tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post6079665146663788103..comments2024-03-11T16:14:49.158-07:00Comments on Don't pet me, I'm writing: Waiting for that sweet releaseTAWNA FENSKEhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11468819219529035563noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-3282188732690903022010-12-18T09:14:06.143-08:002010-12-18T09:14:06.143-08:00Of course you should celebrate even the smallest m...Of course you should celebrate even the smallest milestone (especially in this business) but your release date is anything but small! <br /><br />CONGRATULATIONS! Can't wait to see it on the shelves!Alyssa Kirkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05619379952262450970noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-20810797238536754052010-12-17T15:07:17.221-08:002010-12-17T15:07:17.221-08:00Yay for a release date! So exciting! I hate to a...Yay for a release date! So exciting! I hate to admit it, but I think many times I'm a pessimist. But I try to be optimistic...I really do.Abby Minardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11963640263845561309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-69179625096064242782010-12-17T00:35:32.317-08:002010-12-17T00:35:32.317-08:00Congratulations to you! Really looking forward to ...Congratulations to you! Really looking forward to reading it. :)<br /><br />Will mark August calendar now.LRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16839870925431989156noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-20374108341393332532010-12-16T22:43:35.113-08:002010-12-16T22:43:35.113-08:00I wish I could say I was an optimist, but I'm ...I wish I could say I was an optimist, but I'm more of a the glass is half empty kind of person. In fact, I'm wondering why my glass hasn't been refilled yet.Neurotic Workaholichttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06775298184138766683noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-24257685573497107782010-12-16T20:57:39.778-08:002010-12-16T20:57:39.778-08:00Penelope, it's 10 days before my birthday, so ...Penelope, it's 10 days before my birthday, so we should probably just celebrate the whole month!<br /><br />Patty, I agree, Elisabeth Black IS the best!<br /><br />Patrick, have you tried a laxative, just to be sure?<br /><br />Terri Anne, not a bad approach!<br /><br />Sarah, I should probably start working on cooler moves for my Crazy Happy Dance. Right now I just look like I'm having a seizure.<br /><br />Linda G, funny you should say that, I DO think Michelle draws natural optimists. As you know, she doesn't take on many new clients, and the ones she DOES take on seem to have the optimism thing in common. Coincidence? I don't think so.<br /><br />Avril, thanks!<br /><br />Sierra, indeed it is! It's also more fun when you have monkey toes. Just sayin'<br /><br />Nate, yaaay, August 2! I take this as a good omen.<br /><br />TC Mckee, it's never too early for wine. It's always 5:00 somewhere.<br /><br />Joyce, in my experience, optimism works best when combined with a bit of stubbornness! <br /><br />Mark, funny, I think I remember exactly the occasion you're referring to. <br /><br />Anne, WHAT!?!?! There are no major holidays in August? My birthday, hello!!<br /><br />Melissa, happy to chat with a book club, just tell me when and where!<br /><br />Douglas, looking forward to showing off the interview tomorrow!<br /><br />Christina, this really seems like an occasion for a naked happy dance, doesn't it?<br /><br />Nicole, at least the intention is there :)<br /><br />Danica, even cautious optimism will carry you far in writing. It's the pessimists who struggle, IMHO.<br /><br />Debra, where have you been all my life, girl?!!?! Missed you!<br /><br />Thanks for reading, guys!<br />TawnaTAWNA FENSKEhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11468819219529035563noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-4375387571657260022010-12-16T17:41:57.561-08:002010-12-16T17:41:57.561-08:00Congrats, girlfriend! I can't wait to read it....Congrats, girlfriend! I can't wait to read it. And, I'm a total optimist. Why be anything else?Debra Lynn Sheltonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08238268767406623274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-31768118105038167022010-12-16T13:20:21.526-08:002010-12-16T13:20:21.526-08:00Congrats, Tawna!! Your book will be an early birth...Congrats, Tawna!! Your book will be an early birthday present for myself! *beam*<br /><br />For most of my adult life, I can say I've been a pessimist. Why get your hopes up for something only to have them explode in your face leaving nothing but a greasy smear on the ground where you were standing? However, since I've become a writer, since I've been cautiously optimistic. I have no idea why. Probably because I'm finally writing, finally taking charge of my writing destiny. Or, it could be that if I give up all hope for getting published, I'll become the bitter, wanna-be writer who drinks scotch and mumbles pseudo-intelligent things at people who will never understand me. And I don't like scotch.Danica Avethttp://danicaavet.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-88374741679367463242010-12-16T13:14:51.619-08:002010-12-16T13:14:51.619-08:00Congrats! I try to be an optimist but that doesn&#...Congrats! I try to be an optimist but that doesn't always happen.Nicole Zoltackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07464800543376449290noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-25439021434980308992010-12-16T11:59:27.900-08:002010-12-16T11:59:27.900-08:00Congratulations, I'm pretty sure that this is ...Congratulations, I'm pretty sure that this is the kind of news for which all manner of happy dances is appropriate. I hope you enjoy them all.Christina Aurethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05717036758785519912noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-46037642961915153022010-12-16T11:34:26.700-08:002010-12-16T11:34:26.700-08:00Think of everytime they move a relsea date as anot...Think of everytime they move a relsea date as another reason to have a Wha-Hoo! day. <br /><br /> Your date also says the want to include you in "Summer Reads", a powerful sales sector.<br /><br /> As to your positive personality, it's not only what makes you great, it's what the industry is going to be looking for now.<br /><br /> One of the most powerful literary agents in the business actually says this on his website under what he's looking for:<br /><br /> "Happy, upbeat subjects. I believes a lot of misery memoirs, terrorists bent on destroying civilization, and post-apocalyptic disasters are going to be difficult to sell."