Saturday, May 14, 2011
hands, in and out of my
I index books for a living and slipped into that mode to enter this post. Last week, my third work of fiction, Painted Deserts, became a Finalist for an annual USA Book News International Books Award. My two previous books—Music for the Dream: Seven Short Stories and Tanner Blue—have both won awards as well. It’s thrilling to receive this recognition, which has me thinking about the partnership of discipline and faith. While writing, the work is in the hands of the creator. When that work is completed and released, how does one get a grip on certain expectations?
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Reframe expectations as dreams, wishes and goals.
Eloquently stated. My guess is that one gets a grip on expectations by relaxing the grip to the point where it is not a grip at all.
Discipline and faith, faith and discipline. Hmmmm. It takes both. The question is now as it has always been and it has to do with proportions. It's connected to two apparently different universes. Two apparent opposites.
Congratulations! Expect nothing! But when the love comes, open your arms and receive. You are deserving of recognition.
Love reading these wise comments. It struck me that discipline rules during the actual writing, or at least gives the writer the framework to successfully complete a work, and faith is what holds the writer after the work is done. I was hearing faith in terms of faith in the rightness of whatever happens... touching one reader or millions.
Kenny: Thank you.
Hands, relaxing grip of. :-)
BEB: At first, I thought: Reframe dreams, wishes, and goals as expectations! I like how your statement restores dignity to dreaming, wishing, and attaining goals.
Anonymous: I love the "when" of love coming [from the audience for my writing]. Thank you so very much!
Louise: You have touched on one of the many ironies out there in the current publishing climate. Actually wanting readers to *read* books after they *buy* them! If exposure to particular types of writing causes one in a million readers to make a greater contribution to life, that is a valuable thing, indeed. How wonderful it will be to multiply that experience!
And, of course, Val - huge congratulations on yet another honor bestowed on your writing. I can imagine how gratifying this must feel. Well done, my friend!
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