tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post7581627065548252709..comments2024-03-04T12:44:00.261+00:00Comments on Debi Alper: Because you're worth it?Debihttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-83525507435819102552010-06-18T11:07:15.425+00:002010-06-18T11:07:15.425+00:00Welcome, L'Aussie. Interesting discussion on y...Welcome, L'Aussie. Interesting discussion on your blog BTW. Hope my response hasn't stirred up murderous instincts in your readers.Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-78765904003772563902010-06-18T01:19:54.880+00:002010-06-18T01:19:54.880+00:00I just want to know what's wrong with eating p...I just want to know what's wrong with eating pasta five nights a week? Doesn't everyone?? Yum! All those carbs help you cope with rejection!Denise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-58876631595807922712010-06-16T09:00:42.445+00:002010-06-16T09:00:42.445+00:00As long as we don't run out of thyme ...As long as we don't run out of thyme ...Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-40950040470724909482010-06-16T08:27:42.708+00:002010-06-16T08:27:42.708+00:00Debi - can vegetarians eat shoe soup if the (scant...Debi - can vegetarians eat shoe soup if the (scant) nutrition comes from leather shoes? Just a thought. Maybe just the sage, then. Woman cannot live on words alone.Rachael Dunlophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867623861097641597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-22369900129264094192010-06-15T12:01:01.120+00:002010-06-15T12:01:01.120+00:00Hadn't heard about him, Whisks. Going a tad t...Hadn't heard about him, Whisks. Going a tad too far, I think. I can just about accept shoe soup but I'm not willing to compromise on chocolate. We all have our limits ...Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-45265508376962213282010-06-15T09:40:28.237+00:002010-06-15T09:40:28.237+00:00Love the idea of shoe soup - just the idea mind, n...Love the idea of shoe soup - just the idea mind, not the actual soup! And with the added nutrients! Yes! There was that Indian chappie in the news a few weeks ago who hadn't eaten for 70 years so it's perfectly possible to live on fresh air. You gotta really want to, though :)Whiskshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17511717013005006342noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-46547903745778769862010-06-15T09:39:42.205+00:002010-06-15T09:39:42.205+00:00Sage words, Rachael? Can we add them to the shoe ...Sage words, Rachael? Can we add them to the shoe soup?Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-9787164241687097812010-06-14T17:01:58.805+00:002010-06-14T17:01:58.805+00:00I hate having my expectations managed, because the...I hate having my expectations managed, because they are always managed downwards!<br /><br />Sage words,Debi. It's not that long since I was green and naive about the realities of the writer's life. There is a period of disillusionment, followed by the realisation that NOT writing is not an option, so you may as well just get on with it. <br /><br />Although I wouldn't listen too much to Lionel Shriver. Great writer, but comes across as seriously unhinged in interviews!Rachael Dunlophttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01867623861097641597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-11731650655012074382010-06-14T16:39:52.529+00:002010-06-14T16:39:52.529+00:00Fresh air would be good, Elizabeth. But there'...Fresh air would be good, Elizabeth. But there's probably more nutritional value in pollution. Adds spice to the shoe soup.Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-24796425599755138492010-06-14T16:30:49.146+00:002010-06-14T16:30:49.146+00:00I'd rather live on fresh air (or something ver...I'd rather live on fresh air (or something very close to it) and be happy than be rich and not have the time to write.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-45546393633232151542010-06-14T16:14:46.862+00:002010-06-14T16:14:46.862+00:00Quite, Queenie. All we can do is travel the road ...Quite, Queenie. All we can do is travel the road and do our best to enjoy the journey.Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-26044082968921252512010-06-14T16:10:32.585+00:002010-06-14T16:10:32.585+00:00Fab post, with you all the way. Also agree with E...Fab post, with you all the way. Also agree with Emma's comment, and would add that even if an aspiring writer is lucky enough to land an agent, they can't assume they will definitely go on to get a book deal. No assumptions at any stage of the process seems to be the safest way to go.Queeniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06988379866736219329noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-34318997315836623782010-06-14T15:36:20.876+00:002010-06-14T15:36:20.876+00:00Agreed, Clare. Most of the time it doesn't fe...Agreed, Clare. Most of the time it doesn't feel like a choice at all. <br /><br />And huge congrats to you on your launch. I'm uplifted on your behalf!Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-55642192939532988852010-06-14T15:06:48.117+00:002010-06-14T15:06:48.117+00:00Yes, excellent post, Debi - all so true. It is a ...Yes, excellent post, Debi - all so true. It is a huge struggle all the time, and I really think that if I didn't somehow *need* to write (we all feel it, don't we - that sense of unease and irritability when we are not) we would never keep going.Clare Dudmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06197558842580794165noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-18103661308983257452010-06-14T14:47:29.731+00:002010-06-14T14:47:29.731+00:00Welcome and thanks, Kathryn.Welcome and thanks, Kathryn.Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-39696225302200837512010-06-14T14:43:39.624+00:002010-06-14T14:43:39.624+00:00This so touched a cord, great blog....This so touched a cord, great blog....Kathryn Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16439670363289229014noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-15176778026326939922010-06-14T14:00:11.927+00:002010-06-14T14:00:11.927+00:00Sue - I knew this would speak to you.
Emma - to...Sue - I knew this would speak to you. <br /><br />Emma - too true. I have my moments of thinking I must be insane - but they're nothing compared to the hours/days/weeks when I count my blessings.Debihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09600815804658702077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-59056536548501531432010-06-14T13:31:50.236+00:002010-06-14T13:31:50.236+00:00All so true. I also find that even when aspiring w...All so true. I also find that even when aspiring writers are realistic about the difficulties of getting published in the first place, and how much (or rather how little) money they're likely to get for that debut novel, they nonetheless assume that once you're published, you'll go on being published. And, sadly, that's not the case. You'll always be a published writer as a qualification, as it were - for teaching, for example. And there are plenty of examples of writers who hit a barren patch, and then it all came right again. But getting published is one thing, and going on being published rather different, and gets harder all the time.Emma Darwinhttp://emmadarwin.typepad.com/thisitchofwriting/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21629015.post-19991958139089888142010-06-14T13:29:12.562+00:002010-06-14T13:29:12.562+00:00I love love love this post. Thanks, Debi!I love love love this post. Thanks, Debi!Sue Guineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13556228394020314560noreply@blogger.com