Comments on: Days of Desperation http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/2005/09/days-of-desperation/ Full-time journalist, part-time geek. Tue, 06 Jan 2009 21:50:07 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.2 By: Vanessa http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/2005/09/days-of-desperation/#comment-218 Vanessa Tue, 04 Oct 2005 16:20:22 +0000 http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/?p=188#comment-218 Hello from another AbsoluteWrite subscriber. I love this blog! Hello from another AbsoluteWrite subscriber. I love this blog!

]]> By: Mridu Khullar http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/2005/09/days-of-desperation/#comment-217 Mridu Khullar Tue, 04 Oct 2005 16:19:56 +0000 http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/?p=188#comment-217 Oh, absolutely! I was talking to this guy yesterday, and he’d just finished reading the above entry. So he says, “Heh. The grass is always greener on the other side, yeah?” And I replied, “No way! The grass is definitely greener on MY side.” Days of desperation or no days of desperation, I wouldn’t give this up for anything. We all have our battles, but I get to choose mine. Oh, absolutely! I was talking to this guy yesterday, and he’d just finished reading the above entry. So he says, “Heh. The grass is always greener on the other side, yeah?” And I replied, “No way! The grass is definitely greener on MY side.” Days of desperation or no days of desperation, I wouldn’t give this up for anything. We all have our battles, but I get to choose mine.

]]> By: Dorothy http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/2005/09/days-of-desperation/#comment-216 Dorothy Tue, 04 Oct 2005 16:19:39 +0000 http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/?p=188#comment-216 I live for the day when I can quit my job and freelance full-time. That’s my goal and I’m working towards it, but will it ever get here? One day. But, you know, it’s that determination that sets real writers from wannabe writers. They will go through anything to get THERE. A compulsion, maybe, but I’d like to think of it as a never-ending drive to find that pot at the end of the rainbow. And if they keep striving towards what they want, they will get there because that’s when determination and perseverance kicks in. And that’s when eventually they’ll get where they want to be. I live for the day when I can quit my job and freelance full-time. That’s my goal and I’m working towards it, but will it ever get here? One day. But, you know, it’s that determination that sets real writers from wannabe writers. They will go through anything to get THERE. A compulsion, maybe, but I’d like to think of it as a never-ending drive to find that pot at the end of the rainbow. And if they keep striving towards what they want, they will get there because that’s when determination and perseverance kicks in. And that’s when eventually they’ll get where they want to be.

]]> By: Mridu Khullar http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/2005/09/days-of-desperation/#comment-215 Mridu Khullar Tue, 04 Oct 2005 16:19:06 +0000 http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/?p=188#comment-215 Aww.. now I’m running out of ways to say thank you. :) You people are amazing! And when the going gets tough, the so-called best friends are the quickest to pack their bags and leave. It’s a fact. You’re right. It IS a fact. Apparently doing something book/writing related isn’t a valid excuse for missing. Oh you think that’s bad! Wait till they come back from a boring office tour, and pretend like being sent to Timbuktu to work 20-hour shifts in an overheated office for three weeks was the best travel experience of their lives. And you thought working “from home” was exciting.. pfft. ;) Aww.. now I’m running out of ways to say thank you. :) You people are amazing!

And when the going gets tough, the so-called best friends are the quickest to pack their bags and leave. It’s a fact.

You’re right. It IS a fact.

Apparently doing something book/writing related isn’t a valid excuse for missing.

