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Azur
You are already a professional writer, Azur; a designation that any Blogit writer would kill for - how can you possibly be a failure? You don't plan to be a novelist, you already are a novelist who will soon be published.
As for your paths away from novel writing fading out, perhaps you tread these paths to give your mind a break from novel writing.
posted by
johnmacnab
on February 15, 2008 at 4:30 AM
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Your name will be where it is supposed to be!
Bo says so.
A smile
from me and
from BO! =^. .^=
posted by
Whacky
on February 14, 2008 at 8:20 PM
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Funny about that goldarned divine intervention, how it works....
Sometimes it's a pregnancy that reveals an illness and sometimes it's NOT seeing your name on a list.
I always wanted to consider good luck to be "getting what I wanted or felt that I needed" all others' views and needs aside. BUT, I found out that good luck is something very different.
I do that silly, "See a penny and pick it up and all the day, you will have good luck." Then I pick up any penny on the ground that is facing heads up. I throw it up in the air again, saying that it is for a child to find.
But, how do I know whether it worked or not? Did I have good luck all day? Is the absence of bad luck or a neutral non-luck kind of day, equal to having good luck? How can we ever know?
Which path to take and where is the person taking notes who will tell us later inlife that we properly chose the 'right' paths for ourselves? Probably, only our biographers post mortem and who knows whether they can interpret our life's luck as good or bad, our life's paths as correct or incorrect?
Too much heavy thinking for one old lady in one old day. Let it all go and embrace the moment, what my old mother says. Stop analyzing, stop planning so much, carpe diem and all that. I like the Carpe Canem saying, as it works more for me in today's world.
Love to you and never stop applying for the other paths, because, they might be the right ones.
posted by
benzinha
on February 14, 2008 at 6:46 PM
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Write until you forget there was ever anything else you thought of doing
Write until you forget the fear, the sense of failure, and the feelings of defeat.
Write until you find yourself, and remember how great you are!
When everything is falling apart, write it back together 
posted by
Sira890
on February 14, 2008 at 9:12 AM
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The Universe is trying to tell you something . . .
And it seems to me you already know what that is! Go forth and write that novel. . . . Then write another!
posted by
Jemmie211
on February 14, 2008 at 8:04 AM
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Tantrums of defeatism let us clear our heads.
I had one recently. I cleaned out my bookshelf!! Now to press on.
posted by
majroj
on February 13, 2008 at 3:50 PM
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This experience has already changed your perspective for the better then
Every worthwhile success story starts out with failure. Is your story not worthy of the same buildup? We need to have ashes to rise up from, for cryin' out loud.
Good luck with your next opportunity at inevitable success.
posted by
CunningLinguist
on February 13, 2008 at 9:33 AM
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You must send your manuscript out until somone says YES!!!! sam
posted by
sam444
on February 13, 2008 at 9:05 AM
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The universe seems to be working with you to do what you really want. :)
posted by
Pat_B
on February 13, 2008 at 7:36 AM
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