Comments on: Between A Rock and a Hard Place http://www.amiestuart.com/blog/2008/08/28/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/ Fri, 09 Jan 2009 13:25:56 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.2 By: Ames http://www.amiestuart.com/blog/2008/08/28/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/#comment-207730 Ames Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:46:40 +0000 http://www.amiestuart.com/blog/2008/08/28/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/#comment-207730 oh Lord I think I sounded like I was whining and I wasn't!!!! I'm really happy to have this break and Jordan I agree, it IS like a marathon! :) oh Lord I think I sounded like I was whining and I wasn’t!!!!

I’m really happy to have this break and Jordan I agree, it IS like a marathon! :)

]]> By: Charli http://www.amiestuart.com/blog/2008/08/28/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/#comment-207729 Charli Fri, 29 Aug 2008 19:39:59 +0000 http://www.amiestuart.com/blog/2008/08/28/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/#comment-207729 What Jordan said; it's a marathon and we have to pace ourselves accordingly. Also, one of the best things I read in a training book back when I was a serious runner was that the sport is for a lifetime and some years will be great, some years you'll be out sick or injured, and it's okay, because overall you're in it to enjoy it for a lifetime. (This author talked a lot about the lifetime view because he was seeing kids overtrained and injured...and I think that has a parallel in publishing perhaps.) We;re writers for life, and we don't have to try to cram a lifetime body of work into a few years. It's not a bad thing to not be contracted to the eyeballs and to have some breathing space. Enjoy your weekend! What Jordan said; it’s a marathon and we have to pace ourselves accordingly. Also, one of the best things I read in a training book back when I was a serious runner was that the sport is for a lifetime and some years will be great, some years you’ll be out sick or injured, and it’s okay, because overall you’re in it to enjoy it for a lifetime. (This author talked a lot about the lifetime view because he was seeing kids overtrained and injured…and I think that has a parallel in publishing perhaps.) We;re writers for life, and we don’t have to try to cram a lifetime body of work into a few years.

It’s not a bad thing to not be contracted to the eyeballs and to have some breathing space. Enjoy your weekend!

]]> By: Denise http://www.amiestuart.com/blog/2008/08/28/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/#comment-207712 Denise Fri, 29 Aug 2008 12:40:10 +0000 http://www.amiestuart.com/blog/2008/08/28/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/#comment-207712 just breathe ........ just breathe ……..

]]> By: Melissa Blue http://www.amiestuart.com/blog/2008/08/28/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/#comment-207600 Melissa Blue Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:06:50 +0000 http://www.amiestuart.com/blog/2008/08/28/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/#comment-207600 You know I don't understand why people celebrate three book deals. Yes, there's money. Yes, there's acclaim, but once all that dies down you have to produce three books that doesn't exist. Eeek! But enjoy the break, because the publishing bug is going to bite you. You know I don’t understand why people celebrate three book deals. Yes, there’s money. Yes, there’s acclaim, but once all that dies down you have to produce three books that doesn’t exist.

Eeek!

But enjoy the break, because the publishing bug is going to bite you.

]]> By: Jordan Summers http://www.amiestuart.com/blog/2008/08/28/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/#comment-207599 Jordan Summers Thu, 28 Aug 2008 15:51:19 +0000 http://www.amiestuart.com/blog/2008/08/28/between-a-rock-and-a-hard-place/#comment-207599 It's an odd state to be in, but I've been there many times. It's always a good time to reflect and decide what direction you really want to move in. Sometimes it's a surprise and sometimes it isn't. I think the thing that writers (including me at times) need to remember is this is a marathon---not a sprint. :) It’s an odd state to be in, but I’ve been there many times. It’s always a good time to reflect and decide what direction you really want to move in. Sometimes it’s a surprise and sometimes it isn’t. I think the thing that writers (including me at times) need to remember is this is a marathon—not a sprint. :)

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