Comments on: Something More

By: kristie

kristie — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:11:54 +0000

I just found you today and am inspired by your faith.. i can see it just by reading your words.. funny its what i needed to see from another today when i struggle with how to let him into my own home. Your words move me, and humor me and make me want to keep coming back for more. I see from what you say that you wont allow your self to quit in the end, you may take a brake but if god intends you to write you will give him what he wants. …. even if.. .even if its never more then just to touch a passer by reader…

By: MollyCoddled

MollyCoddled — Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:47:26 +0000

I’ve been reading you for years and it was evident immediately that you were given the well-written gene at your creation. I’m shocked! I’ve seen two other bloggers say something about getting book deals and in comparison I can only say they MUST be lying.

By: ann adams

ann adams — Sat, 29 Sep 2007 04:50:55 +0000

I’m not a writer but I certainly recognize one when I see one.

Unlike those publishers.

I’m late again so I know you haven’t quit but I’m adding my little not of encouragement anyhow.

I don’t always comment but I always read.

By: Sandy McCann

Sandy McCann — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 12:27:46 +0000

Mel….

You are steps ahead of me. You know what your dream is…and you also profess contentment with your “accomplishments” as a wife and mother and a level of satisfaction in potentially “just” continuing in that capacity.

I find no comfort in the past and I dont know me enough to even dream of something bigger.

Blessings on whatever you choose. I am sure God has a plan because even through simple blogging you are reaching people in a way that allows them to feel truly connected. That is a work of God in you.

{{{HUGS}}}

Sandy

By: bici

bici — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 05:18:49 +0000

I forgot to mention an organization you will absolutely love to join, and any others here who aspire to write: The International Women’s Writing Guild. It’s a “network for the personal and professional empowerment of women through writing.” It’s at http://www.iwwg.org.

You don’t have to be a published writer, just a woman who loves/craves writing. There are some wonderful amenities to membership. I urge you to check it out, Mel.

By: Keri

Keri — Fri, 28 Sep 2007 02:22:31 +0000

I suppose it’s a very small thing to say that a stranger in St. Louis has you on her shortcut bar (not bookmark list – shortcut bar!) and eagerly clicks on it every day hoping that you have written something new. I think you have a very gifted way with words, and sometimes you get something so exactly right that it rings like a bell and I hear it all day in my head.

So there. No paycheck attached to that, and no byline in print, but it is what it is.

By: carrien

carrien — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:55:19 +0000

I feel you, and you said it so beautifully I have nothing to say.

But,

I have been reading this nifty new book that’s written by two very well published magazine authors and they cover a lot of things about contacts and query letters. I haven’t tried it yet so I can’t tell you if it works, but you may find it helpful.

The REnegade Writer by Linda Formichelli and Diana Burrell

By: Michelle

Michelle — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 06:10:31 +0000

Don’t you dare give up! It makes me want to cry just thinking of it. You inspire me every single time I read AUP. Your weight loss blog is part of what finally spurred me to go ahead and lose some weight. You are such a precious, beautiful woman! God has something neat in store for you–don’t forget that. I canNOT imagine why anyone would give you ten “issues” with your writing but they are missing out. Truly. Your writing is good and valuable and you are not insane. Those of us who read your blog love you! You’re in my prayers, don’t let Satan keep you down.

By: The G-Ma

The G-Ma — Thu, 27 Sep 2007 00:21:15 +0000

If you have not already read “Stones for Ibarra” by Harriet Doerr, do so. Order it from half.com for a buck plus P&H. Doerr was first published when in her 70s. Her prose is exquisite, spare, so good you want to steal it.

Like Laura the Lurker above, (I obviously do not eschew alliteration), I dial you up several times a week for my own pleasure. Mel, your life is your art too, as you know. You cannot apprehend what even tomorrow will bring you, so sing about today.

You are still a young woman. You are only half finished, for gawd’s sake! You think now you can’t wait the necessary future 15 years to have the time and luxury to really write. Nonsense.

Write every day. Write on scraps of paper. I used to wear an apron with pockets in which to cram the papers, the mechanical pencil. My mind was never far from the exquisite throes of creating with words.

Don’t you date quit! Harriet will put a hex on you.

God loves your determination and is prob amused by your irritation. And He celebrates that you utilize His wondrous gift of writing. To quit is to waste that gift. Not nice!

Blessings on your days.

By: Heather

Heather — Wed, 26 Sep 2007 21:55:12 +0000

Your very words are the rebuttal……….
Do. Not. Stop.