Comments on GUYANA: My ugly hands.

Hey GG it have a Guyanese hater on this forum http...

2008-10-16T10:40:00.000-04:00

Hey GG it have a Guyanese hater on this forum http://www.detrinidadian.com/

go buss some lash on he arse

Thanks for the nomination and the encouragement GG...

2008-10-03T18:46:00.000-04:00

Thanks for the nomination and the encouragement GG. I just posted for the first time in weeks and weeks.

Oooh, now I'm very curious Pat. Do you know, I tal...

2008-09-15T10:47:00.000-04:00

Oooh, now I'm very curious Pat. Do you know, I talk about you, my mum knows you too! Don't let rejection get you down, you have a delicious story to tell.

Daphne, I've been writing forever it seems, tv scripts, ad campaigns...now, I want to write books. I want to write everything.

Hola Ieishah, gracias y bienvenida, I see you're in Barcelona! I'll be visiting your blog soon, mother needs to use our phone...

GG: thanks for that. I must get my shoulder to t...

2008-09-15T06:19:00.000-04:00

GG: thanks for that. I must get my shoulder to the wheel again. Difficult to get going again after a break and I've been walking round S America (you'll have to read my post to understand:))
You and Zinnia boost me on.

Another one writing a book! I'll have to buy anot...

2008-09-11T16:53:00.000-04:00

Another one writing a book! I'll have to buy another bookcase. Glad your hands are better, that applause must have hurt.

you alright, sis.

2008-09-11T06:57:00.000-04:00

you alright, sis.

Oh no, Louis, mine are on my face :-)

2008-09-10T05:16:00.000-04:00

Oh no, Louis, mine are on my face :-)

Are he lips on the upper left hand side of your bl...

2008-09-09T18:38:00.000-04:00

Are he lips on the upper left hand side of your blog yours?

Okay Pat, I'll find another blogger to share this ...

2008-09-08T14:20:00.000-04:00

Okay Pat, I'll find another blogger to share this award with.

Now...about writing and editing and finding lit. agents / publishers...

First, I took a cold, hard look at what I'd written. I thought about what I was trying to say, asked myself, is this the best way, am I rambling here? Should I rearrange this? Should I delete? Etc, etc.

To keep me going, I read a lot of stuff [online] about now famous books that were once rejected...oh gleeful glee, those publishers have lived to regret...check out this link: http://www.simonteakettle.com/famousauthors.htm

My mother told me she'd read somewhere, a now well-established writer said that every time he got a manuscript rejected, he'd think of it as 'a period of refinement.'

I love that. A period of refinement.

An aunt told me that rejection is all part of the process.

Now hear this joke...the writer of a book that won awards allowed a new writer to 'borrow' his prize-winning work. The new writer submitted the work with his name to the SAME publishing house that had published the famous book. They REJECTED the book. Not knowing it was one of THEIRS. hahahahahaha. I shouldn't laugh. In case some very famous publishing house is reading my blog, ha, as if.

Oh, an author said that what makes a writer successful is sheer will power, not giving up, obstinacy, perseverance...you get my drift...?

So Pat, don't give up. All the best xx.

Mike, isn't it just...UNIQUE? I'd love to say more...

2008-09-08T14:02:00.000-04:00

Mike, isn't it just...UNIQUE? I'd love to say more good stuff about you but that would make me sound like I'm gushing. Even though it would all be true.

Hayden, how's the Chocolate Princess manuscript going?

Whoa, a series of journals, Pitirre, will you tell? One day? Hmm?

Jdid, I will SHOUT if / when I get published, I won't be able to keep that to myself, I'll be giddy with excitement.

Mr. Farty, every time I type your name I remember the boys I grew up with. Goodness. Gracious :-D

Sablonneuse, everything's healed and I'm back in the garden trying to grow peas, I'm cleaning home again...I know this sounds weird but I enjoy cleaning. I shouldn't say that. The feminists might try to find me and lock me up.

Hello Anonymous, isn't she just wickedly good?
Krimo, I wish I can write scores of books which sell all over the world...but noooobody knows it's me. Success without fame hahaha.

Olivia, I still can't believe it, you're a dentist's assistant now. And you're getting right into it too. Enjoy!

