Comments on: MidLifeBloggers Writers Workshop Update: Thinking About Process

By: Deborah Lonergan

Deborah Lonergan — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 21:47:00 +0000

Take a deep breath and keep saying over and over, “It is going to be fine”. The participants are big girls and boys. If they don’t like the workshop they can hitch up their big kid pants and move on.

By: janegassner

janegassner — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:51:00 +0000

Superb advice! That’s the problem with trying for perfection; it’s an impossible goal. I’m getting much better at catching myself, which is what this post was about.

By: janegassner

janegassner — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 20:51:00 +0000

I’ve got you on the list now, Wanda.

By: southmainmuse

southmainmuse — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 18:35:00 +0000

This may or may not help — but reading this I thought of a roommate I had one summer in Atlanta. We were all law students with clerkships. She was from Harvard and was working for one of the top firms in the city. After a couple of months at the job, she came home discouraged that she probably wouldn’t get an offer. I couldn’t believe it. She was brilliant and so conscientious. Later I heard the “rest of the story.” An associate with the firm told me that though my roomie was bright and worked hard — she never turned in memorandums on time. She never could stop researching and writing on issues. I’ve always remembered that. Sometimes you just have to stop and say I did my best and it is good. On to the next thing.

By: Wanda Schott Patsche

Wanda Schott Patsche — Fri, 12 Jul 2013 03:09:00 +0000

I am interested in the writers workshop. wpatsche@gmail.com

By: janegassner

janegassner — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 22:42:00 +0000

I get the first part of the quote, Patricia, and agree. But the second–I’m having a hard time actually getting my mind around that.

By: janegassner

janegassner — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 22:41:00 +0000

Failure needs to be rebranded, I think. It’s such an ugly word for such a necessary event.

By: janegassner

janegassner — Thu, 11 Jul 2013 22:40:00 +0000

In the old days, before MDs got so picky about prescribing, my little helper was Tenuate Dospan. I picked it up in England when I worked at the BBC. In fact, as I recall, one of my going away presents was an antique pill dish full of TDs. I was a hell of a lot more productive then…or at least thought I was!