tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141637017900148390.post803031716740830306..comments2023-10-11T10:21:44.707-05:00Comments on "Why Wear The Cross?": "To Publish Or Not To Publish"Bobby Ozunahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06054557500399102688noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141637017900148390.post-54362220693902998182008-08-25T19:12:00.000-05:002008-08-25T19:12:00.000-05:00Morris:Thank you for taking the time to review thi...Morris:<BR/>Thank you for taking the time to review this article and post a comment.<BR/><BR/>Writing and marketing fiction are tougher than most non-fiction markets--for reasons I don't yet understand--but everyday I research, study and apply some good 'ole trial and error...I am one step closer to accomplishing my publishing goals.<BR/>Thanks for the post!Bobby Ozunahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06054557500399102688noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141637017900148390.post-5778191369518676632008-08-25T14:15:00.000-05:002008-08-25T14:15:00.000-05:00Bobby,Just finished reading your post, will put th...Bobby,<BR/><BR/>Just finished reading your post, will put through your commments on my blog now.<BR/><BR/>I remember running my local five mile route back in 1995, a year after I wrote my first novel (which I never published on paper) and when I had just discovered the Internet via the old GNN service. While out running, I decided to take a guide I'd written for computer technicians I was training a couple years earlier, redo it for a new website, with the dream of one day selling it to a publisher.<BR/><BR/>The funny thing is I remember my goal very specifically. I thought if I could just get to $20K a year as an author, I would keep writing fiction and and eventually show the world:-)<BR/><BR/>While it took a while, I ended up doing much better than the $20K/year and found myself with a career as a how-to writer. Somehow, I never got back to fiction, and I wonder if things would have worked out differently if I'd just published that novel myself and kept working at various computer /engineering jobs to support the writing habit.<BR/><BR/>MorrisMorris Rosenthalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02366583952912843043noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4141637017900148390.post-20902391514704876462007-03-31T18:14:00.000-05:002007-03-31T18:14:00.000-05:00You make some very valid points. Publish Bobby Pub...You make some very valid points. Publish Bobby Publish....<BR/><BR/>My favorite Robert Frost poem an except from "Stopping by the woods on a snowy evening" <BR/><BR/>The woods are lovely, dark and deep.<BR/>But I have promises to keep,<BR/>And miles to go before I sleep,<BR/>And miles to go before I sleep. <BR/><BR/>I guess you'll be up many a night polishing your craft before you sleep. I hope you promise to continue writing, it's definately what you should be doing.Maria Sanchezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05027804047837854361noreply@blogger.com