tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post6248653438018942959..comments2024-03-27T03:14:07.652-04:00Comments on Seekerville: The Journey Continues: Coming Out of a Dry SpellMissy Tippenshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05480008023330542958noreply@blogger.comBlogger19125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-62905344063728607142021-05-28T23:24:39.203-04:002021-05-28T23:24:39.203-04:00What a blessing of a post! I will admit, this pand...What a blessing of a post! I will admit, this pandemic hit me hard in the creativity. Putting words on the page seemed such a slog! I am amazed I was able to finish a book, and that by the Grace of God! <br /><br />Take a breath, take a break. <br /><br />I can do anything for _________. <br /><br />Gonna hug those two thoughts to my heart for awhile.Erica Vetschhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10512579637041637161noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-74541905010496214642021-05-28T19:48:31.430-04:002021-05-28T19:48:31.430-04:00Burning masks... sorry, but that made me laugh. Ve...Burning masks... sorry, but that made me laugh. Very 60s'ish! lol Happy Memorial Day back at you!Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-9317021575051676012021-05-28T19:47:13.466-04:002021-05-28T19:47:13.466-04:00Thank you, Vince. I love your last sentence. Wonde...Thank you, Vince. I love your last sentence. Wonderful wisdom we should all take to heart!Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-46476244908006941912021-05-28T19:36:36.016-04:002021-05-28T19:36:36.016-04:00It's not over 'til it's over! :)It's not over 'til it's over! :)Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-18784452331196828662021-05-28T19:36:02.595-04:002021-05-28T19:36:02.595-04:00Isn't it interesting how our personality trait...Isn't it interesting how our personality traits affect our productivity during hard times and even good times? Some people thrive under pressure while others shut down. Sounds like you've taken all in stride, Amy. Well done!Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-24688414835076567542021-05-28T19:30:38.913-04:002021-05-28T19:30:38.913-04:00What a perfect verse to hold on to, Glynis!What a perfect verse to hold on to, Glynis!Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-14122409898968303952021-05-28T19:25:39.917-04:002021-05-28T19:25:39.917-04:00Kathy, you've been faithful to your calling th...Kathy, you've been faithful to your calling the last 12 months. Even with a few setbacks, you've accomplished so much!Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-85554940561820798992021-05-28T19:19:48.901-04:002021-05-28T19:19:48.901-04:00Yes. I spent several months of last year immersed ...Yes. I spent several months of last year immersed in elder care and at the time it seemed like I slogged through quicksand. But now, I realize it was a blip on the radar in my mother's long 81 yo life-span.Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-24422733781423313962021-05-28T19:13:35.782-04:002021-05-28T19:13:35.782-04:00I can do anything for a _____ (fill in the blank)....I can do anything for a _____ (fill in the blank). Good stuff, Ruthy!Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-7884951264349942152021-05-28T19:12:21.616-04:002021-05-28T19:12:21.616-04:00Ugh! Ya'll, I commented earlier today from my ...Ugh! Ya'll, I commented earlier today from my phone and thought all my comments went through. They SEEMED to.<br /><br />Sorry to look like I was AWOL all day. :(Pam Hillmanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08604636348596615139noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-24838316984384932022021-05-28T17:39:21.284-04:002021-05-28T17:39:21.284-04:00It's reassuring to know other writers made it ...It's reassuring to know other writers made it through difficult times and eventually published again! <br /><br />I'm rejoicing that we're on this end of the pandemic. <br /><br />I'm claiming it's over! <br /><br />Shall we burn our masks? Okay, I'm getting ahead of myself. And, yes, I still wear a mask at times...but it's the exception now instead of the rule. And I feel so liberated.<br /><br />Happy Memorial Day Weekend to all!<br /><br />God bless our fallen military heroes!Debby Giustihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09463321611980242375noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-16874012363002378742021-05-28T15:50:11.367-04:002021-05-28T15:50:11.367-04:00Hi Pam:
Loved your message this morning.
