, well done Marc! I knocked out another 4,000 ...Wow, well done Marc! I knocked out another 4,000 words on the plane, bringing the current total to around 56,000 words and although the end is in sight, I suspect I'm still looking at a little over 60,000 really. <br /><br />And commiserations on the 30 Covers, 30 Days project, that would have been pretty cool. But as you say, just being picked from all the entrants is pretty remarkable!<br /><br />And... A Fighting Chance is drawing to a close? That's exciting news as well :)<br /><br />Retrospection<br /><br />This is the window that I sit at,<br />When it's cold outside.<br />I can watch the trees<br />Shiver in the breeze,<br />And think deep thoughts about things<br />That happened to me in my life.<br /><br />Some are recent and still have tracks<br />Blazened across my mind and soul.<br />Some are old,<br />Some leave me cold,<br />And some remind of why I will always go on living,<br />Until the choice is taken from me.<br /><br />And so I reflect, both in the glass<br />And in my head.<br />On things I've done,<br />On things I've won,<br />And of things and people who are lost now.<br />And I am grateful that I knew them at all.Greghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08503319830584828982noreply@blogger.com