tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post5766043186163044636..comments2024-02-16T15:14:36.719-06:00Comments on Wet Noodle Posse: What To Do When The GH Call Doesn't HappenMJFredrickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06881706931355203700noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-27511130568401189862007-11-12T14:17:00.000-06:002007-11-12T14:17:00.000-06:00Great advice, Jill. Argh. Sometimes I think bein...Great advice, Jill. Argh. Sometimes I think being a writer is just too damn thankless of a job. Which is, I guess, why only people who can't stop keep doing it!Christine Rimmerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10842946198044248663noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-5093600619817694662007-11-12T12:32:00.000-06:002007-11-12T12:32:00.000-06:00Jill, I love your mashed potatoes and gravy analog...Jill, I love your mashed potatoes and gravy analogy!<BR/><BR/>I relished that GH gravy with several finalist manuscripts, which by the way have never sold.<BR/><BR/>In 2005 and 2006 I entered a manuscript that never finaled, although I was so sure it had a shot. As it turned out, that book was my first sale! Not bad for "just plain mashed potatoes"!Lee McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03388019900085158731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-79198419966340188312007-11-09T17:44:00.000-06:002007-11-09T17:44:00.000-06:00I agree, Norah. No judge needs to actually say tha...I agree, Norah. No judge needs to actually say that they need ibuprofen even if they do.<BR/><BR/>Maureen, I like the start to your first book, even if the hero does have an affinity for furniture. :) The scene made me tire of waiting also, as if I was right there in the room with him.Theresa Raganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15815320170046221853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-11430917230344307942007-11-09T14:37:00.000-06:002007-11-09T14:37:00.000-06:00OMG, Jill, great post! And how good of you to shar...OMG, Jill, great post! And how good of you to share. <BR/><BR/>I echo Diane's concern about that judge's comment. I've read entries that sent me reaching for the Ibuprofen, too, but I'd never say that. How can those judges forget that their own writing must once have given some poor judge a tough job? Of course, maybe they think they were amazing writers right out of the gate.Norah Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151103954061826427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-494914003740630182007-11-09T10:57:00.000-06:002007-11-09T10:57:00.000-06:00In the spirit of Jill's entry, here is the first p...In the spirit of Jill's entry, here is the first paragraph of a prologue I wrote for the first historical I ever attempted, which didn't final in the GH. My hero apparently had an affinity for describing the decor and for trying out all the seats in the room! LOL<BR/><BR/>Stewart Hall, SC, 1811, Early Fall<BR/><BR/>Captain Noah Randolf had sat on the butter yellow satin sofa in the Stewart's newly redecorated parlor for at least a quarter of an hour. He had paced from the large paneled door to the marble mantle {yes, homonym error} and back again more times than he cared to count. He had sat tentatively on the edge of the graceful side chairs covered in a complementary yellow silk and settled himself yet again on the sofa while waiting for Seth, who as usual was late. Why he had ever agreed to meet with his former friend, he had yet to determine. And as he sat mopping his glistening forehead with his handkerchief, Noah decided he had waited long enough in this hotbox of a room. With no trees to shade this new addition, the room quickly heated up in the September afternoon sun. As he heard a soft familiar voice, Noah recalled his reason for answering his summons to Stewart Hall. Anne.Mo Hhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13644902211036445323noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-15113606933967298442007-11-09T10:13:00.000-06:002007-11-09T10:13:00.000-06:00Jill, your example is one reason why I would never...Jill, your example is one reason why I would never want to discourage a beginning writer. One comment, like, "Your writing gives me a headache" might convince a writer to give it all up. More power to you that you didn't. <BR/>Some people have what seems to be an innate way with words, a knack for both the story-telling and the craft, but some can learn both. If they are entering a contest they have the desire and that is worth nurturing!<BR/><BR/>You've all done what you can to control your outcome of the Golden Heart--you've written the best book you could write for right now. Now it is up to Fate to decide what happens.Diane Gastonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14770373530197339170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-88048308975828660982007-11-08T22:48:00.000-06:002007-11-08T22:48:00.000-06:00Ladies - thanks for the kind comments concerning m...Ladies - thanks for the kind comments concerning my post, as well as the teasing about my first ever entry into the GH. <BR/><BR/>I don't know who that oh, so kind person is who gave me a 5 because really, the book doesn't get much better than that! I also entered it into a chapter writing contest, and one of the judges wrote that it had given them a headache! Funny now - so painful back then.<BR/><BR/>I always wonder if someone is out there reading that prologue now and going, "I remember that!"<BR/><BR/>Banks - I firmly believe in letting go. I know people who started writing the same time I did, and are still working on that first manuscript. I could still be reworking A Political Affair, but good grief, why? And I learned so much more on writing and finishing several other book than to keep tweaking that bad book.<BR/><BR/>Doglady - I'm honored you're printing that off : )Jill Monroehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12917867670224368810noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-31926763401742850442007-11-08T22:02:00.000-06:002007-11-08T22:02:00.000-06:00Jill, I really appreciate this post! I am printing...Jill, I really appreciate this post! I am printing it and hanging it by my computer. It works for so many of the slings and arrows you have to suffer to make it in this business. I have finally learned to give myself one day when I get hammered in a contest to have a pity party. Then it is back to work, but oh sometimes it is so hard!! This was a great, great post!dogladyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03392561174583932552noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-67329944481445400432007-11-08T21:37:00.000-06:002007-11-08T21:37:00.000-06:00Jill, your old entry is hilarious! I wonder who wa...Jill, your old entry is hilarious! I wonder who was nice enough to give you a 5!? Just kidding. The man in the shadow is great! :)Theresa Raganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15815320170046221853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-35470332855112099482007-11-08T19:59:00.000-06:002007-11-08T19:59:00.000-06:00After spending the morning grimacing over a partic...After spending the morning grimacing over a particularly lame-o prologue in one of my wips (which I think I'm finally ready to dump) reading your prologue really made my day. Especially your comment on the "contents" thing...I'm a thesaurus junkie and that one really got me laughing!<BR/><BR/>I love the idea of having multiple rewards and goals -- that way there's always a new path to the dream to travel on and a different project to push you forward. Funny how you can get so tunnel-visioned with a particular ms...thinking this one HAS to be it. It's super hard for me to let go, but once I do, I'm happier for it.Jennifer Northhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11991273375923779374noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-24555195389630959272007-11-08T19:36:00.000-06:002007-11-08T19:36:00.000-06:00I do like the gravy analogy, Jill. I also agree w...I do like the gravy analogy, Jill. I also agree with getting out of the house the day of the calls, but I must say I have NEVER done that! Maybe I'll give it a try in 2008.<BR/><BR/>It's funny how MORE than finaling in the GH we would all like to be ineligible to enter...Theresa Raganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15815320170046221853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-68430354600672242972007-11-08T16:55:00.000-06:002007-11-08T16:55:00.000-06:00You are such a dear for posting this!!And the grav...You are such a dear for posting this!!<BR/><BR/>And the gravy has officially made me hungry.... :)Gillian Laynehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15772849187702478349noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-18101458.post-39940464434244260742007-11-08T15:48:00.000-06:002007-11-08T15:48:00.000-06:00OMG! Your blog with the GH entry is too funny! T...OMG! Your blog with the GH entry is too funny! Thanks for being brave and sharing it! LOLJeanneDhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01473053323662029435noreply@blogger.com