Thanks for sharing,
Jimmy Roos

Thanks

As always, I love reading your blog so keep up the excellent work.

I really wish you would travel to Australia, or do virtual workshops so that I can be involved as I don’t live in the USA.

Thanks for continuing to help people. I bought your book and am only part way through it, but I have found out that although I am an IT professional as well as a writer, there is so much about Social Media that I don’t know and so many mistakes I was making.

Looking forward to more entries.

I resolve to be a warrior, like the women about whom I write, and save my avatar for my family. They’re all crazy about goldens!

And I’m going to keep laughing every time I see a bad review like one I got on Amazon. The woman said my story didn’t even have a plot– “it was just smut scene after smut scene”. Well, it does have a plot, and if she had bothered to read an excerpt, she would have caught onto the heat level pretty quickly! So I had a good laugh with my RWA chapter mates, and felt so much better.

So keep shining, girlfriend, and thanks for reminding us adversity makes us stronger. It cannot break us, we are Warrior Writer Women.

smiles,
Cathryn

Thanks. I really appreciate hearing that. It was such a kick in the gut to have someone so enraged over one of my blogs. But, upon deeper investigation, he was just an angry, angry man looking for a victim. Any victim. I am happy his poor behavior offered such great fodder for this message because all of us need to hear it or it is easy to lose hope. Thanks for your reader loyalty. It was actually people like you that kept me grounded (reading your comments) and gave me the courage to stand up for myself. I am just as grateful for readers like you :D.

I am so sorry for your troubles, but sadly bullies are everywhere and the sooner we learn how to mitigate the power they hold, the better. Thanks for taking the time to share and I hope you enjoy the book. All the best!

I love the way you relate it to making us shine. And I can honestly say there’s nothing about your posts that are offensive in any way. They are the exact opposite, and I applaud your willingness to share and speak plainly with all of us. You do shine! Thanks for reminding the rest of us to do the same.

This is timely for us. This week we were targeted with a smears and lies campaign from someone in our own publishing house. Sadly, it was the rare individual who ‘reported’ the ‘scandal’ who bothered to ask US what our side was and decide the truth from a complete picture. Our authors rallied and supported us, because they know our character and values. But it has been hard not to take the truth to the ‘streets’ because it just gives the haters more attention. Because we are a publisher, we are automatically mean and suspect? Well, I also happen to be a mother, a successful wife of 11yrs, a community volunteer. Our company gives monthly profits to our charitiable cause and supports others as well. We treat people fairly, with kindness, and with the respect that they deserve and human beings.

I am a tough chick and you are right, you express it beautifully. This is a lovely reminder. One of my favorite sayings has always been ‘The hardest steel has seen the most fire’. It is about sword making. 🙂 I have a friend with a tat that says,”Ad Astra per Aspera” which means “To the stars through adversity”. I like it. 🙂

I am going to tag this and re-read it when I am feeling battered in person and professional ways. I will ask share it on my Facebook, because I know many who will see themselves here and thank you, if only in their hearts.

Off to buy your book, thank you!