tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722670247245901126.post1153395655605855127..comments2010-08-27T00:03:11.605-04:00Comments on Reinvention: Rain Goes PublicJessica Brownhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08568165869544826162noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722670247245901126.post-11420457026089216232009-09-01T14:04:40.712-04:002009-09-01T14:04:40.712-04:00Writing a novel, but don't know how? 1-trash t...Writing a novel, but don't know how? 1-trash the self help books. Yeah, sure, they tell you how that writer writes, but they don't tell you how YOU write. And there is the answer floating just out of your grasp until you come to realize this for yourself(this something I have learned in my decade of writing-people can tell you how to help yourself all they want, but you won't be helped until you can learn it on your own.). The human mind has a very odd way of operating.<br /><br />Only you will know what your novels will sound like when you write them. No one will be able to mimic you, nor you them. Actually, the fact that anybody can successfully copy anyone at anything is quite disturbing and unnatural when you consider than we are human and imperfect.<br /><br />As I said before, you can bounce and chapters off me if you want to see how your work will be received. I know you will completely disregard this offer when you read this post, but the offer will ALWAYS be on the table.Rhys-Lain-Austuriashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11587243133131032025noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8722670247245901126.post-65669573866147064222009-08-29T21:32:14.039-04:002009-08-29T21:32:14.039-04:00Came home from a day out and about and found a res...Came home from a day out and about and found a response from Cliff Burns in my inbox:<br /><br />"Thanks for the plug, Jess.<br /><br />I'm a whole lot less angry than I used to be, methinks. Publishing on the internet, posting on my blog for the past two years, has freed me up creatively and pulled me out of that whole submission/rejection rut that I endured for over 2 decades. Possessing complete control over my work is an empowering and intoxicating experience for me...unlike the humiliations I had to endure at the hands of agents and editors, begging for a moment of their time. To hell with that: now my readers come to ME and (apparently) they're liking what they see, God bless 'em.<br /><br />Keep following your Muse and remember: perseverance is essential to surviving life in the arts. Find your own, unique voice and present it to the world. There are over 6 billion potential readers out there and technology has overcome all physical barriers, political borders and ideologies. Publishers, editors and agents, the apparatchiks and lackeys of the old regime, are no longer necessary; obsolete, in fact. I've said it before, I'll say it again: these are exciting times to be an artist..."<br /><br />Awesome.Jessica Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08568165869544826162noreply@blogger.com