Tag Archive | despair
Emotional Bungee Jumping
My last NAF post (Envy), was about the despair we writers can feel when we think we’re not good enough. Some of the comments indicated another kind of envy and despair—that which goes with seeing the unfairness of the publishing industry. I’m not here today to continue that discussion, though, but to point back to […]
Worldbuilders
Only two authors have ever driven me to despair. TT: It may surprise you to learn they are not C.S. Lewis and George MacDonald. No, those men are as far above me in the writing realm as I am above a real turtle. I may kneel at their feet and marvel, but I do not […]
At The End of the Roll
Don’t you hate it when you run out of wrapping paper but still have a stack of gifts and no chance to get to the store? I know, I know, it could be far worse. And I guess if I wouldn’t even frustrate me except for the fact that it’s far from the only shortfall, […]