Comments on: Asking Permission

By: Jordan

Jordan — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 16:14:13 +0000

Suzanne, Thanks for stopping by. I completely agree. I didn’t realize how much it was affecting me until recently. (That black ball of resentment was beginning to look like the blob. LOL!) I think it must be common for writers. It’s so easy to slip off the path you want to be on. I hope my editors feel the same way as yours did. I definitely think the change will show in my work.

By: Suzanne

Suzanne — Sun, 16 Jan 2005 11:58:25 +0000

Jordan, that’s a smart decision. Writing what you love is always the right thing to do. I found myself feeling a lot how you felt a few years and decided to go back to writing to please myself, and surprisingly that turned out to please editors as well. I think when you’re having fun with your own writing is when your truest voice shines.

By: Jordan

Jordan — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 16:57:28 +0000

Thanks guys! It’s been a real eye opening experience for me too. :-/

By: Sasha

Sasha — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 06:57:54 +0000

Great post, Jordan. Soemthing for us all to remember.

By: Jaq

Jaq — Fri, 14 Jan 2005 01:33:29 +0000

Great, great, post. Jordan. Sometime in all the concerns with selling, following the rules, etc, we forget the joy we first had with just telling the story of our hearts.

By: Cece

Cece — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:16:18 +0000

Wow thanks Jordan for sharing! Very insightful =)

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 23:15:33 +0000

By: Jordan

Jordan — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 22:11:18 +0000

Sylvia, Thank you. I think you’re right, we do. I also think it only gets worse when the stakes rise. That’s why when my dh said that it was like a slap across the face. I really hadn’t realized I’d been doing that until that moment. Wow! Shame on me. No more.

By: Sylvia Day

Sylvia Day — Thu, 13 Jan 2005 20:03:58 +0000

I understand completely. 100% Good for you for remembering why you starting writing in the first place. You’re a hugely talented writer. Don’t sell yourself short. In this business I think we do that far too often.