Comments on: The Personal Apocalypse—When are We REAL Writers? https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/07/the-personal-apocalypse-when-are-we-real-writers/ Author, Blogger, Social Media Jedi Tue, 05 Nov 2013 16:13:55 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.8 By: Grace Tallar https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/07/the-personal-apocalypse-when-are-we-real-writers/#comment-38058 Tue, 05 Nov 2013 16:13:55 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=12481#comment-38058 Hello Kristen, I am glad you have written this blog, because you have inspired many. The number of answers indicate how little people believe in themselves and often they should be reminded that we should live according to our personal values and believing in our strengths and passion. Neuroscience and neuroplasticity have proved it. I have to admit that ethos was needed for me to understand you more. Thank you.

]]> By: Rhonda RANSFORD https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/07/the-personal-apocalypse-when-are-we-real-writers/#comment-38057 Sat, 07 Sep 2013 02:43:24 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=12481#comment-38057 WOW! I love this quote “Failure as Fertilizer

“When we first moved into our new home, our yard was essentially mowed field. The dirt was nothing but rocks and hard clay. When I planted my first flowers, they shriveled and died. So I planted different flowers and they died too.

So then I planted different flowers and they caught on fire and fell into the swamp died too. But, finally, after rounds and rounds of dead plants, the flowers started to thrive. All that had died had provided what was missing, the vital ingredients for life to THRIVE”

I think I might be ready the THRIVE now.

]]> By: WordsFallFromMyEyes https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/07/the-personal-apocalypse-when-are-we-real-writers/#comment-38056 Fri, 30 Aug 2013 08:17:01 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=12481#comment-38056 Excellent post. Savvy, interesting, helpful.

]]> By: Mzrose https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/07/the-personal-apocalypse-when-are-we-real-writers/#comment-38055 Thu, 08 Aug 2013 20:33:44 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=12481#comment-38055 Reblogged this on Writes of Life and commented:
Another good read

]]> By: A Hodgepodge of Useful Bits & Pieces – August 2013 | KD DID IT Takes on Books https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/07/the-personal-apocalypse-when-are-we-real-writers/#comment-38054 Fri, 02 Aug 2013 20:15:37 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=12481#comment-38054 […] Lamb has a brilliant post on “The Personal Apocalypse—When are We REAL Writers?“, and she discusses all the failures of her life. And if this isn’t enough to make you […]

]]> By: Barbara Forte Abate https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/07/the-personal-apocalypse-when-are-we-real-writers/#comment-38053 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 21:17:15 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=12481#comment-38053 Huh, what? Did I hear you say that REALLY is a light I’m seeing way out there at the end of the tunnel? Wowsie wow, I’m off and running…

]]> By: Rachel Thompson https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/07/the-personal-apocalypse-when-are-we-real-writers/#comment-38052 Thu, 01 Aug 2013 15:09:25 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=12481#comment-38052 Gee you sound like me. I lost everything more than 3 times. One big nut was my 35 year career going down the drain ( I was very good at it) and all my stuff with it ( Marriage too)- Best thing that ever happened and thankfully all my suicide attempts failed. I went from near-millionaire to homeless and insane. But that didn’t make me follow my writer’s dream- it took crashing my motorcycle, getting run over by an oncoming pickup truck, getting trapped under it and set on fire to get me writing. Half a year in a hospital gives one a lot of time to think. No I don’t write about tragedies, I do journalism while writing sci-fi and fantasy. I’m still on fire but now of the writer’s sort.

]]> By: A. Colleen Jones https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/07/the-personal-apocalypse-when-are-we-real-writers/#comment-38051 Wed, 31 Jul 2013 10:13:50 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=12481#comment-38051 Thanks Kristen. As usual, you are right on target. I swear sometimes it’s like your inside my head. I am caught between trying to please others (my family mostly) and live for myself. Really struggling and it’s affecting my health with phantom pains and lots and lots of time spent worrying about nothing. I’m giving up some volunteering that I’ve been doing over the last two years in order to devote some of that time and energy to myself and my writing. You’re an inspiration. Thanks. Colleen

]]> By: Vashti Quiroz-Vega https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/07/the-personal-apocalypse-when-are-we-real-writers/#comment-38050 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 19:42:07 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=12481#comment-38050 Excellent post Kristen. I even tweeted one of your quotes, “Any time we seek to do something remarkable, something that deviates from “normal”… expect rejection.”~ Kristen Lamb
Very motivational and inspiring. Thank you!

]]> By: awax1217 https://authorkristenlamb.com/2013/07/the-personal-apocalypse-when-are-we-real-writers/#comment-38049 Tue, 30 Jul 2013 16:50:39 +0000 http://warriorwriters.wordpress.com/?p=12481#comment-38049 I got the bug to write while teaching my class. I made up stories and they seemed to want to read me more than their textbooks. Of course I put their names in the works. I made them short and sweet. Example on my blog is the cat story. I tried to put a moral into the story but sometimes I feel on my face. Now I am retired and thought what the hell, might put out some of my writings and past experiences out there and if someone likes them all well and good and if not well they can just turn the page. I remember hearing that Picasso use to draw pictures on the beach with a stick just for the pleasure it gave him. Every evening the tide would come in and gave him a fresh slate of sand for the next days painting.

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