tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223219505227837036.post7317985199825125213..comments2023-10-19T04:16:29.432-06:00Comments on The Dream To Write: An Elephant in Every RoomJulianne Harveyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01193190579330681002noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223219505227837036.post-31152558967063494142010-11-13T09:34:31.837-07:002010-11-13T09:34:31.837-07:00Hello again - see? I can't even make it back ...Hello again - see? I can't even make it back in a timely fashion to reply to your comment! I am so impressed with your ability to write so eloquently EVERY DAY. Thanks for popping in to check out my space, especially for your feedback re: the self-publishing thread. I've been playing around for a few months trying to figure out what I want my blog to be about and your comment reaffirms that that is where I need to put my focus. Okay - now I'll have a look at what new offering you have today.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223219505227837036.post-34387873719078323712010-11-08T21:23:59.545-07:002010-11-08T21:23:59.545-07:00Hi Maxine! Welcome and thanks for checking out my...Hi Maxine! Welcome and thanks for checking out my blog and reading a few posts. I made a commitment to blog daily for 6 weeks when I started in January, and I got so much from the discipline of sitting down each morning to write, that I simply continued, and thankfully a few of my friends and now several others have been faithfully reading and commenting.<br /><br />I know you need to create a Google account using your e-mail address, a screen name (mine is Writer Mom) and a password. Then you can follow my blog as well and choose how to get updated when there are new posts. Hope that helps. I checked out your blog and love your writing on self publishing in particular. I'll be back to yours to read more and thank you for your comment.<br /><br />Karen, I love your friend's quote and have used that a lot. This particular situation is more of an undercurrent where we have both cooled off in the relationship due to some unresolved conflict, but then when there is contact I'm not sure if we should be going into the issues or just leaving it at the surface and making the best of the situation.<br /><br />I still don't really know, but I'm slowly feeling my way through it. I find unresolved conflict very stressful but I'm having to learn better ways to handle it for myself. Thanks for your comment, my friend.Julianne Harveyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01193190579330681002noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223219505227837036.post-42601244880305150522010-11-08T17:07:54.812-07:002010-11-08T17:07:54.812-07:00I learned from my friend Andrea to ask a simple, &...I learned from my friend Andrea to ask a simple, "What do you mean by that?". It works so well; allows someone to clarify what they mean (or backpedal) without feeling too defensive. I use this one on my father-in-law all the time!Karen Whitenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3223219505227837036.post-10050100618963095442010-11-08T14:54:57.503-07:002010-11-08T14:54:57.503-07:00Hello -- I'm in Laura's writers' group...Hello -- I'm in Laura's writers' group (although we haven't met for months) and I accessed your blog from her new website. Pretty cool to have two writers in one family -- must be fun to exchange ideas and encouragement.<br /><br />I just read this post and the one following but I know I'll be back for more. I really like your easy-reading style. Plus I have experience as a too-tightly-wound director of church drama productions (while hosting an elephant in my living room). It'll be interesting to see what else we have in common.<br /><br />I also noticed that you have posted EVERY DAY for the past 9 months! How do you do that?<br /><br />Maxine<br /><br />ps. I have no idea why I keep coming us as anonymous! Any pointers?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com