Comments on: the closeted writer http://www.amandaplavich.com/2010/05/24/the-closeted-writer/ a writer's blog Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:22:09 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Annie http://www.amandaplavich.com/2010/05/24/the-closeted-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-1648 Annie Wed, 30 Mar 2011 13:41:51 +0000 http://www.amandaplavich.com/?p=872#comment-1648 I'm just starting to let little peeps out that I'm writing. I feel incredibly foolish, because... well... just because... In a plunge into the self-doubt ocean the other evening, I turned to my husband and said, "Am I lame?" "Is what I'm doing lame?" and he said, "No, you're heart's in the right place, and then he said something about being good with words or something like that which doesn't really belong inside the quotation but I'm not sure what to do with it..." then I said, "Do you believe in me? Do you think I can do this?" And he said, "Yes." In a way that took all the doubt away and I could catch my breath again... and smile... and then I set an appointment to interview someone for the book I'm working on. I’m just starting to let little peeps out that I’m writing. I feel incredibly foolish, because… well… just because…

In a plunge into the self-doubt ocean the other evening, I turned to my husband and said, “Am I lame?” “Is what I’m doing lame?” and he said, “No, you’re heart’s in the right place, and then he said something about being good with words or something like that which doesn’t really belong inside the quotation but I’m not sure what to do with it…” then I said, “Do you believe in me? Do you think I can do this?” And he said, “Yes.” In a way that took all the doubt away and I could catch my breath again… and smile… and then I set an appointment to interview someone for the book I’m working on.

]]> By: Sandy Shin http://www.amandaplavich.com/2010/05/24/the-closeted-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-593 Sandy Shin Tue, 25 May 2010 01:49:46 +0000 http://www.amandaplavich.com/?p=872#comment-593 I can definitely understand. My closest friends know that I write, but aside from them, it's difficult to let others know that I'm a writer and share my writings with others (one of the reasons why I almost never do Teaser Tuesdays). Which is why I mostly tell people my other major: Biochemistry, and my other aspiration: being a doctor, rather than being a writer. It's sad, though. But it does motivate me. I can definitely understand. My closest friends know that I write, but aside from them, it’s difficult to let others know that I’m a writer and share my writings with others (one of the reasons why I almost never do Teaser Tuesdays). Which is why I mostly tell people my other major: Biochemistry, and my other aspiration: being a doctor, rather than being a writer. It’s sad, though. But it does motivate me.

]]> By: Sarah Mullen Gilbert http://www.amandaplavich.com/2010/05/24/the-closeted-writer/comment-page-1/#comment-591 Sarah Mullen Gilbert Mon, 24 May 2010 17:36:29 +0000 http://www.amandaplavich.com/?p=872#comment-591 I'm with you, Amanda! I just admitted my "writerly" side to a college roommate last month when I had to explain why I was in town (writer's conference). But my mother-in-law seems to have told everyone she knows that her new daughter-in-law is writing a book. Definite pressure, but it also provides a little extra motivation to keep at it and prove myself. I’m with you, Amanda! I just admitted my “writerly” side to a college roommate last month when I had to explain why I was in town (writer’s conference). But my mother-in-law seems to have told everyone she knows that her new daughter-in-law is writing a book. Definite pressure, but it also provides a little extra motivation to keep at it and prove myself.

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