tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post348353497280067853..comments2024-01-12T00:00:04.996-05:00Comments on The Paper Wait: The Catch 22 of ConferencesEileen Cameronhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03147679493619958932noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-11629349604716916552008-06-12T08:55:00.000-04:002008-06-12T08:55:00.000-04:00Jerry Spinelli spoke a lot about not giving up. Hi...Jerry Spinelli spoke a lot about not giving up. His first four novels were not published. He wrote "Eggs" more than ten years ago and received a lengthy revision letter from an editor. He said he worked through about a third of the revisions, got discouraged and put it away. Ten years later, he thought about it, dug out the manuscript, still liked it as it was, submitted it, and received--as he said--a much larger advance than he would have when he wrote it.<BR/><BR/>His message was to always believe in your own writing.J.A. Palermohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18325616361174334630noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-79338737365893408442008-06-12T08:06:00.000-04:002008-06-12T08:06:00.000-04:00And from Eleanor Roosevelt ..."No one can make you...And from Eleanor Roosevelt ...<BR/><BR/>"No one can make you feel inferior without your consent."Gale Sypher Jacobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06316827256622168039noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-74927826055540413242008-06-12T08:02:00.000-04:002008-06-12T08:02:00.000-04:00Glad to hear the conference went well. The catch-...Glad to hear the conference went well. The catch-22 of conferences is that it's as hard to get an agent as it is to get an editor. And even though a writer has an agent, she/he still needs to attend conferences to network, brainstorm, and learn.Meg Wiviotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16178051434999444739noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-59433256837873376332008-06-11T19:25:00.000-04:002008-06-11T19:25:00.000-04:00And here's one from John Jakes...Be persistent. Ed...And here's one from John Jakes...<BR/><BR/>Be persistent. Editors change; tastes change; editorial markets change. Too many beginning writers give up too easily.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6265428284848727164.post-741691901617383312008-06-10T22:50:00.000-04:002008-06-10T22:50:00.000-04:00"...published writers are simply writers who didn'..."...published writers are simply writers who didn't give up." I think that should be cross-stitched on a pillow or put in a fortune cookie! Well said.Robin Constantinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12702857007702547325noreply@blogger.com