Mar 23 2009
Hark, Here Cometh Words!
Today, as I face into another week in which I shall not write any fiction, I’d like to celebrate two writers who shall.
The first is Elisabeth, who this morning commented on my recent “I Remember Writing” post. The post advocates the “Park yourself in a chair and write something every day, no matter how small” method of becoming a writer. Elisabeth said:
I have been parking myself in a chair and writing a little bit every day since I read this post, and I completed drafting a rather long chapter I had meant to finish several weeks ago. The method works! This strikes me as funny: I knew I should have been trying to write at least a few paragraphs every day, but I never put it into practice until I read your post. Thanks!
You’re welcome! I’m so excited for you!
The second is Rachel Rossano. Several years ago, I stumbled across a Xanga blog where Rachel was serializing a novel. I left her a comment, which led to more comments, which eventually led to meeting Rachel’s marvelous group of online writing friends. They quickly became mine as well, and together we formed the Wayside Inn Writer’s Society. Our creativity exploded into The Romany Epistles (Taerith is my contribution.)
Rachel was only partway through Wren, her own Romany story, when the arrival of her son Jonathan refocused her energies for a while! Over the last few weeks, Rachel has been sending out chapters of another novel, and today, she announced a new chapter in Wren. I encourage you to check it out! Rachel’s creavitity and dedication has been an encouragement and inspiration to me 
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Thank you for the praise. I have been blessed more than you can ever know by our friendship. You have encouraged and challenged me as a writer and a friend.
Thanks for the praise! ( And thanks for posting about the park-self-in-chair method in the first place.) I was thrilled that you used my comment in your post. I absolutely love your blog — your posts are great!
You’re both very welcome. (Same to you, Rachel.)