tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post2434103729190090588..comments2023-06-17T06:42:27.316-07:00Comments on snow like thought: Wring out the oldRachel Fentonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comBlogger37125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-56433948881754429672010-01-16T22:23:40.165-08:002010-01-16T22:23:40.165-08:00Ha - here you are, no wonder I couldn't find y...Ha - here you are, no wonder I couldn't find your comment on my most recent post! Doh! Thanks!Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-72729878984901110482010-01-16T01:34:40.857-08:002010-01-16T01:34:40.857-08:00Happy New Year Rachel! I'm sure that all your ...Happy New Year Rachel! I'm sure that all your hard work will pay off - every word you write brings you closer to your goals. Best of luck for 2010.Rachael Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07690377694600952816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-81111383635301584752010-01-05T23:55:56.277-08:002010-01-05T23:55:56.277-08:00Thank you , Minnie, and happy new year to you, too...Thank you , Minnie, and happy new year to you, too.<br /><br />I don't think I can stop writing - though perhaps some aspects of life would be easier if I could. <br /><br />I feel very honoured to be on your list though I must tell you I am a wandering Brit! Hope that doesn't knock me off the new year's honours list!?<br /><br /><br />Rest assured I'll keep on keeping on, Minnie, and I'll be over to your blog again soon!<br /><br />What a lovely commenter you are!Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-211593039270390742010-01-05T23:36:21.415-08:002010-01-05T23:36:21.415-08:00Hello Rachel - very belated happy New Year to you ...Hello Rachel - very belated happy New Year to you and yours from Nice. Thank you for visiting my blog, & for your kind comment.<br />I'm stunned by your diligence & industry, & congratulate you. I fear 5 rejections is nothing; but I have a feeling you'll succeed - so just keep at it! A writer writes regardless of anything and everything, as a top former literary agent I used to know once said to me.<br />Never visited NZ, although have rellies there (one became prof of EngLit @ Christchurch) from Rotorua. But one of the most wonderful friends I was fortunate to know was from Auckland, so always bless it & its people! Now you're on the list.<br />Bon courage, Rachel - Minnie.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-47921084191012780052010-01-05T17:19:05.755-08:002010-01-05T17:19:05.755-08:00I hope publication follows - that or exhaustion fo...I hope publication follows - that or exhaustion for sure, Tania!<br /><br />Five rejections and one acceptance already this year! Must keep going!<br /><br />You know it was you asking me to do the guest post I think (And Nuala with the book tours) which gave me the required rocket boost - I thought what if all these people go looking for stuff I've written and there's nothing out there, it's all here in my pc/scraps of paper/notebooks! How embarrassing!<br /><br />So big thanks! I hope I do something to make you all proud to have made my acquaintance!<br /><br />Thanks again, Tania xRachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-51582462107368062552010-01-05T17:12:05.916-08:002010-01-05T17:12:05.916-08:00Hehe - and...we're off....!!!
Thanks Vanessa!...Hehe - and...we're off....!!!<br /><br />Thanks Vanessa!Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-64649457826751966502010-01-05T16:28:30.583-08:002010-01-05T16:28:30.583-08:00Rachel, that sounds like one hell of a year writin...Rachel, that sounds like one hell of a year writing-wise, may it continue to be a decade of great creativity, there is no doubt that publication will come - if you send, send, send it out! Congrats on the poem publication - and what a gorgeous photo! Thanks for all your wonderful comments on my blog, and for your excellent guest blog post. It's been lovely to "meet" you.<br />xxTania Hershmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15781460794034586895noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-27356504391832479862010-01-05T16:04:37.646-08:002010-01-05T16:04:37.646-08:00congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!congratulations!!!!!!!!!!!!Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833187671441310234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-78723158713538631272010-01-05T15:33:07.620-08:002010-01-05T15:33:07.620-08:00Vanessa - you're making me blush!
Thank you.
...Vanessa - you're making me blush!<br />Thank you. <br /><br />(Have to say, it's amazing what a good camera and a bit of lighting can do! I generally look like a big toothy moose! Good job it's only my back in the shot - I've ruined many a lovely photo!) I think the church took centre stage in this shot - good thing too!<br /><br />My output will be substantially reduced this year with the novel needing feedin and looking after! But I'm glad I have a collection of material to tinker with in the dry hours!<br /><br />Just had a poem and accompanying art work accepted by Writer's Eye! Hurrah!Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-42804169009858543432010-01-05T15:16:57.584-08:002010-01-05T15:16:57.584-08:00Hi Rachel what a stunning and lovely photo! And I ...Hi Rachel what a stunning and lovely photo! And I am blown sideways by your output. My goodness! All strength to you in 2010 and on into the future - and thank you for all your lovely comments everywhere, on blogs and so forth. It is a pleasure to know you, writer-person. (and dont let anyone tell you you aren't.)Vanessa Gebbiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00833187671441310234noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-31712929652673316392010-01-05T10:14:43.381-08:002010-01-05T10:14:43.381-08:00This comment has been removed by the author.Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-20755818166987576602010-01-05T10:14:29.418-08:002010-01-05T10:14:29.418-08:00That's still almost one per month, Dick, prett...That's still almost one per month, Dick, pretty good by my standards! And it's quality not quantity that counts, as I think I've already said! Which you have in spade loads! Good luck with it for you, then, and to many more drafts!Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-8753911421348510672010-01-05T09:00:19.683-08:002010-01-05T09:00:19.683-08:00Good luck with locating the agent and getting into...Good luck with locating the agent and getting into print, Rachel. My main aspiration too, although my output is a fraction of yours - I'll be lucky to get 10 first drafts completed in a year.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-84159674838985873702010-01-04T11:13:10.524-08:002010-01-04T11:13:10.524-08:00Dave, you're very kind, thank you.
