A Reminder
October 16, 1998
4:52 a.m.
Sometimes a guy needs to be reminded, you know? Sometimes a guy says words so often, or perhaps even just thinks them that often, that they lose the concreteness of their meaning. A new writer seems constantly inspired to complain about long response times and the fact that we're acknowledged bottom feeders. And we complain about not understanding why our work doesn't sell right out of the box more often. But there are so many positives about being a writer. So many. And one of the biggest is that I can honestly say the writing community is one where almost everyone roots for you to succeed. Encouragement comes from big names, medium-big names (who are big names to me), and my peer group . . . and, I guess I should give myself a little credit, from the group of people who are just starting out. It's a characteristic of the business that really makes it all worthwhile, and it's a characteristic that helps me have patience when I get into one of those "I want the world and I want it now" modes. Yesterday and this morning my e-mail account runneth over. I didn't realize it meant so much to me until it happened. You see I've said that the community rallies around each other about a billion times. But somewhere I forgot what it meant. Thanks so much for the reminder.  Daily Persistence is © Ron Collins |
|
"I get by with a little help from my friends" Lennon/McCartney |
BACK TO 
|