tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post6428135248444467211..comments2024-03-26T17:15:22.712+13:00Comments on Craic-er: Courage and the Writer....Maureenhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17415343324427018793noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post-65896847559405570552010-05-06T13:48:28.867+12:002010-05-06T13:48:28.867+12:00Hi Maureen,
I'm glad you found our Teaching Au...Hi Maureen,<br />I'm glad you found our Teaching Authors blog. I actually started the group blog because I wanted to have a blogging presence that wouldn't suck too much time away from my writing. The blog has grown into so much more. As you mention, it promotes us and gives us more exposure in schools, but we've also found a new network of friends in fellow writers online, like you. :-) <br />Carmela<br /><a href="http://www.teachingauthors.com" rel="nofollow">TeachingAuthors</a>Carmela Martinohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15543808551988338496noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post-88402610961765579452010-05-02T08:29:07.485+12:002010-05-02T08:29:07.485+12:00MY mother! solo, hard working, talented, loud, emb...MY mother! solo, hard working, talented, loud, embarrassing when I was a teen, dependable, creative, impulsive... Oh, the days of cleaning the skirting boards of the five bedroom Kauri villa we rented out in the wop wops; or finishing with the garden when it was finished with an bugger if the sun had gone down!!<br />lol<br />Don't think she ever said I had to tidy my room. It was matter of childhood despair that it mostly shared it with my very messy younger sister. I always kept my side tidy (I even drew a line with a crayon!)TK Roxboroghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16396099477818776758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post-60225217737003594632010-05-01T09:47:39.168+12:002010-05-01T09:47:39.168+12:00no Maureen, that's my motherno Maureen, that's my motherMelinda Szymanikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10202080805759494767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post-53577413165102433372010-04-30T14:27:47.924+12:002010-04-30T14:27:47.924+12:00Tania were you brought up by my mother. Every time...Tania were you brought up by my mother. Every time I think about abandoning my current novel I get this litany in my head...finish what you are doing first before starting another thing...oh and tidy your room it looks like a pig sty...Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415343324427018793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post-71085465789292547702010-04-30T14:11:36.260+12:002010-04-30T14:11:36.260+12:00And, I think there's something in my blood whi...And, I think there's something in my blood which says not to start something I don't finish or finish what you start.<br /><br />Personally, I have found that writing these past 12 months more of an effort with less joy than before. Lots of frustration and boredomTK Roxboroghhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16396099477818776758noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post-15086282812584422172010-04-30T08:51:20.758+12:002010-04-30T08:51:20.758+12:00Hi Melinda,
I think courage = bloodymindedness.
An...Hi Melinda,<br />I think courage = bloodymindedness.<br />And you are right about the inspiration of author collectives making it easier to keep going....Maureenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17415343324427018793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8351393126967591748.post-29764141820252137102010-04-30T08:29:21.718+12:002010-04-30T08:29:21.718+12:00Sometimes its not courage Maureen, its sheer blood...Sometimes its not courage Maureen, its sheer bloody-mindedness ( a good kiwi attribute). Some days I give up at least a thousand times but we authors do tend to be suckers for punishment and keep going. And when you are part of such a groovy collective its a little easier to hang in there...Melinda Szymanikhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10202080805759494767noreply@blogger.com