tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post8678464772807129550..comments2024-03-21T17:22:02.012-05:00Comments on Musings of an Elf: Writer: Stamped on Your Heart, Poured in Your BloodChristine Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comBlogger28125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-40317093341608698372016-07-07T12:02:43.388-05:002016-07-07T12:02:43.388-05:00THANK YOU DEAR, OLIVIA. Oh my! That is one of the ...THANK YOU DEAR, OLIVIA. Oh my! That is one of the nicest things anyone has ever said about my little blog. Your comments this morning have completely made my day! <3Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-80807239514238911882016-07-07T08:33:49.920-05:002016-07-07T08:33:49.920-05:00It was MoaE's blogiversary?!?! HAPPY BLOGIVER...It was MoaE's blogiversary?!?! HAPPY BLOGIVERSARY!! Your blog is "such the beauty" :)Oliviahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03546655886492251059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-85310441398109383022016-03-23T19:21:15.369-05:002016-03-23T19:21:15.369-05:00I'm so glad it could be some encouragement to ...I'm so glad it could be some encouragement to you. Don't you ever give up! I can see your dedication to your writing, it's beautiful. God put that passion inside you and He has a plan for it. So keep writing, keep pursuing that dream. And don't ever let those doubts pull you from your love for words.Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-15970601225500247112016-03-23T12:00:48.945-05:002016-03-23T12:00:48.945-05:00Thanks, Christine. I really need this right now. I...Thanks, Christine. I really need this right now. I love writing and I've been pursuing publication for years and I still haven't gotten my novel yet and it's a bit discouraging. I could really use the extra dough from an advance. But my fears have definitely been hurting my creativity. <br /><br />storitorigrace.blogspot.comVictoria Grace Howellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01849013182543674707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-65541410258476441752016-03-18T13:25:51.950-05:002016-03-18T13:25:51.950-05:00I'm really glad you enjoyed it. You're so ...I'm really glad you enjoyed it. You're so welcome. ^_^Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-32259263034209763782016-03-18T13:25:25.836-05:002016-03-18T13:25:25.836-05:00D'awww! I'm so happy you're enjoying t...D'awww! I'm so happy you're enjoying them.<br /><br />A week to edit? o.o Oh man, I think I'd die. I like taking it slow and steady. I admire you for doing that!Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-88340749978634403912016-03-18T13:16:54.774-05:002016-03-18T13:16:54.774-05:00This is so inspiring, Thanks!This is so inspiring, Thanks!Skye Hofferthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02385765274513034927noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-66757369159747706342016-03-17T14:50:53.351-05:002016-03-17T14:50:53.351-05:00I'm glad editing is going so well! The chapter...I'm glad editing is going so well! The chapters you've put up so far are absolute AWESOMENESS. But life does take up time, doesn't it? I'll be looking forward to that next chapter :). <br />Yeah, I think editing would be fun, but the only time I actually edited with a purpose (editing my FMS entry) I had, like ... a week or two to get it all done. THAT was not fun XD. Savannah Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668452024211579085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-45472426369246109672016-03-16T17:06:34.988-05:002016-03-16T17:06:34.988-05:00You've read it multiple times? I...I can't...You've read it multiple times? I...I can't. You are the sweetest! <3Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-31436760302350406572016-03-16T17:05:58.270-05:002016-03-16T17:05:58.270-05:00AAAHHHHH, THANK YOU!!!!!!AAAHHHHH, THANK YOU!!!!!!Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-29186655580468260862016-03-16T16:17:40.277-05:002016-03-16T16:17:40.277-05:00That only makes it all the better because it was l...That only makes it all the better because it was largely for me and now EVERYONE gets to read it too. :) (And my goodness, I read it twice? ONLY twice? Girl, I have read it several times now, both the email and blog post version. XD) *huggles* <333333Deborah O'Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05969896655321575875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-17666815809275813892016-03-16T16:16:02.579-05:002016-03-16T16:16:02.579-05:00ACK OH MY GOODNESS IT WAS MY LAURI'S BLOGOVERS...ACK OH MY GOODNESS IT WAS MY LAURI'S BLOGOVERSARY!!! *FLAILING* HAPPY BLOGOVERSARY TO MUSINGS OF AN ELF YOU AMAZING ELF YOU!!! ^_^ <33333Deborah O'Carrollhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05969896655321575875noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-23106355523967554792016-03-16T14:47:18.605-05:002016-03-16T14:47:18.605-05:00D'awww, thank you! Exactly. I'll never sto...D'awww, thank you! Exactly. I'll never stop pursuing it, but I don't want it to become my core reason for creating stories. I want to be published because I like to make stories, not make stories because I want to be published. If that makes sense.<br /><br />Oh, your beautiful words. <3 Yes, that's it precisely. We write because our heads are exploding with ideas and we have to let them out, because we're adventurers at heart. And because it's just plain FUN.<br /><br />Yes, yes, yes! I firmly believe it's sooo important the author write a story they love. If we force ourselves to write something we're not into, that force is going to show. You can always tell if a book feels forced or if the author loved it. It shows, no matter how hard we try to disguise it. So we shouldn't follow the trends. We should just write what we love, because that's how the best books are made.<br /><br />Absolutely! ^_^Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-31352447285491933372016-03-16T14:42:01.817-05:002016-03-16T14:42:01.817-05:00Yes! That's exactly how I've felt for the ...Yes! That's exactly how I've felt for the majority of my life. I think it's so easy to fall into that. But what's important is that we WRITE and that we never lose our love for it.<br /><br />Editing is going great! I'm shockingly loving. o.o I had no idea I could actually LOVE editing, but I do. It's going reeeally slow and this week is so busy it may unfortunately be a while before I can get the next chapter out to my beta-readers. But when I DO find time, I love it!Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-21106624372532954532016-03-16T14:38:37.624-05:002016-03-16T14:38:37.624-05:00Awww, I'm so happy to hear that! Yes, go write...Awww, I'm so happy to hear that! Yes, go write. Create beautiful things. The world needs it! ^_^Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-69251744248875914032016-03-16T14:37:51.485-05:002016-03-16T14:37:51.485-05:00Thank you, girl! So glad you found some encouragem...Thank you, girl! So glad you found some encouragement in it.<br /><br />It is so easy to fall into that. To follow the "trend" and forget about writing what YOU love. But I believe if every writer created stories from things that are close and meaningful to them, we'd have many, many beautiful books out there. So you just keep writing and loving it!Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-51097595031351495542016-03-16T14:35:28.060-05:002016-03-16T14:35:28.060-05:00You are so welcome!!
Yes, I know exactly what you...You are so welcome!!<br /><br />Yes, I know exactly what you're going through. I have wasted so much time and mental energy worrying that I'm not writing what the publishing industry wants. But I can't spend my life writing things I don't want to, trying to bend it around so certain people will like it. I have to write what I love first. I'm so glad you're writing for you. I believe the best stories come from that. If the writer has a passion for it, then I think it'll be beautiful.Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-16725541838559868502016-03-16T14:32:54.161-05:002016-03-16T14:32:54.161-05:00And I cannot with this comment! I'm so, so, so...And I cannot with this comment! I'm so, so, so happy you enjoyed it. Though I feel like you had to read most of this twice since I said a lot of this in an email to you. (I told you I'd turn it into a blog post. Hehe.) But THANK YOU!<br /><br />I...I don't even know what to say. YOU have a way with words and use it so much to encourage and bring smiles. Keep doing what you do! <3Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-38216183836308706862016-03-16T14:30:22.195-05:002016-03-16T14:30:22.195-05:00Yes to everything you said, Mary! I feel that way ...Yes to everything you said, Mary! I feel that way all the time. I feel like if I never get published people are going to see my life as a waste. But *I* really don't feel like I'm wasting my time when I write. It's fulfilling and satisfying. It makes me happy and helps me understand people and life at a deeper level. That doesn't sound like a waste to me.