tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post1074197840117173044..comments2024-03-06T10:39:37.128+00:00Comments on Tania Writes: 2012... calmer? Maybe.Tania Hershmanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15781460794034586895noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-30415424430162059232012-01-12T12:03:19.116+00:002012-01-12T12:03:19.116+00:00I hope you manage to send the fever on its way swi...I hope you manage to send the fever on its way swiftly.<br /><br />I also suffer from check-on-submissions-itis and blog-stat-check-itis as well. It was so bad last year that I was relieved at two points when my phone broke, and then when I went camping and had no reception in Corsica. For once I didn't give a stuff about my stories!<br /><br />I think it is wise of you to slow down with submissions - it can get totally out of hand, and even colour the writing process itself. <br /><br />Congrats on such a productive year however!chillcathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10360989103518880339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-44535205077027751862012-01-12T10:28:09.143+00:002012-01-12T10:28:09.143+00:00Great blog Tania! It prompts one of the questions ...Great blog Tania! It prompts one of the questions I've always wanted to know from other writers - just how many places do you send a single story to, when it's just been finished?<br />Jamie.Jamie Guineyhttp://www.jamieguiney.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-61605984833416132772012-01-11T21:05:27.261+00:002012-01-11T21:05:27.261+00:00I hope the change does you the power of good - loo...I hope the change does you the power of good - look forward to more poetry prose from you.Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-54756655138933020952012-01-11T17:20:32.909+00:002012-01-11T17:20:32.909+00:00It does suck to feel under the weather. Drink lots...It does suck to feel under the weather. Drink lots of fluid, worry less. A new year brings forth new beginnings and fresh hopes. Stay happy. Take care and god bless. Peace.whitecorphttp://www.whitegroupmaths.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-80716715822396424372012-01-10T02:05:49.168+00:002012-01-10T02:05:49.168+00:00Hope you're feeling better!
Sounds like you ...Hope you're feeling better! <br /><br />Sounds like you have great plans afoot -- I won't be alone in looking forward to seeing your new story collection, so best of luck with that. <br /><br />I hear you re: wondering where things will be published while writing; I felt the same last year after only 30-ish subs. Interested to hear you listed out your subs and acceptances, was thinking of keeping a diary this year just to see. Will head over and look at what you guys did. <br /><br />Good luck with everything in 2012 (and v well done on New Scientist and Nature -- very cool!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-19038985801375532632012-01-09T15:38:23.321+00:002012-01-09T15:38:23.321+00:00Happy creative writey lovely marvellous healthy wo...Happy creative writey lovely marvellous healthy wonderful new year to you! <br /><br />XXAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00597852661913928616noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-15351301304900675452012-01-09T14:43:09.745+00:002012-01-09T14:43:09.745+00:00First get better soon. It must be 2012-itis, I'...First get better soon. It must be 2012-itis, I'm feeling crap today too. (though I see you wrote this Saturday). <br /><br />I was much like you with submitting. Obsessive. I think it's a bit addictive. Even rejections- if you can believe it. I'd be like- "Oh yeah? I'll show you!" Then I started to think about what was more effective for me. Yes short stories in mags get your name out there, but I wasn't sure if that was so important anymore. For me short stories were a bit like crap sparklers- a fantastic bit of excitement and then just a yucky black wire and you're back to zero and searching for the next sparkler. <br /><br />I think we all need to evaluate our path as the path changes. I think you're spot on to keep your stories to yourself if you're planning a collection. I also think your flash is so near to poetry it seems natural you're going that way. <br /><br />And I like your new blog look very much. <br /><br />I know if your 2012 is the teaching year or the poetry year or the keep silent and work year- it will be a success. Good luck!Laurihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11112458658109887868noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-11066991241125100422012-01-09T12:19:17.882+00:002012-01-09T12:19:17.882+00:00Thanks, Jill, sometimes that's what I do on th...Thanks, Jill, sometimes that's what I do on the blog, have an honest talk-with-self! And we all know about plans...Tania Hershmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781460794034586895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-90029716728770170032012-01-08T18:09:44.043+00:002012-01-08T18:09:44.043+00:00Really enjoyed the honest-talk-with-self quality o...Really enjoyed the honest-talk-with-self quality of this post. I know the obsession you're writing about. Glad you've made a plan.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-16002070974292752762012-01-08T13:36:08.756+00:002012-01-08T13:36:08.756+00:00Sue, it is interesting, isn't it? You are more...Sue, it is interesting, isn't it? You are more "out there" than me in terms of books and variety of forms and readerships etc..., but perhaps it is some sort of evolution, where we are getting to, a wanting to pull back a bit. I want to read that blog post...!Tania Hershmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781460794034586895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-88106311185553614812012-01-08T12:31:36.513+00:002012-01-08T12:31:36.513+00:00This is all so interesting to me. We've discus...This is all so interesting to me. We've discussed some of this before, but I now wonder if it has to do with this particular point in our careers. We've both been "out there" (ie publishing regularly, books out etc) for 5 or 6 years and now feel...well, how we feel, ie frustrated, unsure, annoyed. I feel a blog post coming on....Sue Guineyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13556228394020314560noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-65232364493705442762012-01-07T21:38:49.310+00:002012-01-07T21:38:49.310+00:00Miriam, thanks, and yours too!
Alison, oooh, if w...Miriam, thanks, and yours too!<br /><br />Alison, oooh, if we can entice you over... Will let you know. And I think some of my fiction's mind-bending enough when I'm not feverish, although that's quite a good idea!<br /><br />Annie, I think it's time I chilled out on the submitting, you are sensible. Happy New Year to you too, looking forward to hearing more about your news too. xxTania Hershmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781460794034586895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-84332560469104439552012-01-07T20:40:45.458+00:002012-01-07T20:40:45.458+00:00it is tiring submitting, I don't submit much b...it is tiring submitting, I don't submit much because of this... your plans for 2012 sound wonderful... collection, teaching and some mysterious news...! Happy new year xannie clarksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02142921731812954985noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-42653215487728902122012-01-07T19:38:45.673+00:002012-01-07T19:38:45.673+00:00I enjoyed reading all about your plans and a look ...I enjoyed reading all about your plans and a look at last year. 20 stories published was quite an amazing figure! I look forward to hearing all about the workshops, I've got a plan forming of escaping this Emerald Isle for a jaunt involving something like.. a course on flash fiction, if I can get a bit of funding maybe. So I'm all ears. Oh and do get well soon, unless you are mining your fever for mind bending fiction.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32078352.post-1888797166372384002012-01-07T18:42:46.328+00:002012-01-07T18:42:46.328+00:00Happy 2012, Tania! I hope all your plans come to f...Happy 2012, Tania! I hope all your plans come to fruition.Miriam Drorihttp://andewallscametumblindown.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.com