Comments on: Beware the Blue Muse

By: A Year’s Worth of Writing « Out of My Mind

A Year’s Worth of Writing « Out of My Mind — Fri, 17 Dec 2010 15:24:58 +0000

[...] then, I fell apart. Rejection spawned dejection and in barged the Blue Muse. From the bottom there’s no way but up, so I went into warrior mode and wrote a new query letter [...]

By: I’m serious … or not | Out of My Mind

I’m serious … or not | Out of My Mind — Sun, 23 May 2010 14:38:37 +0000

[...] That’s not to say I’m never serious; I was dead serious when I shared my experience with the Blue Muse earlier this year. And I’m serious when I share what I’ve learned about writing, editing, or [...]

By: A view from the train of eternal optimism … « Out of My Mind

A view from the train of eternal optimism … « Out of My Mind — Sun, 28 Mar 2010 20:41:11 +0000

[...] easy for me to maintain a balance between adequately informed and blissfully ignorant. (Witness: Beware the Blue Muse.) In fact, it’s one of the hardest things I’ve ever done. But what else can I do? My train [...]

By: Linda

Linda — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 04:35:35 +0000

Thank you, Cristina. I know we’re always going to struggle with confidence, but I hope you’re only a little bit blue because you’re an awesome writer.

By: survivorscribe

survivorscribe — Sun, 14 Feb 2010 03:58:01 +0000

Totally feel like I’m living in those two worlds. Glad to hear you are staying public. So many people get so much from your blog posts of your journey:)

By: Linda

Linda — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 22:52:59 +0000

I will paraphrase a quote from some famous writer (I’m too lazy to look it up, it’s Saturday): Don’t wait for success to come to you, go out and grab it by the throat! I just forgot that for a moment.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 17:45:40 +0000

Well said both. Somebody once told me that people who can write, should, for all of us who can’t. I suspect Good Will Hunting is in there somewhere but who cares! I don’t know if I can write or not but I know that I do and that sometimes people like it. The millions that don’t like it or don’t look? Well, they probably like someone else and bring that same little frisson to them. Go out and get it, it won’t come to you on its own, and you can’t be arrested! You can’t, can you? Er…

By: Warrior Woman « Out of My Mind

Warrior Woman « Out of My Mind — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 02:33:20 +0000

[...] Then a river of encouragement lifted me up and carried me away from that dark place. Since I blogged about that, I feel an update is in order. [...]

By: Linda

Linda — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:43:14 +0000

Thanks for being a cheerleader, Laura.

You know part of the problem is that I had slipped on writing every day. I think that gave a bigger foothold to my doubts than usual. We have to be ever vigilant.

By: Laura Best

Laura Best — Thu, 11 Feb 2010 18:15:46 +0000

I love it when the Universe makes us sit up and pay attention. You are lucky, you saw the signs and knew what they meant. Sometimes people, unwisely, pass those things off or don’t even notice.

We all have our low times, it’s only natural. We become impatient with the process. Even reaching a goal of publication does not mean that the self-doubt has vanished. I have one published novel and I sometimes find myself wondering if there will be another. Nothing in this business is a given. Although I’d never want to take such things for granted.

I know you’ll make it, Linda. When the time is right, everything seems to come into place. It will be that way for you!!