Comments on: Belt Rankings for Writers

By: Kathryn Craft

Kathryn Craft — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 18:14:23 +0000

In reply to Justine. Hey Justine, glad to hear it! Good luck on your black belt journey!

By: Justine

Justine — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 16:27:16 +0000

I'm a student of TKD (as are my sons). This makes perfect sense. I'm glad to see that I'm farther along the belt rankings than I thought! Thanks for this awesome post!

By: Kathryn Craft

Kathryn Craft — Wed, 24 Dec 2014 01:40:47 +0000

In reply to Cindy deJager. Thanks Cindy, glad it worked for you!

By: Cindy deJager

Cindy deJager — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 15:04:54 +0000

Lovely analogy Kathryn!

By: donnaeve

donnaeve — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 13:10:06 +0000

In reply to LauraDrake. No worries. I'm not one to give up or even give in. :) I just thought, wouldn't it be great to have such a clear cut methodology to follow, and made me reflect on the difficult path it can be, like driving a car at night with the headlights off. I'm very fortunate to have a great agent. I just finished a 3rd book. (first didn't sell, second didn't go on submission - although we discussed it) We're about to go on sub with it. Probably after the holidays. So, I'll be freaking out shortly. 417 rejections? WOW. And now look, right???

By: LauraDrake

LauraDrake — Tue, 23 Dec 2014 11:21:03 +0000

In reply to donnaeve. Oh Donna, Kathryn has said it way better than i - take her advice! Don't give up. It took me 3 books and 417 rejections - but I promise, it was worth it!

By: Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 21:55:04 +0000

In reply to Kathryn Craft. LOL. I didn't realize it looked quick from afar. 3 weeks of Cruella felt like two months, and 4 months of PT felt like a year. Like I said, I'm not good at being patient. However, when I went to see Margie Lawson on her mountain and actually did a climb in the Rockies, I felt like the Queen of the Mountain. In other words, the work is ALWAYS worth it. :-) Thanks for your kind words and inspiration!

By: Kathryn Craft

Kathryn Craft — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 21:53:42 +0000

In reply to sannahines. Awesome! Congrats on all your accomplishments, martial and literary.

By: sannahines

sannahines — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:24:00 +0000

I'm a double black belt in TKD; so are two of my characters. Love this post!

By: Kathryn Craft

Kathryn Craft — Mon, 22 Dec 2014 20:00:52 +0000

In reply to Fae Rowen. Clearly they wanted you to be a writer, haha! Fae, I assume I have you to thank for the color-coded subtitles? Love them! Inspired formatting. :)