Penny, I ...Dave, you're very kind, thank you.<br /><br /><br />Penny, I hope it pays off too! I have to say I have churned out a lot of tosh though, which will need some investment to bring up to scratch, and I've had four rejections in as many days of this new year! I hope that's not part of starting as I mean to go on!<br /><br />Thank you so much for your enthusiasm and generosity of support.Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-50209776386244624782010-01-04T08:25:53.601-08:002010-01-04T08:25:53.601-08:00Rachel I am amazed and humbled by your dedication ...Rachel I am amazed and humbled by your dedication to your craft. If I'm going to have any New Year Resolution it going to be to quit faffing about and be more like you. I'm sure this will be your year Penny xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-52428684915914210052010-01-04T01:40:19.845-08:002010-01-04T01:40:19.845-08:00Not a fraud, not too long, not too anything. Refre...Not a fraud, not too long, not too anything. Refreshing. Something different.Dave Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08430484174826768488noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-81323807030555710872010-01-03T13:24:11.614-08:002010-01-03T13:24:11.614-08:00Back at you, Tom!! Anyway, what's all this thi...Back at you, Tom!! Anyway, what's all this third Tom in a row!!? You make me sound like a feline of iniqitous repute! ;)Thank you!<br /><br />Nanomibobbing is right for who it's right for - I definitely got over needing to test how productive I can be though!<br /><br />It was self discipline to an extreme, I can tell you that (reminding myself of Long John Silver when I typed that! - "and you may lay to that!)<br /><br /><br />I hope I can give you all something worth following in 2010!<br /><br />Thanks for ambling along thus far everybody!Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-85927095960635751192010-01-03T10:06:47.302-08:002010-01-03T10:06:47.302-08:00Here's your third Tom in a row to congratulate...Here's your third Tom in a row to congratulate you on such a productive year. Writing a novel in four weeks, even a first draft, is a extraordinary thing to have done. I wonder what you think of all that nanowrimo larking about now.<br /><br />I have the same conversation you have, more or less:<br /><br />'You're writing a novel?'<br />'Yes.'<br />'Wow, who's it for?'<br />'Erm, I don't know yet.'<br />'!!!'<br />etc.<br /><br />I'm looking forward to following you through 2010, Rachel.Thomas Taylorhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12987047131104943571noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-27071586305433439492010-01-02T15:25:21.858-08:002010-01-02T15:25:21.858-08:00Thanks, Tom - I'm a bit green with the whole s...Thanks, Tom - I'm a bit green with the whole submitting/agents/publishing world side of things but I'm working on it! Ditto with the luck!<br /><br /><br /><br />Rachel, I will if you <br />have a good word with yours (years)! Thanks.Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-12474935492907442262010-01-02T15:20:19.449-08:002010-01-02T15:20:19.449-08:00Have a good year with words, Rachel.
xHave a good year with words, Rachel.<br />xRachel Foxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11803852725693518924noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-88356685055675634172010-01-02T15:05:45.831-08:002010-01-02T15:05:45.831-08:00That's a terrific output for last year, Rachel...That's a terrific output for last year, Rachel. Good luck with all things literary in 2010.TOM VOWLERhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00436338454781485164noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-52250624878058465282010-01-02T14:43:06.415-08:002010-01-02T14:43:06.415-08:00Tom - Thank you.Tom - Thank you.Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-59433248672312386872010-01-02T14:26:41.367-08:002010-01-02T14:26:41.367-08:00The following quote from what you shared just come...The following quote from what you shared just comes across to me like the seeds of a great writer. I think sharing like this is amazing and powerful for people. Being able to share in authentic way is rare but powerful. <br /><br />"Part of me will always talk to that kid who was kicked, spat on, followed home and pushed in the gutter and had her clothes drawn on, and part of me will listen to her telling them, the kids that did that to her "thanks - you made me", but there's another part developing, one who doesn't need the mother of the past. In 2009 I cut the umbilicus."Tom Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00694425811308686944noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-1596668439417215042010-01-02T12:30:16.671-08:002010-01-02T12:30:16.671-08:00Steven - Thanks. Glad I'm not the only one who...Steven - Thanks. Glad I'm not the only one who's worked like this!<br /><br />Are you a Leo?<br /><br />("sceme" should read scheme...agh, will I n'er learn to type accurately!?)<br /><br /><br />GW - it was taken Jan '09. Thank you. A friend of ours took it - I think his camera cost more than our car!<br /><br /><br />Kass - There are obviously times when I cannot write a thing but the ideas keep coming and the phrases, so that when I do snatch a moment, I scribble away like one possessed! I'm really pleased you like my writing - thanks, that means a lot.Rachel Fentonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10046917627054462214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3573472801176728225.post-46603540646379017252010-01-02T08:13:55.444-08:002010-01-02T08:13:55.444-08:00You can actually write with the constant distracti...You can actually write with the constant distraction of a child?!! There are some pretty famous people who have written solely from their beds. Truman Capote, for one. Now I'm going to have to go google this to be sure. I love your style of writing. Keep it up.Kasshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05233330248952156754noreply@blogger.com