Good luck Stolid :-)

Thank you, Shrimpy, thank you. It's passed. And I'm a [self-destructive] lemming, there I go again, working in the garden without gloves.

Saluto to you too, Arachesostufo.

Thank you, this too shall passed, it's passed :-D

Thanks Caro, you're truly amazing, I tell people about you all the time, what a healer you are. There should be an award for what you do.

You're very welcome Lucy. Oh my! Tobago! I've only heard about it, my cousins have been there and they ADORE it. I stood in our verandah and waved saying, Hello Lucy's liddle nephew.

It's good to be back, john g, YAY.

Pat, I'll write a comment just for you alone.....

You are very kind, G-G. Many thanks for my lovely...

2008-09-08T09:15:00.000-04:00

You are very kind, G-G. Many thanks for my lovely award. And my my, what a... what a... what a... UNIQUE design!

It's a great place to be with your manuscript, isn...

2008-09-07T18:03:00.000-04:00

It's a great place to be with your manuscript, isn't it? Full of the story, tightening it down...

I love editing/rewriting/polishing.

I been doing extreme surgery to me manuscript, cut...

2008-09-07T17:28:00.000-04:00

I been doing extreme surgery to me manuscript, cutting out chunks of self-indulgence, removing them silly bits and re-stitching phrases and sentences and adding more life to the writing. If I did only stop to blog I woulda lose momentum an’ passion.

I hear ya. Haven't been around either because I'm doing more or less the same, ... not for a book but for a series of journals.

thanks for the award and the nice words :-). must ...

2008-09-07T14:50:00.000-04:00

thanks for the award and the nice words :-). must say i really look forward to your posts.

so when the manuscript getting publish? cause ya know i will have to search out a copy

Manuscript? Way to go, GG!Oh, and thanks for the m...

2008-09-06T17:13:00.000-04:00

Manuscript? Way to go, GG!

Oh, and thanks for the mention, but you totally deserve the award.

Twenty squillion blogs in the world and you picked three that I already know - I sent in a (rubbish/rejected) entry to Mike's book, Pat was my second ever commenter and Lucy P? She rocks.

Off to read them all now.

Toot toot!

oh you poor dear! Hope typing isn't too painful wi...

2008-09-06T13:23:00.000-04:00

oh you poor dear! Hope typing isn't too painful with blistered hands. And I wish you every success with the book. As for housework, who's going to complain if you don't do as much as usual?

congratulations! i love lucy, too!

2008-09-06T06:45:00.000-04:00

congratulations! i love lucy, too!

I like the "extreme surgery" bit, Gigi. When you b...

2008-09-06T05:23:00.000-04:00

I like the "extreme surgery" bit, Gigi. When you become famous, you can put all those silly bits back and everyone will think: "How original!"

So glad you are back! As it's nearly bedtime I mu...

2008-09-05T23:53:00.000-04:00

So glad you are back! As it's nearly bedtime I must go so I am not late for work tomorrow, but will try to come back in the evening and catch up with the blogs I've been neglecting since starting work!

I gotta try next year for the grammy.

2008-09-05T20:16:00.000-04:00

I gotta try next year for the grammy.

Blisters and manuscripts, sounds like tough times....

2008-09-05T17:42:00.000-04:00

Blisters and manuscripts, sounds like tough times. I'll keep my (unblistered) fingers crossed that the hard work pays off for you.

@this too will pass - ha :)

un saluto da scorzè Padania

2008-09-05T14:12:00.000-04:00

un saluto da scorzè Padania

I have to hand it to you

2008-09-05T14:00:00.000-04:00

I have to hand it to you

GG - that sounds like one heck of an allergic reac...

2008-09-05T13:47:00.000-04:00

GG - that sounds like one heck of an allergic reaction!

If that should ever happen to you again do attempt to get a message to me and ask for help - if I can't do a distance correction I could probably tell you how to do one on yourself! (and you never know it might work ;-)

gg, thank you you lovely lovely thing you.... i'll...

2008-09-05T13:45:00.000-04:00

gg, thank you you lovely lovely thing you.... i'll wicked you up something. must find that mama somewhere... i think i know the one you mean. ... while we're at it, could you wave across the water at my lil sis who is in tobago this week (her son is half tobagan... he's gone to meet his island!... he's three years old....) it's not far from ggland, is it? xxx