tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post536174732155213768..comments2023-07-10T05:40:25.044-04:00Comments on Donna L Martin's THE STORY CATCHER: The Rules Of EmbarrassmentThink Positive, Be Positivehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03981805086599633473noreply@blogger.comBlogger26125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-3295003593840301962013-03-22T22:16:59.151-04:002013-03-22T22:16:59.151-04:00Hi Beth! I may be a tad weird but I'm not over...Hi Beth! I may be a tad weird but I'm not overly disturbed by rejection letters. No response at all simply means I might not have chosen wisely enough when I sent a submission out. I use the other rejection letters I actually do receive as a lesson to be learned. Maybe I need to strengthen the ending or maybe I need to rework the storyline...those letters will tell me what I need to do if I just take the time to listen...;~)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!Think Positive, Be Positivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03981805086599633473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-51528500583668483112013-03-20T18:31:56.987-04:002013-03-20T18:31:56.987-04:00Thank you so much for sharing your embarrassing st...Thank you so much for sharing your embarrassing stories with us -- and for such great analogies to our writing lives. Receiving my first rejection letters in the summer of 2010 was the kick in the pants I needed to show me that I didn't know how to write a picture book, and so I signed up for Emma Walton Hamilton's "Just Write for Kids" class. I have been learning and growing ever since. If it hadn't been for that embarrassment, I wouldn't have grown. (Easy to say now!)Beth Stilbornhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10599767764125204077noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-70242146191860021512013-03-19T12:43:39.174-04:002013-03-19T12:43:39.174-04:00Hi Sue! You're absolutely right...the same co...Hi Sue! You're absolutely right...the same could be said of rejection letters...;~)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!Donna L Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553676457762998807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-76933164132049756992013-03-19T12:42:49.239-04:002013-03-19T12:42:49.239-04:00Nice to know, Julia, that I have followers even in...Nice to know, Julia, that I have followers even in the shadows...;~)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!Donna L Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553676457762998807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-87690867100661710042013-03-19T12:29:50.694-04:002013-03-19T12:29:50.694-04:00Great post, Donna! If we dwelt on our embarrassmen...Great post, Donna! If we dwelt on our embarrassments, we would never get a book wrote:) CarolineFrye.blogspot.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00158333641073753659noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-34832160339329743942013-03-19T12:24:56.009-04:002013-03-19T12:24:56.009-04:00No problem--I've been following your blog for ...No problem--I've been following your blog for a little while now, and I really enjoy reading your posts. :) Thanks for liking my page!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-31743272585021102812013-03-19T08:55:48.770-04:002013-03-19T08:55:48.770-04:00Hi Erik! Yep, bad luck is my middle name because ...Hi Erik! Yep, bad luck is my middle name because I've dealt with it most of my life so I might as well laugh at it...;~)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!Donna L Martinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17553676457762998807noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-76349134639275604062013-03-19T08:51:29.780-04:002013-03-19T08:51:29.780-04:00Wow... What (bad) luck... But great advice anyway!...Wow... What (bad) luck... But great advice anyway! :DAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-61830273762156603632013-03-19T08:34:22.166-04:002013-03-19T08:34:22.166-04:00Hi Tanja! Thanks for your kind words and believe ...Hi Tanja! Thanks for your kind words and believe it or not, that was absolutely a true story. A few weeks later I was visiting this same client and managed to do it AGAIN!! Luckily, no one was watching me that time. I got rid of those boots after that...lol...<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!Think Positive, Be Positivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03981805086599633473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-36875110166049251472013-03-19T08:32:12.409-04:002013-03-19T08:32:12.409-04:00Hi Romelle! Sharing things happening to me is nev...Hi Romelle! Sharing things happening to me is never a difficult thing to do if I can put it in writing...it's how I have communicated most of my life. Telling you some of my stories FACE TO FACE....well, that's another thing! ;~)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!Think Positive, Be Positivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03981805086599633473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-11172404220614594582013-03-19T08:29:47.981-04:002013-03-19T08:29:47.981-04:00Hi Julia and welcome to my blog! When I was growi...Hi Julia and welcome to my blog! When I was growing up the list of embarrassing moments for me were endless...now, I manage at times to make it through a whole week without once embarrassing myself...lol<br /><br />FYI...I checked out your FB page and "liked" it...;~)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!Think Positive, Be Positivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03981805086599633473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-2787418726812353662013-03-19T08:24:18.969-04:002013-03-19T08:24:18.969-04:00Hi JP! I consider myself lucky...the only embarra...Hi JP! I consider myself lucky...the only embarrassing thing I remember my son doing was pinching the butts of everyone waiting in line at a movie theater as we were walking by. I didn't realize what he had been doing until we reached the head of the line...good thing he was only 2 1/2 at the time...otherwise I think I would have been more than embarrassed~ ;~)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!Think Positive, Be Positivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03981805086599633473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-42307876412549698652013-03-19T08:20:06.511-04:002013-03-19T08:20:06.511-04:00Hi Hilary! Thanks for your kind words. I was nev...Hi Hilary! Thanks for your kind words. I was never much of a Laurel and Hardy fan...more of my sister's thing than mine...but I can certainly see where my "car trick" might have fit in...;~)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!Think Positive, Be Positivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03981805086599633473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-35654865148101014612013-03-19T08:17:57.443-04:002013-03-19T08:17:57.443-04:00Hi Genevieve! Yeah, I managed to do THAT not once...Hi Genevieve! Yeah, I managed to do THAT not once but TWICE...with the same boots...in front of the same client! It's a wonder they wanted to do business with me! ;~)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!Think Positive, Be Positivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03981805086599633473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-25148912941497427782013-03-19T08:14:59.468-04:002013-03-19T08:14:59.468-04:00Hi Sue! I agree...and if you write for children t...Hi Sue! I agree...and if you write for children then you should NEVER take yourself too seriously...lol...<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!Think Positive, Be Positivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03981805086599633473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-23144161017618205022013-03-19T08:13:55.799-04:002013-03-19T08:13:55.799-04:00Lol, Janet....I knew you would! :~)
Thanks for st...Lol, Janet....I knew you would! :~)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!Think Positive, Be Positivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03981805086599633473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-37584234522143681982013-03-19T08:13:00.952-04:002013-03-19T08:13:00.952-04:00Thanks, Jennifer, I try...;~)
Thanks for stopping...Thanks, Jennifer, I try...;~)<br /><br />Thanks for stopping by and come back any time!Think Positive, Be Positivehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03981805086599633473noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-70976528061264369802013-03-19T01:29:52.812-04:002013-03-19T01:29:52.812-04:00Love the visual of you climbing out from under you...Love the visual of you climbing out from under your car. Great post. Thank you for sharing and inspiring. T.Tanja Bauerlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13528632308872331780noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-83392121899724823562013-03-18T20:37:22.809-04:002013-03-18T20:37:22.809-04:00I liked that you mentioned that not everyone is wa...I liked that you mentioned that not everyone is watching our every move. Thanks for being vulnerable to us by sharing your embarassing moments. I have had my share and tend to pick myself up and go about as if nothing ever happened. My husband finds it amusing that I can do that. You are right about them forgetting about it and going about their day...after a good laugh.<br />Romelle Broashttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11860032539164234533noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-66732717484467827232013-03-18T18:20:10.165-04:002013-03-18T18:20:10.165-04:00This is such a great post. :) I'm going to hav...This is such a great post. :) I'm going to have to remember these rules the next time I make a fool of myself (which'll probably be sooner rather than later). Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-90475291577691742262013-03-18T16:24:22.857-04:002013-03-18T16:24:22.857-04:00I had one long embarrassment throughout my schoold...I had one long embarrassment throughout my schooldays and developed a skin like a rhino. I thought I was cured then my kids started growing up. In a writing context I am still in my schooldays because as I suspect a lot of writers do, I can only see the flaws and even after countless revisions I still find them.<br /><br />It is quite healthy though because my first book was never meant to be a book or I might have gone about it a different way. It is going to print still flawed but it has helped me with the sequel. We all need a good slice of reality sometimes.jphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14366756099517322071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-74677713814375867712013-03-18T13:51:57.467-04:002013-03-18T13:51:57.467-04:00Hi Donna .. oh those playtime-school days ... I wa...Hi Donna .. oh those playtime-school days ... I was constantly embarrassed. Crumbs sliding under a car ... well that could have made a good Laurel and Hardy movie?! 'Cept they didn't wear a skirt usually!! Then in later life "think before you leap" - it's so easy to jump in the deep end with some bright idea and then ... oh oh paddle back to the shallow end to re-evaluate ... great analogy you've given us ... <br /><br />Gone are those days mostly now - thank goodness ... good luck with all before you: excellent food for posts - Cheers HilaryHilary Melton-Butcherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17596532480645510678noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-83458706234612344902013-03-18T13:30:53.716-04:002013-03-18T13:30:53.716-04:00I like thinking of those writing moments as embarr...I like thinking of those writing moments as embarrassing, rather than failures. It sounds so much easier to overcome. Now, sliding under your car in a frilly skirt..... THAT'S a different problem altogether! Great post!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-86224815236479586682013-03-18T13:29:19.431-04:002013-03-18T13:29:19.431-04:00thanks! I needed a dose of reality therapy. I thin...thanks! I needed a dose of reality therapy. I think my embarrassing moments come when I take myself too seriously.Sue Heavenrichhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00550259613381458435noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7382427031631027145.post-41372927121623121142013-03-18T13:04:12.127-04:002013-03-18T13:04:12.127-04:00Yes, I laughed at your sliding under your car. I d...Yes, I laughed at your sliding under your car. I didn't even try not to. janethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10141814249963307041noreply@blogger.com