tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post118892490337985307..comments2024-03-07T09:26:21.305-05:00Comments on My Hogwarts Sabbatical: The Insecure Writer and Not Having a ClueChemist Kenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09738272332470397248noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-25217728125087973772012-10-03T08:37:33.594-04:002012-10-03T08:37:33.594-04:00Write the best book you can...yes, but have an ama...Write the best book you can...yes, but have an amazing story too. Lizahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16170701034715108039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-39164541528278268932012-09-20T17:13:34.343-04:002012-09-20T17:13:34.343-04:00No one has a clue as to what makes a book successf...No one has a clue as to what makes a book successful. I think that's proven over and over. Keep at it. You'll never be successful if you don't.M Paxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14096697282530998519noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-17205539109249036662012-09-08T20:11:28.129-04:002012-09-08T20:11:28.129-04:00I enjoyed reading your post. I think it's a mi...I enjoyed reading your post. I think it's a mixture of skill/talent and luck. You have to write something good, but then it has to find it's way to the people. Sometimes things work out just right and a book skyrockets to fame, while other times a good book sits there not being discovered.<br /><br />As far as breaking the rules, sometimes that works and sometimes it doesn't. I've read books where the mistakes pulled me out and were highly irritating, and others where I got so sucked into the story, it was only later that I looked back and said 'wait...the author has been doing xyz - how come it didn't bother me?'<br /><br />Who knows? Your guess is as good as mine... ;)Melissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08516493326566981116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-13090670236901052082012-09-08T05:18:04.296-04:002012-09-08T05:18:04.296-04:00Rowling is an amazing writer, it is hard to come u...Rowling is an amazing writer, it is hard to come up to her standards but I think that if you truly believe in yourself you can do it. Rowling herself got Philosophers Stone denied several times before getting it published but she never gave up. So yes, I think believing in yourself is one of the main ways to make it successful :) xAltheahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17089445713150822100noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-85019471701081751232012-09-08T03:05:37.030-04:002012-09-08T03:05:37.030-04:00Interesting blog. I too am new to using social me...Interesting blog. I too am new to using social media for extending my writing net. I'm finally in the groove for blogging and it feels much more natural now. As far as Facebook, Twitter, etc. Well maybe I'll get there ...Heather Muskhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06401981352369837021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-62436259639206605882012-09-07T10:55:43.478-04:002012-09-07T10:55:43.478-04:00Thanks for the comment. IWSG is a great place to ...Thanks for the comment. IWSG is a great place to meet people interested in writing.Chemist Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738272332470397248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-23328597221298754892012-09-07T10:54:31.383-04:002012-09-07T10:54:31.383-04:00True, but unless one self-publishes, you often hav...True, but unless one self-publishes, you often have to find a way to please both.Chemist Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738272332470397248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-48600276910375965092012-09-07T10:53:17.219-04:002012-09-07T10:53:17.219-04:00Thanks for the comment. I loved that picture so m...Thanks for the comment. I loved that picture so much when I found it, I just knew I'd have to use it.Chemist Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738272332470397248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-70898171476357903212012-09-07T10:44:27.160-04:002012-09-07T10:44:27.160-04:00I think it's also a matter of all the hard wor...I think it's also a matter of all the hard work you put into your blog.Chemist Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738272332470397248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-1356242790256233892012-09-07T10:41:28.886-04:002012-09-07T10:41:28.886-04:00Thanks Sher, for the compliment. My problem is ge...Thanks Sher, for the compliment. My problem is getting those ideas down on paper in a form that looks professional.Chemist Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738272332470397248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-25345107759313829092012-09-07T10:40:01.680-04:002012-09-07T10:40:01.680-04:00As I said in my post, I'm so bad at social med...As I said in my post, I'm so bad at social media right now that I don't have to worry about spending too much time on it.<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by.Chemist Kenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09738272332470397248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-32284180472756571922012-09-07T09:25:34.739-04:002012-09-07T09:25:34.739-04:00All good questions, and I have no clue. I don'...All good questions, and I have no clue. I don't know that anyone does. I went to a conference in 2008 and was told the mystery was dead, and vampires, and the paranormal -- on the way out. Yeah, those experts had all the answers -- it's up to the readers. I'm a reader, so hopefully if I write what I like, I'll hit what others like too -- is that a plan?<br />Nice to meet you through IWSG.Yolanda Renéehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09085436784133103221noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-59680274684306927832012-09-06T20:15:44.934-04:002012-09-06T20:15:44.934-04:00Thanks for visiting my blog earlier today. I agree...Thanks for visiting my blog earlier today. I agree that our job as writers is to write the best book we can-- the mainstream response to it is not something we have a lot of control over.Cynthiahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00912167351889969855noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-53021458241865333002012-09-06T16:56:00.776-04:002012-09-06T16:56:00.776-04:00Oh my gosh, I love this post... so true! It really...Oh my gosh, I love this post... so true! It really is reaching the impossible dream... <br /><br />It totally feels like banging against an immovable door over and over and over again... but I love it, so I'm going to keep trying, keep pushing, keep knocking... ;)<br /><br />And off topic, I LOVE your picture up there... the house gives me goosebumps... and the coloring is so beautiful... I wish I could be transported into that picture! <br /><br />Oh! And new follower... love your blog. :D Morganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15747144518868320969noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-63481156407637414172012-09-06T08:43:18.065-04:002012-09-06T08:43:18.065-04:00I couldn't tell you the answer either, althoug...I couldn't tell you the answer either, although my blog has helped sell my books. Which is ironic considering I rarely mention them. Guess it's all in the timing.Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-54718466628185445872012-09-05T23:52:41.563-04:002012-09-05T23:52:41.563-04:00Technically, I should be meeting new people, but I...Technically, I should be meeting new people, but I think the overriding element to success is finding a subject that really catches people's imaginations. Harry Potter did that. I wonder if Rowling's new adult book will do the same. I haven't asked you what you think you'll write when you're done with this, but it seems to me you have the key element necessary to write a successful book: a good imagination.<br /> Sher A. Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03067955594103356768noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9207356626683365538.post-13762106540445047722012-09-05T16:09:30.937-04:002012-09-05T16:09:30.937-04:00Really, that's all you can do is write your be...Really, that's all you can do is write your best. I guess we can all wait for the stars to align, but wouldn't that indicate success for all of us??<br /><br />And don't even get me started on social media. Yes, it's important, but it can be time wasting, right? But it's fun. But it's time wasting. But it's educational. But it's time wasting. But it's...<br /><br />Nice to meet you through ISWG! I'm a new follower, wishing you the best!Ink in the Bookhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03117718811407968345noreply@blogger.com