Okay, who else watched the ABC News JK Rowling special this evening?

Missy Vixen

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Thu Jul-16-09 11:43 PM
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Okay, who else watched the ABC News JK Rowling special this evening?

I'm an author. Let's just say I'm not as popular as she is. At the same time, it was nice to know that she struggles with the same issues I do.

I also appreciated her message: Never, never, NEVER give up.

:woohoo:

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CBHagman

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Fri Jul-17-09 06:31 AM
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1. I walked into the gym and saw this woman glued to the TV.

Edited on Fri Jul-17-09 06:32 AM by CBHagman

She'd finished her exercises but couldn't tear herself away from the J.K. Rowling profile. I hadn't even known it was on but was glad to watch too.

Rowling came off as somehow resilient and vulnerable at the same time but basically seemed to have her head screwed on right.

She's right about persistence, isn't she? Best wishes on your own writing. :hi:

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Missy Vixen

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Fri Jul-17-09 10:29 AM
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2. I thought it was really well-done

The authors I know didn't write their first book on Scotland's version of welfare, but they had to go through long years of rejection and self-doubt, too. I was also fascinated by how much of herself she injects into the plotting of her books.

Thank you so much for your encouragement! :hi: :hug:

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CBHagman

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Fri Jul-17-09 01:41 PM
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4. You do have to find your motivation.

I love getting encouragement myself, but a lot of it is just being stubborn and knowing what reasons I have for writing -- i.e., something to say, doing it for myself, doing it for my readers.

J.K. Rowling came across as still rather emotionally raw and wounded in her interviews, and was pretty judgmental of herself (i.e., feeling she'd made a mess of her life, going through depression). That's understandable, given where she's been, but of course she's also a lesson in our life experience make the person, the writer.

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XemaSab

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Fri Jul-17-09 10:34 AM
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3. I watched it

I thought it was really well done. :)

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