tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post1916243013639579880..comments2023-12-09T00:33:24.572-08:00Comments on Novel Matters: Being Enough for OthersBonnie Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-48880291588204718542012-04-22T17:21:42.581-07:002012-04-22T17:21:42.581-07:00Henrietta, you are a dear. You are so welcome.Henrietta, you are a dear. You are so welcome.Latayne C Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133535124591010838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-30955591650332602232012-04-21T07:21:02.646-07:002012-04-21T07:21:02.646-07:00Latyane! Your generosity hasn't been a secret...Latyane! Your generosity hasn't been a secret since you first joined Nobelmatters! You have been giving encouragement and good teaching for a long time. Thank you!Henrietta Frankenseenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-28648103340144285342012-04-21T04:34:28.076-07:002012-04-21T04:34:28.076-07:00Angela, a contract for your first book! How wonde...Angela, a contract for your first book! How wonderful! Can you tell us a little about it?<br /><br />Cheryl, thank you for your kind comment. I guess timing and suspense are creeping over from my fiction to my essays. . . That's good, right?<br /><br />Denise, glad you're going to use the container idea. My high school creative writer used it, and I've never forgotten it! I still have the handwritten poem I composed in response to that prompt.Latayne C Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133535124591010838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-81173839176094683892012-04-21T00:15:38.745-07:002012-04-21T00:15:38.745-07:00Hello Latayne. This is a wonderful post. Yes, I do...Hello Latayne. This is a wonderful post. Yes, I do prompts with my RomanticFridayWriters group - once a fortnight we write flash fiction to a prompt. <br /><br />I love your idea of giving away to others with no expectation of return except in inspiration for others. I love your 'elegant container' idea. I'm going to use that at my writer's group.<br /><br />DeniseDenise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-11184668236880063712012-04-20T08:43:21.077-07:002012-04-20T08:43:21.077-07:00I love the way you use words in the first half of ...I love the way you use words in the first half of this post - it kept me reading (like a page turner) toward the meat and helpful exhortations.Cherry Odelberghttp://einefeistyberg.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-24297531842553410552012-04-20T08:10:06.946-07:002012-04-20T08:10:06.946-07:00I am fresh in the throes of my first book contract...I am fresh in the throes of my first book contract and as much as I look forward to my book being on the shelf, I need to remember my audience that won't go out and buy my book. I want to give to them as well. <br /><br />Sometimes it feels like "what else do I have besides books to share?" Your post inspires me to keep digging out what is inside me to find that thing(or several things). <br /><br />I love your description of eating with one hand while typing with the other - LOL - I can so relate. <br /><br />Thanks for the reminder to share myself with others.<br /><br />Have a blessed day!<br />AngelaAngela D. Meyerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11860576737371199350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-79104026642201193212012-04-20T06:12:05.770-07:002012-04-20T06:12:05.770-07:00Wendy, you got me there. How can you secretly tell...Wendy, you got me there. How can you secretly tell people how to serve secretly?<br /><br />Marian, part of my joy was that I wrote this post after writing over 3K words on my WIP in one day. And eating everything in sight that could be held in one hand as I typed with the other.<br /><br />Wanderer, I have to tell you that the graf to which you refer came out of nowhere. I'm reading it over a couple of times myself.Latayne C Scotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06133535124591010838noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-54893002003396013192012-04-20T05:55:40.929-07:002012-04-20T05:55:40.929-07:00I love the whole idea of giving secretly. I'm ...I love the whole idea of giving secretly. I'm grateful for those in my life who've done that.<br /><br />And I won't reveal whether or not I'm doing that b/c then it wouldn't be a secret, would it? ;)<br /><br />Happy Friday, ladies!<br />~ WendyWendy Paine Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15136235074351188350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-63442587224904734212012-04-20T05:48:32.908-07:002012-04-20T05:48:32.908-07:00Thanks for sharing your secret. A joy for life (an...Thanks for sharing your secret. A joy for life (and writing) comes through. I've got that joy for life (writing not so much). The writing is becoming a lot of hard work that I'm doing all sorts of things to avoid.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990101542996298555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-78654965007654883542012-04-20T03:02:46.045-07:002012-04-20T03:02:46.045-07:00Your thoughts on unselfishness, on giving without ...Your thoughts on unselfishness, on giving without expectations, inspire me because I've reaped the benefits of this very thing. I'm forever grateful to the teacher who kept me after school and drove me home so I could finish my third grade creative writing story. Another teacher let me use his personal computer to format a school newspaper. An experienced writing friend gladly drops her work to critique my small projects. <br /><br />I had an opportunity to give back through something like writing prompts and- a perfect gem of an opportunity- but it came along during a writing drought and I found it hard to give from my nothingness. I know there will be other chances and this time I hope I'm ready. I hope I can pass on what others have given me.<br /><br />P.S. I have now read your third paragraph five times and might not be done yet.V. Gingerichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01615988080091167938noreply@blogger.com