tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363160316700035584.post1421545523911779682..comments2024-03-13T21:20:22.122-04:00Comments on Creative Writing In The Blackberry Patch: Never Give Up!Janet,http://www.blogger.com/profile/17796999156668844943noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363160316700035584.post-23767741585037884282009-04-24T17:45:00.000-04:002009-04-24T17:45:00.000-04:00Janet, I attended the SCBWI conference in NYC this...Janet, I attended the SCBWI conference in NYC this past January, and Jay Asher was our keynote speaker. His book, 13 Reasons Why is number three on the NY Bestseller list. He went through 4 agents and twelve years of rejections before he was published! I thought that was encouraging! Hang in there, it WILL happen.Clementinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08745982305618408952noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363160316700035584.post-58846554664119008482009-04-16T22:52:00.000-04:002009-04-16T22:52:00.000-04:00I MEANT to say, "DON'T" ever give up! Duh. I've be...I MEANT to say, "DON'T" ever give up! Duh. I've been writing all day and my brain is mush.<br />SherylSheryl Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538645315508159025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363160316700035584.post-62067583469029095702009-04-16T22:51:00.000-04:002009-04-16T22:51:00.000-04:00Janet, ever give up! I wrote my first book from b...Janet, ever give up! I wrote my first book from bed. I was bedridden for nearly two months and in terrible pain. I wrote anyway and I believed it would happen someday. It took five years and 23 rejections (mostly lovely personal rejections) before it was accepted by a MAJOR Christian publisher! You won't give up because a true writer just can't. We can't help ourselves.<br />Your day is coming, Janet!<br />Keep learning, submitting, and praying (o;<br />SherylSheryl Crawfordhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08538645315508159025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363160316700035584.post-48195260432391259102009-04-15T04:51:00.000-04:002009-04-15T04:51:00.000-04:00I'm discouraged too. Thanks for reminding me not ...I'm discouraged too. Thanks for reminding me not to give up.Lauriehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10904438929723833427noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3363160316700035584.post-46301483891118187092009-04-14T21:44:00.000-04:002009-04-14T21:44:00.000-04:00I couldn't have said it better myself!I couldn't have said it better myself!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05113911115248504189noreply@blogger.com