The little things

Posted on July 10, 2009 by Jeannie Lin

Okay, I just had to get my publishing pep-talk post off the leading line. It’s more depressing than I like to be.

Little things that cheered me up this week:

1. Hubby spent a couple hours writing a Java app that calculates at the press of a button how many days we’ve been married. 404 days today. I love geeks.

2. Triple layered ice-cream bombe/torte dessert that hubby made. I love geeks who can cook.

3. I own a pair of candy-red killer heels. I bought them for the conference to show unity with the Ruby Slippered Sisterhood. *secret handshake ensues* I love looking at them since they’re so not me. I love being “not” me once in a while.

I can’t complain. Life is good.

Publishing journey self-talk

Posted on July 8, 2009 by Jeannie Lin

I received comments back from an editor who placed me first in a contest. Despite overwhelmingly positive feedback, the response is threatening to throw me into a tail spin.

Without going into gory details, I must reaffirm:

I knew this was going to be hard when I started
I couldn’t have written these stories in any other place, they are what they are
It’d be this hard no matter what
The real reason is that the writing’s not good enough yet (believe it or not, this is here to cheer me up)