tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35004585.post2300013333376295940..comments2023-10-28T04:06:02.174-07:00Comments on Chris LaMay-West, writer in Vermont: When do you call it quits?Chris LaMay-Westhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13998448439377249844noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35004585.post-11114162315320812062012-02-21T13:27:16.307-08:002012-02-21T13:27:16.307-08:00chris, thanks for this. your post is SO timely to...chris, thanks for this. your post is SO timely to me right now. i'm in the middle of revising and editing my first novel, and it is taking much longer than my quickly unsatisfied, impatient brain thinks it should be taking. i haven't even tried to submit it for publication yet, and i can tell that at times i want to quit. <br /><br />the gumption of just calling oneself a "literary outsider" is very inspiring to me. <br /><br />thanks!<br /><br />jeffJeffhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00577387218891970029noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35004585.post-76412418574697359142012-02-21T08:18:24.196-08:002012-02-21T08:18:24.196-08:00I was recently discouraged to read that even ee cu...I was recently discouraged to read that even ee cummings had to self publish sometimes. Hence the title of the volume: no thanks. At least we have the ebook route. Though there's a lot of marketing needed there. We have to keep writing, painting and making music anyway. We can't help ourselves.Robert Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07018289158884708869noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35004585.post-87710900172349971672012-02-21T08:17:52.960-08:002012-02-21T08:17:52.960-08:00I was recently discouraged to read that even ee cu...I was recently discouraged to read that even ee cummings had to self publish sometimes. Hence the title of the volume: no thanks. At least we have the ebook route. Though there's a lot of marketing needed there. We have to keep writing, painting and making music anyway. We can't help ourselves.<br /><br />RobertRobert Evanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07018289158884708869noreply@blogger.com