tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post4627295053687862407..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: Hitting the wallUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-38227739770883317662012-05-07T12:38:31.174-05:002012-05-07T12:38:31.174-05:00Thanks for being so honest, Joelle. It's easy ...Thanks for being so honest, Joelle. It's easy for those on the other side of the publishing fence to assume that everything gets way easier once you have a contract or two. ;) Please keep at it so I can enjoy more of your work!Bonnie Staringhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15617661715759556106noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-52047993919924915032012-05-06T16:40:35.599-05:002012-05-06T16:40:35.599-05:00I so appreciate your frankness, Joelle. It hits a ...I so appreciate your frankness, Joelle. It hits a familiar mark and reminds me that being human is a high and low affair. You're not alone in that and I'm inspired by your strength in working despite the wall. Thank you for sharing.Michael Parkshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12150476664970127365noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-27628711544799606612012-05-06T15:45:37.516-05:002012-05-06T15:45:37.516-05:00Inspiring. I want to say something super to lift ...Inspiring. I want to say something super to lift you to wherever you need to get, but would probably only seem trite . Best wishes and good vibes. XNigel Birdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05529578665251906089noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-82770337523072231952012-05-06T14:28:21.179-05:002012-05-06T14:28:21.179-05:00I agree with Jim—a brave, honest post. Career succ...I agree with Jim—a brave, honest post. Career success does not make the world go away, if anything, it increases the pressure. If the pressures of a creative life/business aren't enough, as women, we have hormonal walls as well.<br /><br />To all this, on a good day, I say, thank goodness. Life is complex. Challenging. If the good weren't ameliorated with the bad we'd all puff up like helium balloons and float off to La-La Land. I'd rather stay anchored in the real world, where my stories have relevance.<br /><br />To all this, on a bad day, I say: maybe, instead of cranking out word count today, I could improve this one paragraph... :)Kathryn Crafthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08371458857187160425noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-42646519894569282492012-05-06T12:29:31.015-05:002012-05-06T12:29:31.015-05:00You write, Joelle... I read. :) Sometimes I don...You write, Joelle... I read. :) Sometimes I don't have time to comment. Today I do!<br /><br />Another great post. And you know me, Marathon Wall-Hitting Woman. I get it!!!! The key is to NEVER QUIT AND NEVER GIVE UP. <br /><br />I fight for quality writing time in my mad, mad life. I've been writing a while and I'm not published yet, but whatever. I explode with joy for those who cross the finish line before me. They may have to pull me across it someday!I try not to forget that if it wasn't for all my "wild" (imho) experiences, I'd have less to fuel my imagination.<br /><br />Crying never hurts unless it burns your eyes or washes out your contacts lenses and you lose them... or you cry too long and submit to the Q word. Some heroines weep, so perhaps this can also be considered research.<br /><br />Is there such thing as Wall-Hitters Anonymous where we learn to overcome?Nancy Kay Bowdenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597537338919901666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-29151694459954747422012-05-06T10:50:49.328-05:002012-05-06T10:50:49.328-05:00Joelle,
Can't tell you how much I appreciate ...Joelle,<br /><br />Can't tell you how much I appreciate this post. I won't say that I enjoyed it because it's so painfully familiar. I could have wrote something similar myself. Maybe I can't relate to some of the writing pressure you have because franky I'm not on your level of success (but I'm trying).<br /><br />Everything else you talk about though? I'm wearing it. Work, Time, Family, Energy, some kind of a life outside of all that. Oh, and a very loud, relentlessly clicking, game clock. I'm older than dirt. <br /><br />I've stared up at that same wall and it isn't a girl thing believe me. I'm not exactly a sensitive little flower but sometimes when I'm alone and think about everything and I mean everything,I get overwhelmed.<br /><br />Anyway, a sincere thank you. That was a Brave post and honest as the day is long. I'm not sure too many would be as open about it. I really mean that. Just like your books, that was truly great writing. I appreciate you putting it up. - JimAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14897384823687665242noreply@blogger.com