<br /><br />So yes, follow that dream! Never let what others say allow it to slip from your fingers. Keep following God and the passion He put in your heart. <3<br /><br />Oh my goodness gracious, I FORGOT ABOUT MY OWN BLOGOVERSARY!!! I can't believe I totally forgot. THANK YOU BOTH!!!! *huggles* And thank you guys for reading and commenting. You make this whole blogging thing so much fun. Love you guys! <333Christine Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15859881278385314279noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-51670930781693230852016-03-15T22:00:19.735-05:002016-03-15T22:00:19.735-05:00Oh, girl, this is beautiful. *hugs* Thank you for ...Oh, girl, this is beautiful. *hugs* Thank you for such a good reminder! It's easy to get caught up in the pursuit of publishing, to think that is the end goal. And it's not. It's still something I want to do, but if that is my sole purpose for writing, I will find little joy in it.<br /><br />It's the actual WRITING that makes us writers, not whether our names are printed on a book spine. It's the stringing together of words on a page, the stitching of scenes to make a story. It's distilling life into a hundred thousand words, and waking the characters that live in our minds, and taking our own hearts on a written journey to discover something new.<br /><br />I love how you said that it's great when other people like our writing, but we should be the first to love it. Stories that I'm not passionate about never come out right anyway. :P<br /><br />Ink certainly is in our blood. Let's keep bleeding onto the page, my dear. <333Tracey Dyckhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03445222618456673198noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-78205663581556888572016-03-15T14:32:46.649-05:002016-03-15T14:32:46.649-05:00Wait, wait, wait, Musing Of An Elf is 5 YEARS OLD ...Wait, wait, wait, Musing Of An Elf is 5 YEARS OLD today?!?! HOW did I not know this?! Happy happy happy birthday to your BEAUTIMOUS blog, Christine!!! Wow, I didn't realize just how long you had been blogging here. I'm SO glad you decided to started Musing Of An Elf, I love it over here :D. Savannah Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668452024211579085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-81038332046410448522016-03-15T14:29:31.772-05:002016-03-15T14:29:31.772-05:00Oooh, Christine, thank you for this! I've felt...Oooh, Christine, thank you for this! I've felt so many times that getting published is the most important thing, and that if I don't get published I won't be fully satisfied with my work. But you're so right, getting published is not the point, the writing in and of itself is the point :). We be writers through and through, nothing can change that. Thank you again for this beautiful reminder, Christine! <br />By the way, how is editing going with Burning Thorns? Savannah Gracehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16668452024211579085noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-76300019549490257302016-03-14T20:44:55.085-05:002016-03-14T20:44:55.085-05:00That's awesome! Thanks for posting this! I fee...That's awesome! Thanks for posting this! I feel like writing now! :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-23258281712567794312016-03-14T15:39:28.840-05:002016-03-14T15:39:28.840-05:00Wow. This is so beautiful and inspiring! Last year...Wow. This is so beautiful and inspiring! Last year was a time I really had to start remembering this. It's so easy to get caught up in expectations of what it means to be a "real writer" instead of remembering that it's all about <i>writing</i> and loving to write. <br /><br />And again: This was so inspiring!Jameson C. Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14273414704624735740noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4139091376044743904.post-60787263302576365082016-03-14T14:59:27.418-05:002016-03-14T14:59:27.418-05:00Oh, I also wanted to wish you a happy blogoversary...Oh, I also wanted to wish you a happy blogoversary! (Yup, totally just made up a word. It's one of the perks of being a writer. XD) I can't believe Musings of an Elf is 5 years old today! *dances around and throws confetti and eats cake* HAPPY BIRTHDAYYYYY.m a r y l i zhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14505343613442203117noreply@blogger.com