Comments on: The Care and Feeding of An Author https://www.maureenbonatch.com/2017/12/care-feeding-author/ Stories with Hocus Pocus & All That Fri, 23 Feb 2018 08:43:47 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.1.3 By: Think Twice Before Following The Worst Writing Advice - Author Maureen L. Bonatch https://www.maureenbonatch.com/2017/12/care-feeding-author/#comment-6723 Fri, 23 Feb 2018 08:43:47 +0000 https://www.maureenbonatch.com/?p=3431#comment-6723 […] another post with more writing advice. One other piece of advice—just write. It doesn’t have to be a novel to start. Sharpen your […]

]]> By: Mary J. McCoy-Dressel https://www.maureenbonatch.com/2017/12/care-feeding-author/#comment-6455 Wed, 27 Dec 2017 21:27:05 +0000 https://www.maureenbonatch.com/?p=3431#comment-6455 All that you said is a great reminder to remember the other important things in life. Writing is a marathon and not a sprint, for sure.

]]> By: Meka James https://www.maureenbonatch.com/2017/12/care-feeding-author/#comment-6451 Tue, 26 Dec 2017 22:14:31 +0000 https://www.maureenbonatch.com/?p=3431#comment-6451 Thank you for your advice Maureen. It very much a marathon. A slow moving, not even fast walking marathon in my case. LOL

]]> By: Raine Balkera https://www.maureenbonatch.com/2017/12/care-feeding-author/#comment-6440 Sat, 23 Dec 2017 22:31:24 +0000 https://www.maureenbonatch.com/?p=3431#comment-6440 Thank you for the helpful advice, Maureen! Merry Christmas!

]]> By: Ed Hoornaert https://www.maureenbonatch.com/2017/12/care-feeding-author/#comment-6438 Sat, 23 Dec 2017 20:52:11 +0000 https://www.maureenbonatch.com/?p=3431#comment-6438 “It’s a marathon, not a sprint.” I don’t know how many times I’ve told people these exact words, Maureen.

]]> By: cathy https://www.maureenbonatch.com/2017/12/care-feeding-author/#comment-6435 Sat, 23 Dec 2017 17:13:14 +0000 https://www.maureenbonatch.com/?p=3431#comment-6435 Fabulous advice> *runs to check out the DIYdesk*

]]> By: Robin Michaela https://www.maureenbonatch.com/2017/12/care-feeding-author/#comment-6434 Sat, 23 Dec 2017 14:37:13 +0000 https://www.maureenbonatch.com/?p=3431#comment-6434 All great advice – especially about the DYI treadmill desk (LOVE it) and the writing career being a marathon, not a sprint. I think that’s a hard realization for most of us.

]]> By: Maureen L. Bonatch https://www.maureenbonatch.com/2017/12/care-feeding-author/#comment-6433 Sat, 23 Dec 2017 14:19:27 +0000 https://www.maureenbonatch.com/?p=3431#comment-6433 In reply to Kenzie Michaels.

Kenzie- I’m right there with you. I really neglected moving and exercising in 2017- and didn’t let any chocolate go to waste! lol

]]> By: Maureen L. Bonatch https://www.maureenbonatch.com/2017/12/care-feeding-author/#comment-6432 Sat, 23 Dec 2017 14:18:37 +0000 https://www.maureenbonatch.com/?p=3431#comment-6432 In reply to Alina K. Field.

Alina- the way I made mine is incredibly easy- just stuff I had around the house and my ancient treadmill!

]]> By: Kenzie Michaels https://www.maureenbonatch.com/2017/12/care-feeding-author/#comment-6430 Sat, 23 Dec 2017 05:39:58 +0000 https://www.maureenbonatch.com/?p=3431#comment-6430 *raises hand*
I now have ‘book butt’, due to the fact that for 11 months, I was on the edit-submit-revise-release-edit-submit-revise-release merry-go-round, and all I did was sit at my computer when I wasn’t doing the basic household chores (laundry, cooking). Plus, that year money was tight and I decided to make my own Christmas candy. One can NOT let a tiny amount of chocolate go down the drain, when there’s not enough to make the last batch….it *must* be consumed, yes? LOL….and now you know ‘the rest of the story’….

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