tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985527994752531646.post1531145621855180578..comments2015-12-12T04:23:03.043-05:00Comments on TANGIBLE JOY: Frustration and FearNichttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06940315656539997841noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985527994752531646.post-35656907707490495042012-07-03T02:29:15.579-04:002012-07-03T02:29:15.579-04:00I struggle with the same thing regarding writing. ...I struggle with the same thing regarding writing. I want to use the gifts God has given me (also, with no training whatsoever!) but do find it difficult to find the time. But usually, if I see the big picture, I know that the years when my kids are tiny and at home a lot are so few and so quick... I feel okay putting more serious writing (if it ever happens) on the back burner until they are at least in school all day, every day. But that's just me. And honestly, my other thought when it comes to all kinds of fun hobbies I wish I had time to do, but don't... I realize that there will be eternity to write and craft and do a million other amazing things in heaven. And so if I have to wait until I'm there... that's okay too. :) I love you Cuz, thanks for posting this, and can't wait to read your book someday. :)suzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10946286170440328222noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-985527994752531646.post-83857183690655960422012-07-03T01:08:09.218-04:002012-07-03T01:08:09.218-04:00hi aunt nicole~ this is brittany.
i understand as...hi aunt nicole~ this is brittany.<br /><br />i understand as much as i can what you are saying here. i can relate to a lot of it. i'm not phenomenal with advice (and it's usually unwanted anyway), so here are some inspirational quotes regarding writing that i really like:<br /><br />“Don’t think. Thinking is the enemy of creativity. It’s self-conscious and anything self-conscious is lousy. You can’t ‘try’ to do things. You simply ‘must’ do things.” –Ray Bradbury<br /><br />“You must write every single day of your life. . . May you be in love every day for the next 20,000 days. And out of that love, remake a world.” –Ray Bradbury<br /><br />“Writing isn’t about making money, getting famous, getting dates, getting laid, or making friends. In the end, it’s about enriching the lives of those who will read your work, and enriching your own life, as well. It’s about getting up, getting well, and getting over. Getting happy, okay? Getting happy.”<br />-Stephen King<br /><br />“I think for me the tipping point was when I was a very young man. It was late at night, and I was lying in bed, and I thought, as I often thought, ‘I could be a writer. It’s what I want to be. I think it’s what I am.’ And then I imagined myself in my eighties, possibly even on my deathbed, thinking the same thought, in a life when I’d never written anything. And I’d be an old man, with my life behind me, still telling myself I was really a writer—and I would never know if I was kidding myself or not.” –Neil Gaiman<br /><br />“The scariest moment is always just before you start.” -Stephen King<br /><br />i can tell writing is a considerable part of who you are and, as a writer, you can either write, or not write. unfortunately, either way, you suffer to some degree-- writing is a discipline and takes much work (however entirely worth it), and not writing is the equivalent of limiting a winged animal to a cage its entire life.<br /><br />i'm not sure if you were being rhetorical with this post or not, and i realize i'm only 16 and attempting to give advice as if i'm some learned expert, but i have much empathy for your situation and care about your written endeavors-- as your niece and as a fellow writer. every day offers a potential adventure-- it is up to you to create that opportunity.brittany (kind of)https://www.blogger.com/profile/08339655966227559665noreply@blogger.com