Comments on: Are You Committed to Your Writing? Or Just "Shacking Up?"

By: Betrothed Again….Writing Every Day | cynarmeswrites

Betrothed Again….Writing Every Day | cynarmeswrites — Fri, 21 Jan 2011 22:19:48 +0000

[…] December, after Kristen Lamb’s blog entry “Are You Committed to Your Writing? Or Just “Shacking Up?”, I knew I had a […]

By: oxydizer

oxydizer — Wed, 15 Dec 2010 12:00:23 +0000

Hi! I am a copywriter and today I am sick of writing. It’s all a lump of bullshit in a world that has no patience to read. So…what?

The world loves pictures. So I am a visualizer. Writing is lengthy and boring. What can be said in one sentence is being said in a 1000 words. People are – fed up. Right?

Lovely post.

By: Lisa Ullrich

Lisa Ullrich — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:45:20 +0000

Kristen, you got me on the title of this post and I just had to read it (I shared on FB too). This scenario can really apply to so many things in my life that I put off til tomorrow. I’ve been revamping how I think about things, trying to change my life around and live for me (instead of everyone else). I’m an artist and I enjoy writing as well, but I want to do both. I’m just getting my feet wet with writing, feeling overwhelmed, but I’m going to make some new commitments and changes in my daily life. One of them being to actually read a book from cover to cover. I have a bad habit of starting a book and leaving it half finished. I’m going to read, write and draw for at least 15 minutes each (daily).

By: michaelcogdill

michaelcogdill — Mon, 13 Dec 2010 01:41:47 +0000

Kristen, you put on a fine fresh spread of honesty and good sense for writers. I’m a television professional and writer who embraces the new publishing model that’s breaking some of those hardened hearts of the book business.

Writers, emulate Franzen’s process (isolation, discipline, thoughfulness) to get a book done, but avoid his sneer at media culture when you succeed. Franzen’s Oprah problem was no media problem. It was a Franzen problem.

Here’s a quick little blog post for more, if you want: http://michaelcogdill.wordpress.com/2010/12/08/please-lets-shed-the-manacles-of-freedom/

Warmest tidings,
m

By: Pamela K.

Pamela K. — Tue, 07 Dec 2010 02:05:10 +0000

Too funny, Kristen. My muse saw your blog topic and insisted I read it. Guess I better tighten up.

By: Social Media: Costco or Lost in Space? « Author Piper Bayard

Social Media: Costco or Lost in Space? « Author Piper Bayard — Mon, 06 Dec 2010 18:22:01 +0000

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By: Jody Payne

Jody Payne — Sun, 05 Dec 2010 11:50:14 +0000

Smack, smack, about the head and shoulders. Thanks, girl, I needed that.

By: Author Kristen Lamb

Author Kristen Lamb — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 21:29:18 +0000

In reply to Kwana.

LOL…I know. I was the worst Genre Gigolo, but I have mended my ways. It is a daily—Ooooh, shiny!—Where was I? Oh, yeah. It’s a daily struggle. Thanks for the comment.

By: Author Kristen Lamb

Author Kristen Lamb — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 21:28:07 +0000

In reply to Marwa Elnaggar. I hear ya, LOL. I actually have War of Art on my Amazon wish list. Sounds like good advice. :) Thanks for the comment!

By: Marwa Elnaggar

Marwa Elnaggar — Sat, 04 Dec 2010 19:56:10 +0000

To my great shame, I’m cheating on My Novel. You see, this other novel that someone else wrote just gives me all the comfort that My Novel doesn’t. Someone else’s Novel is waiting on me hand and foot, while My Novel is all nag, nag, nag. “You take me for granted,” is all I hear from My Novel, while “Have I got a yummy surprise for you, babe,” is how Someone else’s Novel greets me when I walk in.

*sigh* I love this post, Kristen. I’ve been reading Steven Pressfield’s War of Art, and he gives the same advice about being committed and going professional. He even goes as far as suggesting that writers who want to be professional should turn themselves into a corporation.