Comments on: Saturday Chit-Chat with Guest Blogger Diana Peterfreund

By: Lynn Matherly

Lynn Matherly — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 03:24:38 +0000

Poor Buddy! Poor Family! I hope everyone is on the road to recovery from the trauma.

I needed this piece of advice. The biggest thing I have to protect the work from is myself.

Thanks, as always, for providing us with great motivation and advice!

By: Patty L.

Patty L. — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 02:35:58 +0000

Thank you! Thank you! I needed this article today. I just had a long talk with a friend about how frustrated I have been with my lack of time for writing and ironically her advice was basically “Protect the Work”.

BTW Carly, I hope Buddy is better.

By: Yolanda

Yolanda — Sun, 12 Aug 2007 01:03:40 +0000

What great advice! Thanks for taking the time to share.

i hope buddy is better soon!

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 23:08:10 +0000

I’ll be sure to check it out Julie!

By: Julie Leto

Julie Leto — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 20:38:35 +0000

I am doing the Romance Divas workshop! I’ll be doing the plotting workshop that I already did on Plotmonkeys, though. I’m doing it the last week of August. I may add something else as well…depends on how things go in the next week.

Paula, you will love Diana’s books. They’re awesome!

By: Donna M

Donna M — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:43:24 +0000

Carly, I’m glad Buddy is going to be okay. I hope your daughter & Buddy and you too recover today from such a bad night. :love2:
Every time I read more about writing a book & getting published it makes me glad I’m a reader! However, it is very interesting learning what it takes to write a book and keep writing once you become published.
Thanks Diana, for dropping into the Plotmonkeys blog again.
Everyone have a good weekend.
Take care,
Donna M

By: Cher

Cher — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 18:01:15 +0000

Carly,

So sorry to hear about Buddy. Poor baby. Give him a kiss for me. Sorry you guys had to sit so long and wait too. That’s always nerve racking.

Diana, thank you for your posting. I’ve heard SEP talk about protecting the work and it is hard to do. Now if I can just figure out how to do it for myself! :o

Cher

By: Robin

Robin — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 17:13:01 +0000

Thanks Julie and Diana! This was a great article and as an aspiring writer, the words really made me feel good about my journey. I will be sure to think “protect the work” whenever I’m having doubts. Every day that I just get to write, get to sit down and be with my characters and tell their story, is a good day. And if I string those all along and years from now I’m happy because I’ve gotten to do something that brought me joy, regardless of if I’m published or not, then how can I not smile?

BTW- Diana, I just bought both your books last week and am looking forward to reading them. And Julie, I noticed that your the spotlight author at Romance Divas - will you be doing a workshop there?

Carly, I hope you, your daughter and Buddy are having a better day today. Take care!

Thanks again for these Saturday blogs! Happy weekend everyone.

By: Janelle

Janelle — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:24:27 +0000

Great article, Diana! This is a topic that never hurts to be repeated from time to time — because we tend to forget about protecting our work when other things intrude. It’s a great reminder!

Big hugs to Buddy! Poor guy!

By: Tina Martinesi

Tina Martinesi — Sat, 11 Aug 2007 16:00:10 +0000

lmao Julie….I’ll be sure to remember that!!!