tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post2490409406020768512..comments2023-12-26T23:07:08.005-08:00Comments on TOMORROWVILLE: Do all good works get published?David Isaakhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-69675086622533694692007-05-09T09:01:00.000-07:002007-05-09T09:01:00.000-07:00Thanks for laying that out, Roger, as you're a spe...Thanks for laying that out, Roger, as you're a spectacular case in point.<BR/><BR/>The frightening thing is that experiences like yours draw no clear lesson for other writers. Once could argue that your case shows that talent coupled with determination will always win out eventually, and I'd really like to believe the world works that way.<BR/><BR/>A rationalist would probably argue that talent and hard work are necessary but not sufficient, and that luck is the third component, which comes along when it pleases (and that may include 'never').<BR/><BR/>And as a thrid option, I sometimes have an intuition that there's no one Lady Fortuna loves better than a writer who stares despair in the face and then moves forward in the absence of hope. So many writers seem to be on the verge of quitting when their big break occurs.<BR/><BR/>Makes for better drama, I suppose, though I'd be happy to keep the drama on the page and my head out of the oven. But maybe Fortuna needs her dose of entertainment first?David Isaakhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04928598446742324391noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8371628584376797540.post-88178256852693233342007-05-09T06:28:00.000-07:002007-05-09T06:28:00.000-07:00I have to agree with you here. I have spent more y...I have to agree with you here. I have spent more years as an unpublished novelist than a published one, and there was a point where I thought I would never get published. I was staring the end of the road in the face. Everything looks inevitable with hindsight, but I am extremely aware how precarious and luck-laden any success in this game is. Of course, if you stick around for long enough, and refuse to do the sensible thing of just giving up, then maybe the breaks will go your way eventually. But I was told at one point that my name was starting to meet resistance with editors: ie, they had seen enough of me and wanted fresh names. I prepared myself emotionally for giving up, threw the dice for one last time, without any real hope...Roger Morrishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08071467030127707462noreply@blogger.com