tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post2984884925613922704..comments2024-01-20T17:22:00.043-06:00Comments on AJ's Tattered Pages: When Is It Time to Let Go?AJ Nuesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16010557416505335378noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-1858202425529289862011-11-02T16:42:55.143-05:002011-11-02T16:42:55.143-05:00You got me. I still don't think the first one ...You got me. I still don't think the first one is ready and it was published two yrs ago!Mary Ricksenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12676306822821614446noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-47018564427440442452011-11-01T22:30:52.438-05:002011-11-01T22:30:52.438-05:00A.J., I appreciate the offer, but where I work, al...A.J., I appreciate the offer, but where I work, all my e-mails are blocked also. I can sometimes take my lunch break and go where there is free wifi, but today was a working lunch. <br /><br />Thanks for being a great hostess anyway. And I so appreciate the awesomest people in the world who stopped and commented.<br /><br />I'll draw a winner and contact that person with a copy of Into the Fire tomorrow.Cherie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251826824735524360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-60959473313546863972011-11-01T20:55:01.481-05:002011-11-01T20:55:01.481-05:00Oh no, Cherie! I'm so sorry to hear of your tr...Oh no, Cherie! I'm so sorry to hear of your trouble getting your comments to post. Dang it! Next time (if you agree to a next time) email me and maybe I can help you. Sorry about that!AJ Nuesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010557416505335378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-91686171494819584642011-11-01T18:08:51.967-05:002011-11-01T18:08:51.967-05:00I have a few that I'd like to work on 'som...I have a few that I'd like to work on 'some day' but doubt it will happen. They are resting peacefully. Why disturb them?<br /><br />I already have my copy of Into The Fire so don't enter me. I just wanted to come by and see what you had to say.Calisa Rhosehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07743891437445099016noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-59227874807990764872011-11-01T17:34:42.904-05:002011-11-01T17:34:42.904-05:00Whew! I tried all day to comment, but no matter h...Whew! I tried all day to comment, but no matter how much I stood on my head, turned cartwheels, or pushed enter on the keyboard, nothing went through.<br /><br />First, thank you so much, A.J. for hosting me. After last night's Halloween haul, it has been a sugar-enhanced day, and I've checked the comments throughout the day in frustration because I couldn't get any of my own through, but thanks to everybody for stopping by and saying hi.Cherie Markshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09251826824735524360noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-37005279281592370882011-11-01T17:03:06.249-05:002011-11-01T17:03:06.249-05:00Hi Cherie! I'm so glad you could be my guest t...Hi Cherie! I'm so glad you could be my guest today! I'm sorry I haven't gotten on to welcome you until just now. It's been a busy, busy day. My first manuscript...how do I say this. It got published? The bad news is that I wish it would have never been put to print. The house that did it offered no editing services. Can you imagine? My first novel and no editor. I shudder at the thought. I've tried to get the rights back, but they won't release them. So for now, while I can say my first story got published, it doesn't really count, because I keep the books hidden under my bed -- exactly where the story should have stayed until I knew what I was doing.AJ Nuesthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16010557416505335378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-60367952313370816372011-11-01T16:30:55.759-05:002011-11-01T16:30:55.759-05:00My first manuscript will not only never see the li...My first manuscript will not only never see the light of day, it no longer exists. It was written in 1996 using Lotus Works and saved on a 5.5 inch floppy. Even if I still had the floppy, I'd bet there is a functioning computer in the US that still has that large of a floppy drive. lol! 13 years later, in 2009 I signed my first contract and less than a year after that on 5/28/10, TWRP released my paranormal vampire romance, Out of the Darkness.<br /><br />Don't enter me in the drawing. I finished reading Into the Fire last night. I'll try to post a review tonight, but I loved it!Lilly Gaylehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12085355337721818824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-41278700477598311542011-11-01T16:12:57.958-05:002011-11-01T16:12:57.958-05:00Well, the novella I'm editing now is actually ...Well, the novella I'm editing now is actually an oldie. But it is a goodie, so I couldn't let it go. However, there are some stories that I probably won't revamp b/c I can see now that the plot/conflict wasn't strong enough.<br />Great post! <br />(Don't enter me in drawing. I have my copy;)Jennifer Jakeshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13012313645373633840noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-77315099340655018642011-11-01T13:13:12.204-05:002011-11-01T13:13:12.204-05:00Cheri,
I have mixed emotions about those pages in...Cheri, <br />I have mixed emotions about those pages in my 'we'll see' drawer. At the time I wrote them I was operating under an Ignorance Is Bliss concept. I had no idea how really bad a writer I was, and so just kept plugging along. I pick them up now and think, God, who did I force to read this? That was awful of me! But they do serve a purpose. They are black and white proof that when you just can't stop doing something, you can't help but improve. So, though I won't ever be rewriting them, I keep them around for pure inspiration. Great post, thanks.Mackenzie Crownehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14495228596521457813noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-56213977216132151822011-11-01T12:17:24.670-05:002011-11-01T12:17:24.670-05:00I have a few that one day I intend to shape up the...I have a few that one day I intend to shape up the way they were meant to be! But sometimes you do need to put it aside, and work on something new to gain some perspective. great post!Kellie Kamrynhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14128538194212450324noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-86033518086056119072011-11-01T12:01:43.850-05:002011-11-01T12:01:43.850-05:00I don't let go either. And I received a contra...I don't let go either. And I received a contract offer on a story I'd tossed under the bed in 2007. <br /><br />Never give up!<br /><br />Selena FultonAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5027106411642785964.post-60364183431185638302011-11-01T10:11:57.823-05:002011-11-01T10:11:57.823-05:00Oh, hon, I don't let go. I keep dragging that ...Oh, hon, I don't let go. I keep dragging that awful manuscript out and revamping until I can't take it anymore. Then I tuck it away until the next bout of insanity hits and I drag it out again, hoping THIS time I can turn it into something readable. I doubt it'll ever happen. But as I grow stronger in my writing through other projects, hope keeps nagging at me. Time will tell.<br />vonnie (dot) davis@ymail (dot) comVonnie Davis ~ Romance Authorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07360480832587538895noreply@blogger.com