Comments on: The Grass is Always Greener by Debra Mullins http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/2009/04/10/the-grass-is-always-greener-by-debra-mullins/ Come Create Something Magical! Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:29:46 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Ron Berry http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/2009/04/10/the-grass-is-always-greener-by-debra-mullins/#comment-218 Ron Berry Wed, 15 Apr 2009 10:34:06 +0000 http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/?p=2333#comment-218 So far I've only published with Lulu. I never think my work is good enough for the big boys. Maybe one of the next six books I"m working on, or maybe the Amanda series. I'm waiting for the frost to melt so I can see the grass. So far I’ve only published with Lulu. I never think my work is good enough for the big boys. Maybe one of the next six books I”m working on, or maybe the Amanda series. I’m waiting for the frost to melt so I can see the grass.

]]> By: Susan Meier http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/2009/04/10/the-grass-is-always-greener-by-debra-mullins/#comment-211 Susan Meier Sun, 12 Apr 2009 15:29:08 +0000 http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/?p=2333#comment-211 Great post, Deb! I also liked your comment about needing "down time". Sure, it is possible to write a book in four or six weeks (I write category), but I never forget that it takes me a week or two to come up with the next idea! susan meier Great post, Deb!

I also liked your comment about needing “down time”. Sure, it is possible to write a book in four or six weeks (I write category), but I never forget that it takes me a week or two to come up with the next idea!

susan meier

]]> By: Jina Bacarr http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/2009/04/10/the-grass-is-always-greener-by-debra-mullins/#comment-209 Jina Bacarr Sat, 11 Apr 2009 19:20:00 +0000 http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/?p=2333#comment-209 Excellent post, Debra. All your points are well thought out and spot on. Re: time to produce a book. I would add that a writer should allow extra time once she finishes her m/s to give her the op to go over it again for a final polish. Kinda like Tinker Bell giving it that magic sparkle! Excellent post, Debra. All your points are well thought out and spot on.

Re: time to produce a book. I would add that a writer should allow extra time once she finishes her m/s to give her the op to go over it again for a final polish. Kinda like Tinker Bell giving it that magic sparkle!

]]> By: Gillian Doyle http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/2009/04/10/the-grass-is-always-greener-by-debra-mullins/#comment-208 Gillian Doyle Sat, 11 Apr 2009 16:51:11 +0000 http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/?p=2333#comment-208 So right-on-the-nose! Love the remark about being asked where can they buy the book as if you sell them out of your trunk! :lol: So right-on-the-nose!

Love the remark about being asked where can they buy the book as if you sell them out of your trunk! :lol:

]]> By: April Kihlstrom http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/2009/04/10/the-grass-is-always-greener-by-debra-mullins/#comment-207 April Kihlstrom Sat, 11 Apr 2009 14:10:53 +0000 http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/?p=2333#comment-207 Great post, Deb! Being a published author doesn't mean the challenges go away--they just change a bit. Great post, Deb! Being a published author doesn’t mean the challenges go away–they just change a bit.

]]> By: Jessa Slade http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/2009/04/10/the-grass-is-always-greener-by-debra-mullins/#comment-206 Jessa Slade Sat, 11 Apr 2009 02:58:30 +0000 http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/?p=2333#comment-206 My first book comes out in October and I'm experiencing everything you're talking about. I'm supremely grateful and excited this is happening to me after all my years of work... and yet I know there's so much work ahead. Sometimes I think the grass is only green if you travel with your own can of spraypaint. My first book comes out in October and I’m experiencing everything you’re talking about. I’m supremely grateful and excited this is happening to me after all my years of work… and yet I know there’s so much work ahead.

Sometimes I think the grass is only green if you travel with your own can of spraypaint.

]]> By: Lynn Raye Harris http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/2009/04/10/the-grass-is-always-greener-by-debra-mullins/#comment-205 Lynn Raye Harris Sat, 11 Apr 2009 01:58:35 +0000 http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/?p=2333#comment-205 Awesome post. As someone who just sold in October, I can understand most of this. :) I sold in category, so I need to produce pretty quick. My second book was accepted in Feb; now, it's on to the third -- which is due in June, LOL! Awesome post. As someone who just sold in October, I can understand most of this. :) I sold in category, so I need to produce pretty quick. My second book was accepted in Feb; now, it’s on to the third — which is due in June, LOL!

]]> By: Deb Mullins http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/2009/04/10/the-grass-is-always-greener-by-debra-mullins/#comment-202 Deb Mullins Fri, 10 Apr 2009 21:05:00 +0000 http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/?p=2333#comment-202 I'm glad you both liked it. And Jennifer, congratulations on your sale! I’m glad you both liked it. And Jennifer, congratulations on your sale!

]]> By: DeAnna Cameron http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/2009/04/10/the-grass-is-always-greener-by-debra-mullins/#comment-201 DeAnna Cameron Fri, 10 Apr 2009 17:51:20 +0000 http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/?p=2333#comment-201 I agree with Jennifer -- Deb, this is a great post. Thank you :-) I agree with Jennifer — Deb, this is a great post. Thank you :-)

]]> By: Jennifer Haymore http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/2009/04/10/the-grass-is-always-greener-by-debra-mullins/#comment-200 Jennifer Haymore Fri, 10 Apr 2009 16:21:00 +0000 http://www.libertystatesfictionwriters.com/?p=2333#comment-200 What a great post, Deb! I made my first sale just over a year ago, right around Christmas, and my first book releases this June. And, yes, my life has completely changed. I never expected the extent of it. Of course, I wouldn't change it for the world, but the change has been drastic, and at times, incredibly stressful. Anyway, thanks for your post! What a great post, Deb! I made my first sale just over a year ago, right around Christmas, and my first book releases this June. And, yes, my life has completely changed. I never expected the extent of it. Of course, I wouldn’t change it for the world, but the change has been drastic, and at times, incredibly stressful. Anyway, thanks for your post!

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