tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post1279584508440299039..comments2024-01-01T11:51:53.860-08:00Comments on Babbles from Scott Eagan: Find Your Passion Again And Follow ItScott Eaganhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17209357682070126879noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-21181226516828370422013-05-12T22:14:43.574-07:002013-05-12T22:14:43.574-07:00If we lack passion in what we write, readers will ...If we lack passion in what we write, readers will lack passion when they read our work. I have friends who self publish. The bottom line is they can't get an agent/publisher so they go ahead. It's mighty hard work and none of them really make any money in the short term and I don't they will in the long term. <br /><br />Great post as always.Denise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-61688383232571574832013-05-11T02:06:37.856-07:002013-05-11T02:06:37.856-07:00Very good post, thank you.Very good post, thank you.Rashad Pharaonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03795035923841527742noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1163829887162955058.post-54472375736136545462013-05-10T06:29:04.147-07:002013-05-10T06:29:04.147-07:00I've thought this many times but always 'h...I've thought this many times but always 'hit the brakes' when it came to writing a story just because it needed to be told. Why? I guess because these days it seems we writers are told time and time again to make sure we know our target audience, our genre, what publisher we're targeting and the list goes on. This is exactly what got me into trouble just recently. I had finished a novella that seemed to flow from my fingers. It was so much fun to write and looking back I realized that not once did I think about where it would fit, who would read it and who would publish it. The first editor to read it liked it but it didn't fit their needs at the moment. I pitched it during an online event and out of all those pitches an editor asked for a full. I sat scratching my head about that because I'd been struggling with what to write next. The idea I was really enamored with might not work here or there or anywhere. Yet it was calling to me. Like that novella idea. It finally dawned on me that I needed to get back to writing just for the joy of it. To not worry about if it would sell, where it would sell, would it earn any money...to just enjoy the journey.Christinahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17986754875043975943noreply@blogger.com