tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post4835928302137751800..comments2024-03-16T07:27:27.752+00:00Comments on Novel Points of View: Making a choiceRae Cowiehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10213969901991611348noreply@blogger.comBlogger10125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-35530098452070223702012-05-02T22:44:44.060+01:002012-05-02T22:44:44.060+01:00Thanks, Jenny. I know you faced a major decision e...Thanks, Jenny. I know you faced a major decision earlier this year. I think we know we have to make a choice but put it off - the devil you know syndrome, perhaps. Then there comes a point when you you have to jump or be stuck. I'm planning to finish off the last jobs I have to do then take a break and do something totally different like clearing out the attic - something transitional - then get down to working on the biography. And to reinforce the rightness of my decision I received a letter from my biography subject's daughter today. Coincidence? Fate?Mary Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14688996930245857265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-55781538303587232162012-05-02T22:39:19.987+01:002012-05-02T22:39:19.987+01:00Do get Michael along, Rosemary. I can wholehearted...Do get Michael along, Rosemary. I can wholeheartedly recommend his workshop - but don't blame me if you find yourself turning your life around as a result! You could suddeny be an air pilot or something.Mary Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14688996930245857265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-71409989112655624632012-05-01T17:23:15.581+01:002012-05-01T17:23:15.581+01:00Big decisions are always scary. I had to make one ...Big decisions are always scary. I had to make one myself recently and it caused me a lot of sleepless nights. Thanks to all of those who listened and encouraged (you know who you are!), I took it, and I know it was the right thing to do. Just make sure you seize the opportunity you have made for yourself, Mary.Jenny Harperhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16721428313351462045noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-82903697617696844252012-05-01T16:59:05.691+01:002012-05-01T16:59:05.691+01:00Great post, Mary - I need Michael to come and talk...Great post, Mary - I need Michael to come and talk to us here! I'm sure you've made the right choice and we'll soon be seeing even more of your work in print (but the kind you really want to write).Rosemary Gemmellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09311840205603508422noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-38710998735205982952012-04-30T20:06:04.169+01:002012-04-30T20:06:04.169+01:00Gill, I'm sure you must be fed up hearing abou...Gill, I'm sure you must be fed up hearing about this project for so long. When it is finally in print you shall have a complimentary copy! Thank you for your support.Mary Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14688996930245857265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-67063202688577999452012-04-30T16:11:22.001+01:002012-04-30T16:11:22.001+01:00Wishing you lots and lots of luck, Mary. I'm ...Wishing you lots and lots of luck, Mary. I'm one of the people who've heard a fair bit about the biography over the years and although I'm not at all bored by it I will be delighted to see it - finally - in print. And you will get there. This is one step nearer.Gill Stewarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03139563775181908912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-43259229212290461022012-04-30T12:57:31.970+01:002012-04-30T12:57:31.970+01:00Thank you Michael. Your workshop certainly had an ...Thank you Michael. Your workshop certainly had an impact, whether it was a positive one remains to be seen. Income is now greatly reduced which is pretty scary. Never really visualised myself as a writer starving in an attic. I'm looking forward to the moment I send in my last work committment and realise I'm now free to get on with what I want to do.Mary Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14688996930245857265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-72748645333969850592012-04-30T12:48:47.950+01:002012-04-30T12:48:47.950+01:00What you talking aboot, Mary. July is still ages a...What you talking aboot, Mary. July is still ages away. Seriously though, I'm delighted that my talk had a positive impact for you. Here's to your success.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13316263425112020638noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-17325580092443041802012-04-30T11:49:48.379+01:002012-04-30T11:49:48.379+01:00Thanks, Linda. I'm sure there is a good chance...Thanks, Linda. I'm sure there is a good chance some of the people I've met through journalism may appear in some fiction - suitably disguised.<br /><br />I haven't set a deadline for the biography but when Michael did the workshop we had to write down a goal and deadline and I - rather rashly I think - put July as the deadline for getting the intro, first two chapters and synopsis written.Mary Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14688996930245857265noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3855283511538601375.post-15269075264453048082012-04-30T10:45:43.906+01:002012-04-30T10:45:43.906+01:00Really good post, Mary.....and I wish you all the ...Really good post, Mary.....and I wish you all the luck in the world now you have made your choice. I, too, have done a bit of journalism - about 50 articles on the arts (with a bit of alternative health practices and health and beauty in between). I've found, though, that the people I met and their stories and their homes and their art are sort of creeping into my fiction now - making it more real, more rounded.<br />Have you set yourself a deadline for the biography?Linda Mitchelmorehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10948518126405880012noreply@blogger.com