Comments on: Beginner’s Mind

By: Anne Clermont

Anne Clermont — Thu, 21 Jul 2016 23:23:39 +0000

In reply to barbdelong. Not too late at all! Thank you for your wonderful note, and that's exactly the stage I'm at. Time to have fun again. And thank you for preordering my book! I'm so excited! I hope you love it!

By: barbdelong

barbdelong — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 17:43:33 +0000

I'm late to the party on this - catching up with all my WITS blogs. I love this post because I remember way back when I was a newbie writer and the joy I felt writing that first book. I've written a few since, most under the bed, and the one I'm working on now, after a gazillion craft classes and how-to books, seems SO HARD! I'm going to preorder your book. I love horses and riding, and my birthday is Aug. 2nd! Can't wait to read it!

By: Anne Clermont

Anne Clermont — Wed, 20 Jul 2016 03:09:12 +0000

In reply to Kathy Holzapfel. I'm so glad this helped today! I hope you are able to recapture the magic!

By: Kathy Holzapfel

Kathy Holzapfel — Tue, 19 Jul 2016 11:40:18 +0000

Just what I needed to read today, Anne. I've published numerous books - Oh, and the mountains of unpublished stuff I've got stashed - and my mind longs for the beginning headset. Back then, I wrote mostly for ME...I wrote the story I wanted to read. Yes, I dreamed of publication, but story-wise I focused just the ideas in my head with no concern of craft. I'm going to work on recapturing this magic. Thanks for this post!

By: Anne Clermont

Anne Clermont — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 18:57:44 +0000

In reply to littlemissw. Yes! That's perfect: "It's amazing what you can achieve before someone tells you it's unachievable." :)

By: Anne Clermont

Anne Clermont — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 18:57:01 +0000

In reply to amyskennedy. I'm so glad you liked this, Amy! I hope you pick up your fiction again and start fresh!

By: Anne Clermont

Anne Clermont — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 18:55:31 +0000

In reply to christopherlentzauthor. I love that - meeting your heroine on the train. Thank you for sharing!

By: christopherlentzauthor

christopherlentzauthor — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 17:36:19 +0000

Every day's a beginning for me. I CHOOSE to see it that way. I never stop learning, trying and failing. I always talk to strangers. I just did on a train yesterday and met the heroine of my next contemporary romance...the one I had no idea I was supposed to write. But, BAM! There it was. We have to be open. Have to take risks. Every day's a new beginning!

By: littlemissw

littlemissw — Mon, 18 Jul 2016 10:06:01 +0000

What a wonderful post. Sometimes I get so hung up on the technical things I now know that I forget to write! Knowledge can be paralysing sometimes. It's amazing what you can achieve before someone tells you it's unachievable.

By: amyskennedy

amyskennedy — Sat, 16 Jul 2016 01:31:07 +0000

Love, love, love this! First, because I had put my fiction writing away for the last 9 months and just started thinking about maybe starting again... and second because this can help in all aspects of life! Wonderful, thank you