Mr. and Mrs. Miniver reading (for Richard Wheeler). Well, I finished a second draft of the second novel and am sending it off to a reader who promises to be tough and easily bored. If she gives it a thumbs down, that will be it for trying the format of a novel again. I can accept the fact that I am a short story writerl.
She may say it needs a lot of work and that will give me pause over what to do.
I have a million short stories in my head and can easily entertain myself with writing them. I know I'll never earn money from writing shorts, never be read beyond the tiniest of tiny circles, but damn I never thought I'd have this much in life creatively. I wasn't raised to be successful in the larger world.
I don't mean this to be a knock on my parents. They were comfortable with living quietly and thought I'd be too. Small aspirations can keep you safe from disappointments. Opening the door to something in a wider world wasn't for them. Maybe the Internet has helped open such doors.
Were you raised to try for the bigger things? Did you parents push you out of their nest or warn you that you might fall (fail) if your tried to fly?
She may say it needs a lot of work and that will give me pause over what to do.
I have a million short stories in my head and can easily entertain myself with writing them. I know I'll never earn money from writing shorts, never be read beyond the tiniest of tiny circles, but damn I never thought I'd have this much in life creatively. I wasn't raised to be successful in the larger world.
I don't mean this to be a knock on my parents. They were comfortable with living quietly and thought I'd be too. Small aspirations can keep you safe from disappointments. Opening the door to something in a wider world wasn't for them. Maybe the Internet has helped open such doors.
Were you raised to try for the bigger things? Did you parents push you out of their nest or warn you that you might fall (fail) if your tried to fly?
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