Comments on: Finished

by: Marsha Moyer

Thu, 24 May 2007 03:39:50 +0000

Just because I did it doesn’t mean I’d recommend it. On the other hand, at some point you do have to let go, otherwise you’ll keep rewriting those same 40 pages forever. Deadlines and cupcakes both help.

by: Ruchika

Wed, 23 May 2007 22:33:14 +0000

I’m sorry, you mean it only takes you a MONTH to rewrite your draft and send it in? ::sweating:: I’ve been rewriting for two and I’m still obsessed with the first forty pages. But maybe the Hostess cupcakes are the key…

by: mcewen

Wed, 23 May 2007 21:28:33 +0000

Certainly inspirational to me.
Cheers

by: Therese Walsh

Wed, 23 May 2007 21:10:51 +0000

I wouldn’t get a thing finished ever without the pressure of deadlines. (I think this is why the writing retreat went so well for me. Accountability. Time retraints. Peer pressure.)

Marsha, I’m so pleased for you that you’ve finished your fourth novel, and I can’t wait to read it…after Heartbreak Town. CONGRATS!

by: Melissa Marsh

Wed, 23 May 2007 16:15:51 +0000

I haven’t had a Hostess Cupcake in years. How sad is that?

I think I need deadlines, too. I know when I had a deadline for my thesis in grad school, I monkeyed around for a month or two and had to cram everything into about a month there at the end. I always swear I’m not going to do that anymore, but how long does that last? Not very!

by: Kathleen Bolton

Wed, 23 May 2007 13:27:46 +0000

Mmmm, Hostess Cupcakes, drool….

I can’t decide if I feel better or worse after reading this, Marsha. You mean the frantic anxiety and the bulk buys of Maalox never goes away? Even after 4 novels?

I’m going to decide to feel better because, as you say, the feeling passes, and it’s got to be a wonderful to contemplate fresh projects.

Good luck with all of them!