Take a...Hi Pam:<br /><br />Loved your message this morning.<br /><br /><br /><b><i>Take a breath.<br /><br />Take a break.<br /><br />Take a page from some writers who took a lot longer than a year to get back in the game.<br /><br />Take care of family and take care of yourself.<br /><br />Then, when the time is right, pick up your pen, or open your laptop, and begin again.</i></b><br /><br />The important part of this is taking care of family and care of yourself.<br /><br />Time is precious. One year might not seem like a big deal until you start to wonder if you even have a year left. Then a year becomes a lifetime! <br /><br />For each writer who came back after many years to write again, how many died before they could finish their last great work? Kafka? F. Scott Fitzgerald? Hemingway? <br /><br />While the time missed from writing should never act as an excuse not to start writing again, neither should such lost time ever be taken lightly.<br />Vincehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12707773426729777989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-19807044385831181322021-05-28T09:54:32.830-04:002021-05-28T09:54:32.830-04:00Great post, Pam. Thanks for the reminder that it d...Great post, Pam. Thanks for the reminder that it doesn't have to be over when we get a dry spell. <br /><br />It has been a great week of five posts. I have loved the everyday!Sandy Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11920692341258066387noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-79874836577309009842021-05-28T09:02:01.797-04:002021-05-28T09:02:01.797-04:00It has been a crazy year. I am one of the rare aut...It has been a crazy year. I am one of the rare authors who is extroverted and thrives on human interaction. And yet, I found it easier to write last year than this one. I don't know if it's just because we've gotten so busy again, or if I just exhausted myself, but now that school's over, I am hoping for enough rest to be able to knock some things out this summer before I go back to school and have edits for my fall/winter releases. Thank you for the reminder that it's okay to take breaks when we need them.Amy Anguishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08227138959392552195noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-13565389846916985772021-05-28T08:48:55.108-04:002021-05-28T08:48:55.108-04:00I agree that there is a lot of wisdom here. I have...I agree that there is a lot of wisdom here. I haven't written much at all in the last five years, but I'm feeling a new motivation to get back to it. When I feel tempted to chide myself for the wasted time, I remember the verse from Joel 2:25 about the Lord restoring the years that the locusts have eaten. I feel like God gives us seasons to write and not write and we should glean what we can from the time we aren't and use it for the times we are. Glynishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01764754822702091594noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-8401119204037167702021-05-28T08:10:14.707-04:002021-05-28T08:10:14.707-04:00Pam, I'm here and you are so right. Or "w...Pam, I'm here and you are so right. Or "write." I was able to write during the pandemic and finished a couple of projects, but forces from the outside slowed me down. My nonfiction local history book won't be out this summer as I planned, and I'm still waiting for the paper copies of a book I had published July of 2020. All well and good to say, oh, everything's digital these days, except when it isn't, a number of my readers still prefer paper. I just signed a contract for the third and last "Western Dreams," and am hoping that won't be slowed by what's left of COVID. It's a domino effect, isn't it?<br />Well if I were James Joyce I'd rest after "Ulysses" too.<br />This post really helped me. As a relatively new author, I'm often afraid to stop because I might lose momentum. I need to stop and breathe and remind myself I'm in it for the long haul. <br />And God is in control. If I let Him be.<br />And we go on, when we can. I've finished the first half of my Revolutionary War book on my self-imposed schedule, I'm taking a few days to shore up what I've already done, then I'll plunge into the second half. And I started a novella mostly for fun. Because what's in us eventually has to come out.<br />Glorious day here, not too hot, will be taking a road trip to western NH with my daughter to shoot pix for a possible next nonfiction history book and at least today, life is good. <br />Have a blessed Memorial Day if I don't get back here.<br />Kathy Bailey<br />Always your Kaybee<br />Letting it all unfold in New Hampshirekaybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473317230010542909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-38339842552933469032021-05-28T07:59:49.982-04:002021-05-28T07:59:49.982-04:00Ruthy, I do this too. A variation is "by tomo...Ruthy, I do this too. A variation is "by tomorrow it will be all over." Good for biopsies, mammograms, colonoscopies and the like. <br />KB<br />kaybeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14473317230010542909noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-91946780977619458082021-05-28T07:25:23.291-04:002021-05-28T07:25:23.291-04:00Thank you Pam for this encouraging post! 1 year or...Thank you Pam for this encouraging post! 1 year or a few months or weeks is just a blip on the calendar.Lee-Ann Bhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16757223217376371793noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3649424089750316818.post-19016523705789978792021-05-28T06:54:06.797-04:002021-05-28T06:54:06.797-04:00There is so much wisdom here... down home wisdom, ...There is so much wisdom here... down home wisdom, the kind that comes from someone who knows that the roller coaster is supposed to have ups and downs, twists and turns... that's why we hand over our ticket for the ride, isn't it?<br /><br />Pam, you're so right. <br /><br />I've used the "time" thing to get through lots of things in life..<br /><br />"I can do anything for a few hours." (being nice to people who aren't your cup of tea for a holiday instead of being a jerk and staying home)<br /><br />"I can do anything for a week," (dealing with the boss being gone and the pseudo boss taking over)<br /><br />"I can do anything for a month." (Dealing with a season of rain, rain and more rain)<br /><br />"I can do anything for a year." (Walking the path to heaven with someone you love.)<br /><br />"I can do anything..." You get the gist. If we see the end of the tunnel either visually or via timeline, it helps us focus.<br /><br />We're not blindly saying I can do anything! That's foolish talk most times... but if you gauge it out into a time frame, it's truly amazing what we can do... and what we should do.Ruth Logan Hernehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11550734775151341968noreply@blogger.com