de-cloaking from lurk mode

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Greetings fellow scribes,
After a regrettably long period of lurking on these boards, I have decided to jump in and test the waters.
I have appreciated reading and commiserating with the lot of you over the years.
I am a non-fiction writer of humor, and general raconteur. I live in Vancouver Canada and am working on balancing the following: my "real" job, being an author, parenting, dealing with sick family members and my "artistic career."
My first book was published Sept 2010 and another is in the shoot for Sept 2011 so I am pretty pleased with this, but I need you all to know I HAVE suffered.
I think the rejection forum here carried me through many a dark morning.
Anyway, off to snoop around and post, lovely to "meet" you.
xoxo
Willow
 
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sneakysnail said:
Glad to hear you suffered. Okay that didn't come out right. I should say, Glad you come out the other side. I love to hear those success stories.
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Renee
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as for the suffering, well said. These forums actually worked as a beacon for me those many months-God, years of endless rejections. That is, when you were LUCKY enough to actually be rejected!
God it's a tough thing to write, and tougher to be an "author," I still struggle owning the word (hmm, good idea for new thread.)
I actually just did my first Writer's workshop and spoke about dealing with rejection and pushing on. Sometimes it's not actually about you or the book. that's comforting.
 
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