Comments on: The Writing Life – Finding Healthy Balance http://romanceuniversity.org/2009/09/28/the-writing-life-%e2%80%93-finding-healthy-balance/ Mon, 21 May 2012 03:57:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: Joanne Rock http://romanceuniversity.org/2009/09/28/the-writing-life-%e2%80%93-finding-healthy-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-1692 Joanne Rock Tue, 29 Sep 2009 13:40:47 +0000 http://romanceuniversity.org/?p=1590#comment-1692 Thank you, RU, for having me! I had a great time visiting with everyone and hope to come back again down the road. Good luck to all with WIPs and staying balanced with all you do! ***Prize winner*** It's my pleasure to giveaway a signed copy of one of my backlist books to Barbara Ann. All you need to do is email me at joanne@joannerock.com with a shipping address and your choice of book from. You can see all my titles on the Bookshelf page of my website: http://www.joannerock.com If you don't mind listing an alternate, that way you can be sure I'll have one if not the other! Thank you again! Thank you, RU, for having me! I had a great time visiting with everyone and hope to come back again down the road. Good luck to all with WIPs and staying balanced with all you do!

***Prize winner*** It’s my pleasure to giveaway a signed copy of one of my backlist books to Barbara Ann. All you need to do is email me at joanne@joannerock.com with a shipping address and your choice of book from. You can see all my titles on the Bookshelf page of my website: http://www.joannerock.com If you don’t mind listing an alternate, that way you can be sure I’ll have one if not the other! Thank you again!

]]> By: Anna Patterson http://romanceuniversity.org/2009/09/28/the-writing-life-%e2%80%93-finding-healthy-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-1690 Anna Patterson Tue, 29 Sep 2009 04:59:37 +0000 http://romanceuniversity.org/?p=1590#comment-1690 I really appreciate the feedback. I have been working all day on a novel I hope to submit to Silhouette Romantic Suspence in a two paragraph blurb tomorrow. I have always read Harlequin Romances and started again recently about two years ago. It is nice to be able to have a guidepost like this which helps make daily life more comfortable. Thank you. I really appreciate the feedback. I have been working all day on a novel I hope to submit to Silhouette Romantic Suspence in a two paragraph blurb tomorrow. I have always read Harlequin Romances and started again recently about two years ago. It is nice to be able to have a guidepost like this which helps make daily life more comfortable. Thank you.

]]> By: Joanne Rock http://romanceuniversity.org/2009/09/28/the-writing-life-%e2%80%93-finding-healthy-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-1689 Joanne Rock Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:05:58 +0000 http://romanceuniversity.org/?p=1590#comment-1689 Hi Blythe! So good to see you! Good luck with the new book and can't wait to see what you've got in store for us next :-). Hi Blythe! So good to see you! Good luck with the new book and can’t wait to see what you’ve got in store for us next :-) .

]]> By: Joanne Rock http://romanceuniversity.org/2009/09/28/the-writing-life-%e2%80%93-finding-healthy-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-1688 Joanne Rock Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:04:04 +0000 http://romanceuniversity.org/?p=1590#comment-1688 Loree, I swear by Yankee Candles for just that reason! Thanks so much for stopping by the thread! Loree, I swear by Yankee Candles for just that reason! Thanks so much for stopping by the thread!

]]> By: Joanne Rock http://romanceuniversity.org/2009/09/28/the-writing-life-%e2%80%93-finding-healthy-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-1687 Joanne Rock Tue, 29 Sep 2009 03:01:40 +0000 http://romanceuniversity.org/?p=1590#comment-1687 Your schedule sounds so wonderful! How wise of you to maintain those healthy breaks that inevitably give you more energy in the long run. I'm tucking my bag of peanut butter kisses back in my desk drawer now . Your schedule sounds so wonderful! How wise of you to maintain those healthy breaks that inevitably give you more energy in the long run. I’m tucking my bag of peanut butter kisses back in my desk drawer now .

]]> By: Blythe Gifford http://romanceuniversity.org/2009/09/28/the-writing-life-%e2%80%93-finding-healthy-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-1686 Blythe Gifford Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:59:52 +0000 http://romanceuniversity.org/?p=1590#comment-1686 Joanne - Just wanted to say hi! And thanks for the wise words. You gave me some new ideas to implement. I must get organizaed right after this deadline! Joanne – Just wanted to say hi! And thanks for the wise words. You gave me some new ideas to implement. I must get organizaed right after this deadline!

