Comments on: It’s an Epidemic! http://www.jackiebarbosa.com/2008/06/27/its-an-epidemic/ History Made Hot Sat, 04 Feb 2012 23:58:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: skirbo http://www.jackiebarbosa.com/2008/06/27/its-an-epidemic/comment-page-1/#comment-120 skirbo Fri, 27 Jun 2008 08:48:00 +0000 http://authorjackiebarbosa.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/its-an-epidemic/#comment-120 I don't feel that publishing is impossible if you are talented and know who to submit to and when. However, as happy as I am for my friends that are being bought, it sometimes depresses me, even though my problem is that I haven't actually finished anything to sell. <br /><br />Writing, like any other art form, is so connected to the creator's self esteem that it's hard to acccept when someone didn't like it. Especially for us overly sensitive folks. I'm sure I'll get rejections and I'm sure that I'll cry about them. A lot. Hopefully I won't give up and will eventually get published. So long as I can actually finish what I'm working on. Thpt.<br /><br />Sarah I don’t feel that publishing is impossible if you are talented and know who to submit to and when. However, as happy as I am for my friends that are being bought, it sometimes depresses me, even though my problem is that I haven’t actually finished anything to sell.

Writing, like any other art form, is so connected to the creator’s self esteem that it’s hard to acccept when someone didn’t like it. Especially for us overly sensitive folks. I’m sure I’ll get rejections and I’m sure that I’ll cry about them. A lot. Hopefully I won’t give up and will eventually get published. So long as I can actually finish what I’m working on. Thpt.

Sarah

]]> By: Amie Stuart http://www.jackiebarbosa.com/2008/06/27/its-an-epidemic/comment-page-1/#comment-121 Amie Stuart Fri, 27 Jun 2008 07:15:00 +0000 http://authorjackiebarbosa.wordpress.com/2008/06/27/its-an-epidemic/#comment-121 Granted I've sold but this angst doesn't just go away after you sell. That said, it's the BIG deals that get to me (and of course my frame of mind does come into play) Granted I’ve sold but this angst doesn’t just go away after you sell. That said, it’s the BIG deals that get to me (and of course my frame of mind does come into play)

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