Comments on: Write And Keep Writing

By: HelenKay Dimon

HelenKay Dimon — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 05:52:47 +0000

Hi everyone! Perserverance is the key. No question.

Shiloh - The wise little guy isn’t mine, but I do wish I could remember who
told that story. It’s a great one.

Sarai - I’m happy the story helped.

Laura - Your guy is just cool.

By: Laura Armstrong

Laura Armstrong — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 00:34:08 +0000

My nine-year-old son has our local bookstore staked out. Goes to the romance section, looks for the A’s and points. “Isn’t that where your book’s going to be, Mom?” He doesn’t care how hard it is, how frustrated I am with the book and the process and the lack of time. He just knows that’s where Mom’s book goes.

That pretty much keeps me at it.

By: Sarai

Sarai — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:30:33 +0000

What a great story. I think at this point in my life trying to get that first book out in the world is the hardest. I appreciate the story and have tacked it to the wall to remind me to keep writing.

By: Cynthia Eden

Cynthia Eden — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 21:05:01 +0000

What a great post, HelenKay. Thanks for sharing that story!

By: Shiloh

Shiloh — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:02:28 +0000

lol… how old was your son, Helenkay?

By: Gemma Halliday

Gemma Halliday — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 15:44:59 +0000

Great story! We all need that reminder some days. Hey, if you never give up, you’ll never fail. You just haven’t made it yet.

By: Scarlett Sanderson

Scarlett Sanderson — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 07:20:31 +0000

What a wonderful story, and just the kind of motivational push I needed this morning *grins*

By: Jen P

Jen P — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 05:01:59 +0000

Ah, the innocence of a child… The will to always go on… Sometimes, or maybe all the time, we need to look at life that way. Anything worth doing once is worth doing again (which is why I’m back here sweatin’ with ya’ll). Lovely story. Thanks for sharing!

By: Erin Kendall

Erin Kendall — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 23:31:08 +0000

Awesome story!!!!!! Thanks for sharing it!

Cheers,
E.

By: Jaci Burton

Jaci Burton — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:10:33 +0000

Deniz, anything worth having is worth suffering through the hard parts. Editing is always the hard part. Stick with it!

Great motivation, HelenKay! Many of us would never have published if we had given up after the first book. Or the second. Or even more than that. This is a tough business and as a writer, we have to learn to become as tough as it is.

Perserverance is the key. Never give up.