]]> By: Joanne Rock http://romanceuniversity.org/2009/09/28/the-writing-life-%e2%80%93-finding-healthy-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-1685 Joanne Rock Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:57:52 +0000 http://romanceuniversity.org/?p=1590#comment-1685 Anna, you're so very welcome! I vividly remember the intellectual thirst of those first few years of writing-- feeling like I knew so little and wanting to know so much on a million different fronts (the business of writing, the craft of writing, the art of storytelling, the challenges of networking, the impossible task of balancing family and big dreams... you name it!). So once I started forging my own path after learning boatloads from generous folks along the way, I figured it was only right and necessary to aid those who were starting the journey. Plus, chatting with folks who are just getting underway in their writing is always inspiring. Their enthusiasm helps me to recall my own. Anna, you’re so very welcome! I vividly remember the intellectual thirst of those first few years of writing– feeling like I knew so little and wanting to know so much on a million different fronts (the business of writing, the craft of writing, the art of storytelling, the challenges of networking, the impossible task of balancing family and big dreams… you name it!). So once I started forging my own path after learning boatloads from generous folks along the way, I figured it was only right and necessary to aid those who were starting the journey. Plus, chatting with folks who are just getting underway in their writing is always inspiring. Their enthusiasm helps me to recall my own.

]]> By: Joanne Rock http://romanceuniversity.org/2009/09/28/the-writing-life-%e2%80%93-finding-healthy-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-1684 Joanne Rock Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:50:20 +0000 http://romanceuniversity.org/?p=1590#comment-1684 Oh good! I can't tell you how happy I am to have spent some time on the decorating. And I love that it's the one spot in the house where I can hang things that *I* adore and that inspire *me.* I have a framed photo of the house C.G. Jung built at Bollingen, which reminds me to honor the work your soul is called to do. And the other piece I really love is a Renaissance-era tapestry I purchased after finalling in the RITA. I didn't win the big prize, but the occasion felt big and important and I'm glad that I marked it with something tangible I enjoy every day. Oh good! I can’t tell you how happy I am to have spent some time on the decorating. And I love that it’s the one spot in the house where I can hang things that *I* adore and that inspire *me.* I have a framed photo of the house C.G. Jung built at Bollingen, which reminds me to honor the work your soul is called to do. And the other piece I really love is a Renaissance-era tapestry I purchased after finalling in the RITA. I didn’t win the big prize, but the occasion felt big and important and I’m glad that I marked it with something tangible I enjoy every day.

]]> By: Joanne Rock http://romanceuniversity.org/2009/09/28/the-writing-life-%e2%80%93-finding-healthy-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-1683 Joanne Rock Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:44:20 +0000 http://romanceuniversity.org/?p=1590#comment-1683 Thank you, Vicki! I've got one of those books screaming my name this week, too. Reading is something else that helps remind me why I love writing. So it makes all the more sense to indulge it often! Thank you, Vicki! I’ve got one of those books screaming my name this week, too. Reading is something else that helps remind me why I love writing. So it makes all the more sense to indulge it often!

]]> By: Joanne Rock http://romanceuniversity.org/2009/09/28/the-writing-life-%e2%80%93-finding-healthy-balance/comment-page-1/#comment-1682 Joanne Rock Tue, 29 Sep 2009 02:40:52 +0000 http://romanceuniversity.org/?p=1590#comment-1682 I get this with my writing things and teaching things. Although perhaps the biggest piles of material in my office are kid-related... homework papers, lunch calendars, permission slips... who knew I'd need a wall full of bins just for them? I bought 3 big used bookcases for my office and use a lot of the shelves for this kind of organizing. Only about half the shelves have books. And I really do have bins dedicated to kid stuff ;-). Happy organizing! I get this with my writing things and teaching things. Although perhaps the biggest piles of material in my office are kid-related… homework papers, lunch calendars, permission slips… who knew I’d need a wall full of bins just for them? I bought 3 big used bookcases for my office and use a lot of the shelves for this kind of organizing. Only about half the shelves have books. And I really do have bins dedicated to kid stuff ;-) . Happy organizing!

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