Oh you think that’s bad! Wait till they come back from a boring office tour, and pretend like being sent to Timbuktu to work 20-hour shifts in an overheated office for three weeks was the best travel experience of their lives. And you thought working “from home” was exciting.. pfft. ;)

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/2005/09/days-of-desperation/#comment-214 Anonymous Tue, 04 Oct 2005 16:18:42 +0000 http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/?p=188#comment-214 As someone who is soon to be working less at my paying job and doing more writing, I would just like to thank you Mridu for your wonderful newsletter and free email course that keeps me inspired–and hopeful. What would we do without you. Love Laura RN As someone who is soon to be working less at my paying job and doing more writing, I would just like to thank you Mridu for your wonderful newsletter and free email course that keeps me inspired–and hopeful. What would we do without you. Love Laura RN

]]> By: Hari http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/2005/09/days-of-desperation/#comment-213 Hari Tue, 04 Oct 2005 16:18:24 +0000 http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/?p=188#comment-213 Hi Mridu, Just started my own blog and though mine’s about ‘The Novel’, I found much inspiration from reading many of your entries, especially this one! Thank you. Hi Mridu,

Just started my own blog and though mine’s about ‘The Novel’, I found much inspiration from reading many of your entries, especially this one!

Thank you.

]]> By: Heather http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/2005/09/days-of-desperation/#comment-212 Heather Tue, 04 Oct 2005 16:18:00 +0000 http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/?p=188#comment-212 “You will have no money. You will have no time. You will develop the ability to see through people. And because of this, you will have no friends. And when the going gets tough, the so-called best friends are the quickest to pack their bags and leave.” I completely empathize with this tonight. I’ve been planning to attend several Book Festival events next week, and am currently out of favor with two friends — each of whom has planned different social events for late next week and have only just now said anything — for declining their last-minute invitations. Apparently doing something book/writing related isn’t a valid excuse for missing. “You will have no money. You will have no time. You will develop the ability to see through people. And because of this, you will have no friends. And when the going gets tough, the so-called best friends are the quickest to pack their bags and leave.”

I completely empathize with this tonight. I’ve been planning to attend several Book Festival events next week, and am currently out of favor with two friends — each of whom has planned different social events for late next week and have only just now said anything — for declining their last-minute invitations. Apparently doing something book/writing related isn’t a valid excuse for missing.

]]> By: Anonymous http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/2005/09/days-of-desperation/#comment-211 Anonymous Tue, 04 Oct 2005 16:17:35 +0000 http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/?p=188#comment-211 The friend bit, I’m totally there. They should tell you this when you become a writer. You will have no money. You will have no time. You will develop the ability to see through people. And because of this, you will have no friends. And when the going gets tough, the so-called best friends are the quickest to pack their bags and leave. It’s a fact. The friend bit, I’m totally there. They should tell you this when you become a writer. You will have no money. You will have no time. You will develop the ability to see through people. And because of this, you will have no friends. And when the going gets tough, the so-called best friends are the quickest to pack their bags and leave. It’s a fact.

]]> By: Lisa http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/2005/09/days-of-desperation/#comment-210 Lisa Tue, 04 Oct 2005 16:17:16 +0000 http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/?p=188#comment-210 Hey Mridu…I’ve just had one of those ‘moments’ - y’know the kind where something amazing happens to flip a mood or spark a fire in your belly - well you’ve just managed to do both miss Mridu…Today was sucking hugely, my agent told me there was a delay with the deal she’s negotiating for me, I got a rejection letter from a magazine I really wanted to write for and I had a fight with my so-called best friend who said I should stop writing and get out more…Then I read this entry - man, you get it, as in really get it! Thank you x Hey Mridu…I’ve just had one of those ‘moments’ - y’know the kind where something amazing happens to flip a mood or spark a fire in your belly - well you’ve just managed to do both miss Mridu…Today was sucking hugely, my agent told me there was a delay with the deal she’s negotiating for me, I got a rejection letter from a magazine I really wanted to write for and I had a fight with my so-called best friend who said I should stop writing and get out more…Then I read this entry - man, you get it, as in really get it! Thank you x

]]> By: Mridu Khullar http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/2005/09/days-of-desperation/#comment-209 Mridu Khullar Tue, 04 Oct 2005 16:17:00 +0000 http://www.mridukhullar.com/journal/?p=188#comment-209 Oops, too late. Head is already swelled. :) Your comment is very much appreciated, Carl. Amia– thank YOU! Oops, too late. Head is already swelled. :) Your comment is very much appreciated, Carl.

Amia– thank YOU!

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