tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594899265833399641.post5033902624523804816..comments2012-06-28T01:41:21.151-04:00Comments on Rebecca Fields: Finding Me~Rhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00803700649459689136noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594899265833399641.post-66532705234744145602012-05-10T10:13:38.377-04:002012-05-10T10:13:38.377-04:00Thank you so much for reading and commenting, Vaug...Thank you so much for reading and commenting, Vaughn. I really appreciate it. I think I realized I had a problem when I got more birthday emails from writing sites than personal friends.<br /><br />I do the same thing! A woman posted this morning on FB asking whether the dark moment comes before or after the second plot point. I felt my IQ drop about 100 pts - I went blank. I had no clue what she was asking. I'm not an English major either and the technicalities of writing are like a foreign language to me.<br /><br />It is a pretty cool visual, isn't it? I thought it was gorgeous. Thank you for the compliments, I love writing for both sites, but right now I'm at 6 - 8 posts per month and it's really eating into my time. Sometimes I feel like I'm so into the mechanics of writing that I'm losing the creativity. I'd rather have the creativity. We'll see what happens, but from now on, my work will come first :) <br /><br />Can't wait to see yours in print!~Rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00803700649459689136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7594899265833399641.post-71951732444282200352012-05-10T09:39:52.186-04:002012-05-10T09:39:52.186-04:00It can be just plain exhausting, can't it? I w...It can be just plain exhausting, can't it? I was working on edits yesterday, and saw a post on the Writer Unboxed page about never starting a sentence with a gerund. I had just seen one in my work. I flipping panicked, and spent the next hour searching for gerunds. I hardly know an infinitive from a participle. Stuff like this makes me feel stupid, like a fraud. But then I remind myself that I am the only one who can tell my stories. And that's what brung me to this crazy-making dance. And I get back to it. <br /><br />You may have been spreading yourself too thin, Rebecca, but I came to know you from one of those other blogging gigs you mention. I came to read this because a) cool visual, and b) I know you to be a thought-provoking and inspiring writer. So it may have felt like a hamster wheel, and the effects of your turning it might not always be immediately apparent, but you're doing the 'write' thing. ;-) Keep it up!vaughnroycrofthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01548482765292623807noreply@blogger.com