<br /><br /> If you were any more upbeat, you'd be Max Weinstein (Springsteen's drummer)<br /><br /> Tomorrow, your fans will see once again your positive outlook (and that your oars don't quite touch the water :-))<br /><br /> See you then!<br /><br /> DougM<br /><br />P.S. - I still like the other version of your page. Maybe I should send it to Pythagoras as a "guys" version? lolThe Novel Roadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13296020285839996248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-53766419953291600312010-12-16T10:43:14.566-08:002010-12-16T10:43:14.566-08:00Great to have a date! I've been telling my boo...Great to have a date! I've been telling my book club we need to read one/all of your books, but wasn't sure when they'd come out. Looks like we can plan on reading one next fall! Yeah.Melissa Gillhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02700191547004665402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-50229320945222415492010-12-16T10:38:05.064-08:002010-12-16T10:38:05.064-08:00Congratulations, that's awesome. Now I'll...Congratulations, that's awesome. Now I'll have something to celebrate in August (because you know there are no major holidays in August).<br /><br />And I am definitely a pessimist in real life, but a foolish optimist in my writing life.Anne Gallagherhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05816355522284492131noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-52031018738024056642010-12-16T10:29:48.736-08:002010-12-16T10:29:48.736-08:00I once had a release date moved up for good behavi...I once had a release date moved up for good behavior, though that's hardly ever been the case. <br /><br />Maybe I'm off topic.<br /><br />Congrats Tawna... by August you will be due for a high-seas caper/vacation of your own.Mark Simpsonnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-28571569659622131112010-12-16T08:34:38.717-08:002010-12-16T08:34:38.717-08:00Congratulations on the release date! I'm looki...Congratulations on the release date! I'm looking forward to reading it.<br /><br />I'm either an optimist or extraordinarily stubborn. I refuse to give up.Joyce Tremelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498392016497131719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-36222837555229744372010-12-16T08:29:07.707-08:002010-12-16T08:29:07.707-08:00Congrats! Doing a happy dance for you and I may ha...Congrats! Doing a happy dance for you and I may have wine. Is 11am too early? It's for you after all. I just feel like you'd want me to have some:) I'm a pessimist turned optimist. I think believing in ourselves is a process that just happens over time or it just doesn't. For me, being optimistic is the one way I can prove to myself that I do believe in me and in this business you have to have that most of all. Love the drunk snail in the Vaseline analogy!!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08798243128846248604noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-4225620738929447042010-12-16T08:21:45.260-08:002010-12-16T08:21:45.260-08:00Surely, your book being released on my birthday is...Surely, your book being released on my birthday is a sign. Next August, for the first time ever, I will buy and read a romance novel. It might even be yours.<br /><br />(That is, unless your release date changes. Then I might decide to wait a couple months before taking the plunge.)Nate Wilsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09690171790664252309noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-91342882667321196822010-12-16T08:17:58.268-08:002010-12-16T08:17:58.268-08:00Congrats, Tawna!
Isn't life much more fun wh...Congrats, Tawna! <br /><br />Isn't life much more fun when you're an optimist about things? That's been my experience.Sierra Godfreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00552916038080341870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-16482130365242742972010-12-16T08:15:50.329-08:002010-12-16T08:15:50.329-08:00Whoot, whoot! Congrats!!Whoot, whoot! Congrats!!Avril Ashtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11845455425867378953noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-61884344468720634922010-12-16T08:07:55.589-08:002010-12-16T08:07:55.589-08:00Oh, congratulations!!! Now I can't wait for Au...Oh, congratulations!!! Now I can't wait for August. Or whenever they wind up changing it to. :)<br /><br />I'm another silly optimist. Do you think Michelle attracts people like us?Linda G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04576828490765434497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-30428441054066174692010-12-16T07:56:41.681-08:002010-12-16T07:56:41.681-08:00Congratulations! How nice to have a date - even if...Congratulations! How nice to have a date - even if it's as ballpark as most due dates.<br /><br />After good news, I give myself half a day to do the Crazy Happy Dance before getting back to Real Life(TM), without which things to Crazy Happy Dance about tend not to happen.Sarah Whttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13265589529909793312noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-69057999131872102512010-12-16T07:42:55.906-08:002010-12-16T07:42:55.906-08:00I consider myself a cynical optimist: if I expect...I consider myself a cynical optimist: if I expect the worst, then I am usually pleasantly surprised.Teri Anne Stanleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15500524348027951939noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-52228411921652335752010-12-16T07:37:47.502-08:002010-12-16T07:37:47.502-08:00I stopped eating pessimists years ago, so I am pre...I stopped eating pessimists years ago, so I am pretty sure I don't have any inside me anymore.Patrick Alanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01121337008453549441noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-61616373793781182632010-12-16T07:37:22.607-08:002010-12-16T07:37:22.607-08:00Circled the date! Party on Twitter!
Congrats.
...Circled the date! Party on Twitter! <br /><br />Congrats. <br /><br />I waffle between pessimism and optimism, depending on the day. There are days it's easy and days I really have to work hard to see silver linings in all my clouds. Those are the days I turn to my twitterati for help. Best med? Elisabeth Black's blog; she sees wonder in everything.Patty Blounthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11928111057602279792noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-422555164465305734.post-78318057612099442412010-12-16T07:31:28.380-08:002010-12-16T07:31:28.380-08:00Congratulations!! Your release date is in the sam...Congratulations!! Your release date is in the same week as my birthday, so Happy Early Birthday to me! I can't wait to read it.Penelopehttp://penelopelife.comnoreply@blogger.com