tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post5431043674702684073..comments2023-12-09T00:33:24.572-08:00Comments on Novel Matters: What Really Changed in PublishingBonnie Grovehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-14386969872853080912014-05-01T09:32:33.090-07:002014-05-01T09:32:33.090-07:00Juju: I've heard the beating of the self-publi...Juju: I've heard the beating of the self-publishing tom-toms, but, so far, no. I think it is a matter of the road I'm to travel on--which is different from the road others must travel. Still, I close no doors.<br /><br />Pat: Thanks for that, Pat. Keep writing!Bonnie Grovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-84803283776889900752014-04-30T12:57:35.137-07:002014-04-30T12:57:35.137-07:00I post here infrequently but do follow you ladies ...I post here infrequently but do follow you ladies and appreciate your efforts toward us unpublished novelists. I especially admire the honesty each one of you demonstrates in telling it like it really is. I wish you all the best in whatever direction you take with getting the stories on your heart written down I haven't given up writing novels, but wrting more short stories and feeling joy with that.Pat Jeanne Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05000956321646970512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-62611322579166080602014-04-30T10:30:46.020-07:002014-04-30T10:30:46.020-07:00Have you considered self publishing eBooks? Have you considered self publishing eBooks? Tales of Whimsyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10938494589922620170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-14793050115900806982014-04-30T08:54:21.441-07:002014-04-30T08:54:21.441-07:00Henretta: I'm glad we're all here, too. Al...Henretta: I'm glad we're all here, too. All of us. Thanks for your kindness.<br /><br />Marian: Yes, walk in your own shoes. It's so much more difficult than it sounds. That level of honesty is tough enough, but then to decide to act on it--that's grit, my friend.<br /><br />Megan: It sounds like you're reaching the same conclusion I've reached. Writing is the longest journey and filled with false pit stops.<br /><br />Melissa: And it will keep evolving and changing through time. I'm not sure I like that idea because I would like, at some point in my life, to feel I've arrived at . . . something. But I've given up that notion also.Bonnie Grovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-28781541742704523822014-04-30T08:50:04.852-07:002014-04-30T08:50:04.852-07:00Patti: I'm very much looking forward to readin...Patti: I'm very much looking forward to reading the next Patti Novel!<br /><br />Katy: Walter Wangerin's shoes are lovely, but they are not your shoes. I know how difficult it is to realize it. Keep walking!Bonnie Grovehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11377519561074174038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-77037996384762561382014-04-30T08:25:46.371-07:002014-04-30T08:25:46.371-07:00I feel the same way. The first novel I wrote (a Re...I feel the same way. The first novel I wrote (a Regency historical romance) was requested a lot by agents who ultimately passed. Am I ever glad they did. In the ten plus years since I wrote it, I've changed a lot as a writer. I don't write straight romance anymore, and the themes I explore are much darker and deeper. I love it. Melissa Amateishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16086267508858187716noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-39019343762833369722014-04-30T08:24:55.977-07:002014-04-30T08:24:55.977-07:00Yes. I can definitely relate.
Once I harboured a ...Yes. I can definitely relate. <br />Once I harboured a dream about writing, and about publishing. Iknew exactly who I was, and I knew the call of God on my life, and I was doing it. And then, swiftly, suddenly, it felt like someone did the tablecloth trick in my life - pulled everything out from under me yet still left me standing, albeit on a different surface. Standing, but slightly concussed, with all the markings of what I thought I knew gone. It took me a while to start up again, and things are still not as I knew them. I had to give up the dream of Megan-the-writer, and accept that I was just Megan. And then, with no other particular skill than the one I"d been honing, I started writing again. Same journey, different me.Megan Sayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15410068162701570057noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-927893668570544332014-04-30T07:51:18.646-07:002014-04-30T07:51:18.646-07:00Bonnie this is so timely. I think you are on to so...Bonnie this is so timely. I think you are on to something. I'm so looking forward to reading your totally Bonnie Grove dorky novel. And, I'll try not to step into your shoes, but write my own quirky stuff.Marianhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12990101542996298555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-75023977451695540852014-04-30T07:41:37.301-07:002014-04-30T07:41:37.301-07:00I am very grateful that you six ladies write here ...I am very grateful that you six ladies write here 3 times a week. I enjoy your company and have learned and become a better writer, and more myself, because you care for others as much as you care for your own writing. God bless you with many words and maybe even a reader or two!<br />Henrietta Frankenseenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-36158887404124277092014-04-30T07:16:35.319-07:002014-04-30T07:16:35.319-07:00Bonnie, I love this. I am letting go of the dream ...Bonnie, I love this. I am letting go of the dream of stepping into Walter Wangerin's literary shoes (which would certainly be too big), and stepping instead into my own shoes. <br /><br />When I can find them. Kathleen Popahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03682046279211463305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-61915037173172040482014-04-30T07:16:31.748-07:002014-04-30T07:16:31.748-07:00Bonnie, I love this. I am letting go of the dream ...Bonnie, I love this. I am letting go of the dream of stepping into Walter Wangerin's literary shoes (which would certainly be too big), and stepping instead into my own shoes. <br /><br />When I can find them. Kathleen Popahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03682046279211463305noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6360410252358941163.post-31666860019628710132014-04-30T06:10:30.227-07:002014-04-30T06:10:30.227-07:00Bonnie, we're walking parallel paths! And isn&...Bonnie, we're walking parallel paths! And isn't that what friends do. If you think a Bonnie novel is dorky, just wait until you've scanned the pages of the latest Patti novel. And it is fun. My dream to step into Annie Dillard's literary shoes is but a dream. Writing novels people enjoy reading is my new gig. Disclosure: It would be nice to actually sell some. Thanks for the great post.Patti Hillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01210807015376289703noreply@blogger.com