Comments on: Honorary Heartlette(s) - Mary Buckham and Dianna Love

By: Getting to THE END « Purple Hearts

Getting to THE END « Purple Hearts — Mon, 09 Jun 2008 11:06:18 +0000

[...] such people, Dianna Love and Mary Buckham, spent a day with us back in March with a post on BREAK INTO FICTION – WHAT IT TAKES TO GET PUBLISHED TODAY. In it, Mary shared the following: The great news for writers everywhere is they have the choices [...]

By: Writer Burnout - Friend or Foe « Purple Hearts

Writer Burnout - Friend or Foe « Purple Hearts — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 16:40:06 +0000

[...] career, creativity, writer’s block, writing | This month we had two wonderful Honorary Heartlettes guest blog for us. Mary Buckham and Diana Snell inspired us [...]

By: jphearts

jphearts — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 14:29:47 +0000

Stephen,
Thank you for joining us and for posting a comment. I am happy to hear that you found help and support in our blog, and I hope you will visit us again! Wishing you continued success as well …
-Jessica

By: scgreen

scgreen — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 13:30:06 +0000

Hello-
What a wonderful blog. I couldn’t help but feel like I was standing at the edge of a bottomless chasm when it came to publishing and finding an agent. Then I remembered that I felt a similar emotion when I typed the first words of my novel, but eventually I wrote the final two words, “The End”. So I know the task may seem daunting, but through my own perseverance, I will reach my goal. Thank you for putting words to how I feel, and I wish all of you continued success.
-Stephen

By: Writing Partners and The Business of Writing « Purple Hearts

Writing Partners and The Business of Writing « Purple Hearts — Fri, 07 Mar 2008 00:30:58 +0000

[...] as our guests this month, the timing of today’s blog post is a little uncanny. As Dianna mentioned in their post, “If one of us finds something interesting we share it and the other will dig a little deeper for [...]

By: February Giveaway with Mary Buckham and Diana Snell « Purple Hearts

February Giveaway with Mary Buckham and Diana Snell « Purple Hearts — Thu, 06 Mar 2008 14:03:30 +0000

[...] their post HERE to get some great information and enter for the contest being drawn on [...]

By: Laurie C

Laurie C — Wed, 05 Mar 2008 02:04:18 +0000

Thanks, Mary, Diana, and All for the terrific tips on keeping up a positive spin. I’m coming into this late, but really enjoyed the posts.

Me, I’m counting on perseverence and education to launch me into the land of publication.
The thing is…you KNOW/FEEL when you’re getting close and if you just stick with it then it will happen. I’ve learned so much this last year it makes me giddy to think of it. So exciting.

Looks like I’ll be adding your ‘help’ book to my collection soon.

By: Mary Buckham :-)

Mary Buckham :-) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:17:45 +0000

Laurie ~~

How delightful to see you here. I agree 100% that luck does make a difference but I also believe we can create our own luck by being prepared and willing to take risks and willing to keep moving forward. Support is invaluable too — and many times support is not through your CPs [though many times it is] but having a group of friends who push you to grow, to think bigger and to challenge your own beliefs on what you can and can’t do ~~ can make a world of difference and goes a long way toward creating that luck

Thanks for dropping by and posting ~~ Mary B

By: Mary Buckham :-)

Mary Buckham :-) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:14:08 +0000

Hello Vicki ~~

Thanks for stopping by! You earn your gold stars by knowing that you don’t submit and wait — you submit and keep writing. There was a mystery writer - Lawrence Block - who tells the story about a writer who asked him to read his first work. Lawrence said fine, as long as you start on the second. Writer got back to Lawrence and said what do you think? Lawrence, who didn’t read the first book past the first pages, said, almost there let me see the second, so the writer gives it to him. Same thing happens when the writer came back and asked, how’d you like it? Lawrence says — almost, let me see your third book. Now the third book Lawrence read and then passed along to his agent because the writer had grown and improved as a writer and that book was purchased.

Thanks for stopping by and I hope you find a few pearls of wisdom!

All the best ~~ Mary B

By: Mary Buckham :-)

Mary Buckham :-) — Tue, 04 Mar 2008 04:08:50 +0000

Gwen ~~Don’t you love the internet where someone is awake somewhere in the world You’re spot on in understanding that what the “pros” make look easy is in reality a result of lots and lots of work until it becomes second nature and then there’s still tweaking being done for the best ones.

Thanks for popping in ~~ Mary B