Writers! Thumb Your Nose at Naysayers
April 4, 2008 by Anne Wayman
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Just in case I haven’t been clear, if you want to be a freelance writer, go for it. Ignore the naysayers; it’s worked for me and it’s worked for others.
Liz Strauss over at Successful Blog has a two parter that demonstrates the point. The first, The power of survival stories, saying “damn it all” and tuning out the “no” noise by J.C. Hutchins is the story of how Hutchins turned his long, long science fiction novel into a series of free podcasts that resulted in a book contract with St. Martins Press. It’s an inspiring story and I’m starting to wonder if I shouldn’t do the same thing with my so far only self-published Powerfully Recovered!
The next part is Hutchins’ own screed on Your Personal Tale of Survival — and Success. Go ahead and read it for yourself… you’ll find truth, sometimes hard truth, plus some great suggestions. It’s an outstanding post.
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Just today I got an email over at About.com from someone thanking me for an email I had answered back in November about “starting out”- apparently she was beginning to feel some success in writing. Then, I got a GoogleTalk from a second person basically saying the same thing, can’t place them, but still excited to hear two success stories in one day.
I don’t want to say that “anyone can do this” but I do think it is do-able for those with some talent and tons of ambition.
Hi Anne! Thank you so much for the great post, and for spreading the word about my two-parter at Liz Strauss’ site. I appreciate the support, and I’m flattered you enjoyed it. You rock.
back at you, J.C.
John, thanks!