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Your title No good deed goes unpunished reminds me of a well known English stage and TV actress who some years ago published a book of memoirs with the title No turn unstoned. The book sold well, to a large extent, I think, on the strength of the title. Keep your title. I think it is a very good title for a book and it may come in handy one day. - Anonim,
posted by
Anonim
on April 14, 2009 at 5:15 PM
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Azur
never say die... not that you ever would! Think of it as buying points in karma .. your turn must surely come and anyway you are a good writer so what do they know? Maybe you are too good to need a mentor.
posted by
mneme
on April 8, 2009 at 1:54 AM
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I'll do it anyway
Great conclusion. If you're doing it cause you love doing it, nothing can stop you, and that fact will come through in your work.
posted by
piggens
on April 7, 2009 at 11:56 PM
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There's a time for everything and yours will come for sure..
posted by
shobana
on April 7, 2009 at 9:08 PM
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Get out o' the box!
1. So people you give advice to do well? Become a mentor!!
2. Maybe the people who go to the training and schools do less well than their cohorts because they recognize they have deficits and keep seeking remedies. Maybe they need to step off the dock and swim.
3. Maybe people who write well successfully without extra tutelage simply do so because they CAN.
posted by
majroj
on April 7, 2009 at 8:29 PM
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I know too exactly how you feel.
Went to sell where some friends sold thousands of dollars the previous day and sold only $90. So many compliments and so much encouragement and so little money. Living on a dime and a prayer, many prayers.
We shall overcome................
posted by
benzinha
on April 7, 2009 at 10:10 AM
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Like on Blogit. BCA, Bill*s Roost
posted by
BC-A
on April 7, 2009 at 10:01 AM
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Don't beat yourself up for feeling a wee bit low inside because your friend
was accepted. I would feel like making a voodoo doll. I hate rejection so much but when I do get something accepted, I can find a self defacing reason why that happened. Like not enough entires or I knew someone who knew someone etc. You really are a great writer and very brave the way you keep going. I think we all struggle here and it is knowing each other that keeps us writing. that and the need to write. Luv you.
posted by
Kabu
on April 7, 2009 at 8:52 AM
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You're right--just write!
posted by
Ciel
on April 6, 2009 at 8:12 PM
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Azur
Stick with it. Remember that most writers were rejected several times before they were picked up. Stephen King is a very good example. Can you imagine someone turning down "The Shining?" It was turned down many times and I am sure once it was finally published, those that turned it down wish that they had not!!
posted by
TIMMYTALES
on April 6, 2009 at 3:19 PM
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You keep trying until someone says yes! You have put in your time I believe you will get your break! sam
posted by
sam444
on April 6, 2009 at 2:27 PM
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Did you ever hear the story about JK Rowling and how her mss nearly
got returned unread? It seems the receptionist or assistant editor or whatever who's stuck with opening items in the slush pile picked up the Harry Potter mss and as she was slipping it into the SASE her eye caught a sentence on the front page, so she pulled it back out of the envelope and read a little more. Then she took it to the editor and made the pitch for her to read it, and you know how this story ends.
So what happens to your work, which we know is well written and interesting and every bit as marketable as anything else on the shelves at Borders, depends on the assistant reader's mood and personal preference. Sooner or later the planets will be in proper alignment, your target will have enjoyed the perfect cup of coffee on her way to work and your mss will strike her as just the thing her company is looking for. Or, to put it another way, never give up!
posted by
Pat_B
on April 6, 2009 at 1:54 PM
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