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Re: C_C_T and the Rest of BlogIt
Thank you. Make sure that you all understand what I am about to say. The following is meant to be a sincere apology and an even more sincere THANK YOU. I mean that. I am not one to say things that I don't mean. It is not my nature to 'back slap' someone. I had to read your post about ten times before I began to see what I had done wrong... and I mean that... What I had done wrong. The people on this board have given me feedback and encouragement from the first day I was here. Nearly every story I have published has a section at the end where I thank the people on this board. I do that because I am thankful for the feedback I get.
Yeah, I don't get involved in the daily conversations that go on here, but that is not because I don't like you or your topics, but more than that, my life has always been a whirlwind affair. I was doing far more than I should have been doing, all the time easing a very sick first wife to a soft and painless as I could make it death. My workload increased as I sought to bury and hide my pain. Then came Lisa. Most of you read that story as it reached 'critical mass' where we married in August of 2020. The people of BlogIt were there for me, and I am thankful for all of you. More than you will ever know, I am grateful for all of you.
With that said, allow me to explain.
You make a good point. When I read what I had posted, I saw that it was taken out of context. This information was aimed at dedicated writers. Without the 3200 words that preceded it, it can be taken in a way other than what it intended to mean. I should have included the previous section or better explained what I was addressing. I never intended it to come off as condescending to anyone here, and I apologize for that. The selection that I posted earlier today is the beginning of the real 'meat' of the conversation and where I probably should have started.
You are also correct that I have made money writing. Still, it took me about fifteen years of writing books, making mistakes, fixing mistakes, getting a bad review or two because of those mistakes not being found earlier, developing a system to keep me from MAKING the mistakes in the first place, and hours and hours of being a selfless and shameless self-promotor. Fifteen years into a 'serious career of writing stories, it is finally beginning to pay off. Most people that I know who were writers who gave up about the fifth year of making seventy-one cents a month for Amazon 'sales.' My dad always told me that I was like a beagle on the day-old trail of a long-ago rabbit; I was too stupid to give up. I had to write. That part of my brain would not shut up, so I continued to write, even when a sane man would have called it quits.
If you take nothing else away from this apology, make it this: If you enjoy writing, for the love of all that is Holy - WRITE! Who cares if it sells if it makes you feel good? Write. Stephen King had been rejected so many times that he tossed the manuscript that became 'Carrie' in the trash. His wife found it and resubmitted it. Since then, I've been told that he has written at least one more book.
If it makes you happy, write.
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BigV
on December 11, 2021 at 11:44 AM
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Well, you make money out of it so I am sure it will help those who follow your kind
hints . Not many Authors would offer this. Of course, most have not had your
experience. Recent and history.
posted by
C_C_T
on December 11, 2021 at 7:03 AM
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