tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488191966351130111.post5218354635023874301..comments2024-03-29T05:52:04.253-05:00Comments on Smack Dab in the Middle: July Theme: My Yes! Moment (Stephanie Burgis)Holly Schindlerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16742207239654178917noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488191966351130111.post-65112807715708798602011-07-17T08:28:08.547-05:002011-07-17T08:28:08.547-05:00Isn't that just THE BEST kind of email to get?...Isn't that just THE BEST kind of email to get? :) It's such a gift - and so validating, especially to get right out of the blue like that. It makes it all feel worthwhile!Stephanie Burgishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04351035806176448886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488191966351130111.post-84214782242143918742011-07-17T06:53:16.552-05:002011-07-17T06:53:16.552-05:00How lovely! I received a similar kind of email fro...How lovely! I received a similar kind of email from a sixth grader, who had also read my ARC. It's so unexpected hearing from someone at that stage, when you don't even think anyone could possibly be reading your work yet, much less an actual kid -- the real audience -- after sharing it with all the adult readers in your life: agent, editor, critique partners, etc.<br /><br />I love that your yes moment was about your first young reader...it'd definitely an email to save forever.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488191966351130111.post-86780912391241524902011-07-17T06:34:51.993-05:002011-07-17T06:34:51.993-05:00Oh, that is an amazing "yes!" story!Oh, that is an amazing "yes!" story!Stephanie Burgishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04351035806176448886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5488191966351130111.post-5113388772959339532011-07-16T21:56:24.295-05:002011-07-16T21:56:24.295-05:00That is wonderful.
One of my "yes!" mom...That is wonderful.<br /><br />One of my "yes!" moments as a writer was when I was participating in a specfic reading in Manhattan with my writing group, as part of a (usually) literary fiction series. After I read my story, a gentleman in the audience introduced himself, complimented the story, and said he'd just read another story of mine in a magazine. When he looked me up online, he learned I was doing a reading that night and decided to attend.<br /><br />I was so flattered that someone had liked my writing enough to come and hear me read! And it was a great reminder of one of the reasons I write in the first place.E.C. Myershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17439318555348518941noreply@blogger.com