tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post240607042457390869..comments2024-02-04T04:40:23.122-08:00Comments on Harlequin Heartwarming: "DO IT ANYWAY." by Mother TeresaPamela Tracyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05834270662017246137noreply@blogger.comBlogger24125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-72734574069204597732014-01-17T17:19:53.821-08:002014-01-17T17:19:53.821-08:00This makes me so sad, Karen. I did read your book ...This makes me so sad, Karen. I did read your book and, believe me, I found it a real book! I've read a few, too (haven't I, Muriel?) :-) I'm so sorry you've had these experiences, though.Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-17229208251818880542014-01-17T13:00:59.705-08:002014-01-17T13:00:59.705-08:00Here! Here! Jennifer!!!Here! Here! Jennifer!!!Rula Sinarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703015110251843280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-89689851227593388952014-01-17T12:59:01.712-08:002014-01-17T12:59:01.712-08:00Karen, you're going to make me cry. Trust me, ...Karen, you're going to make me cry. Trust me, reading what you wrote, I was thinking I could have written it. I (and I think most of us) have been there and have had to deal with people and comments like that. I still do...even from relatives and people I thought were friends. It's amazing how a change (especially success) in your life can bring out true colors. It's both Rula Sinarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703015110251843280noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-9476035123873217602014-01-17T11:06:16.176-08:002014-01-17T11:06:16.176-08:00Good idea, Marion. I have quotes all over I'd...Good idea, Marion. I have quotes all over I'd love to consolidate into the wallpaper Jen found online.Muriel Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065629068634892645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-12649329227770520862014-01-17T10:26:25.887-08:002014-01-17T10:26:25.887-08:00An excellent blog. I enjoyed the comparison betwee...An excellent blog. I enjoyed the comparison between the two: Mother Teresa and Dr. Kent Keith. Information I can post on my refrigerator along with The Serenity Prayer.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09144857256396400731noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-36646721311790486632014-01-17T09:38:33.669-08:002014-01-17T09:38:33.669-08:00Jen - thank you! I had no idea! I'm going to...Jen - thank you! I had no idea! I'm going to check it out right now.Muriel Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065629068634892645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-29473875218919523072014-01-17T09:24:37.091-08:002014-01-17T09:24:37.091-08:00Roz, Muriel, and Pam, thank you so much. I can'...Roz, Muriel, and Pam, thank you so much. I can't tell you how much your comments mean to me. As I think about what I want to do going forward I have those voices in my head that make me question myself and my choices. I've read and loved Harlequin since I was a young teenager. To think that they have published my stories, amazes and humbles me. There is beauty in writing about love Karen Rockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03621736343432643472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-12883389091511828512014-01-17T09:14:18.128-08:002014-01-17T09:14:18.128-08:00Muriel,
Lower your standards!!!! Gee, I wonder...Muriel,<br /> Lower your standards!!!! Gee, I wonder if Nora and Debbie lowered their standards. When I wear tennis shoes, I've not lowered my standards from high heels. I'm just at a different place and time in life. And, I love my tennis shoes more.Pamela Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834270662017246137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-91292275409627385672014-01-17T09:06:39.178-08:002014-01-17T09:06:39.178-08:00Hi Muriel-I did a search and you can! The website ...Hi Muriel-I did a search and you can! The website is www.designyourwall.com :) I'm thinking of designing one with these quotes for my son's bedroom-great idea!!!Jennifer Snow https://www.blogger.com/profile/11612858248083325495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-89780616958900871852014-01-17T08:55:32.422-08:002014-01-17T08:55:32.422-08:00Yes! And I knew it was you scratching the rhino b...Yes! And I knew it was you scratching the rhino behind the ear. The umbrella on the tree was a toss-up - could have fit you or Amy. Was fun to learn about you two.Muriel Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065629068634892645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-72523855080737857852014-01-17T08:54:03.420-08:002014-01-17T08:54:03.420-08:00Glad you liked them. Someone should create wallpa...Glad you liked them. Someone should create wallpaper (not computer wallpaper but actual wallpaper) with inspirational sayings on them for kids 'rooms and writers' offices! Maybe technology will some day allow us to create our own.Muriel Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065629068634892645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-32757901383879739832014-01-17T08:52:16.774-08:002014-01-17T08:52:16.774-08:00Absolutely! Good for you for really living your p...Absolutely! Good for you for really living your principles. My mother always said, "God never sleeps." Muriel Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065629068634892645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-57339209167722816492014-01-17T08:49:53.054-08:002014-01-17T08:49:53.054-08:00Me, too!Me, too!Muriel Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065629068634892645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-4404543749917385912014-01-17T08:49:29.875-08:002014-01-17T08:49:29.875-08:00Yeah! Again - scissor kicks and confetti!Yeah! Again - scissor kicks and confetti!Muriel Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065629068634892645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-19666694138285687332014-01-17T08:48:30.374-08:002014-01-17T08:48:30.374-08:00Yeah! Rah! (I'm doing scissor kicks and toss...Yeah! Rah! (I'm doing scissor kicks and tossing confetti!)Muriel Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065629068634892645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-50554110444131985372014-01-17T08:46:38.178-08:002014-01-17T08:46:38.178-08:00Karen! Don't you dare turn to writing somethi...Karen! Don't you dare turn to writing something else - unless you really want to. I'm always being asked when I'm going to write a 'real' book, and a young man who was struggling to be published at the same time I was, told me after I'd sold, "Well, I could be published, too, if I'd lower my standards." You've got to let all that slide. You wrote a Muriel Jhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12065629068634892645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-18711919827787803792014-01-17T08:16:37.270-08:002014-01-17T08:16:37.270-08:00Muriel, these from both sources are words to live ...Muriel, these from both sources are words to live by. Glad you posted them.rozdennyfoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506701706951201107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-40630138834534822852014-01-17T08:14:51.523-08:002014-01-17T08:14:51.523-08:00Karen, you need to find a new writing group of fri...Karen, you need to find a new writing group of friends. Book A is as hard to write as Book B. And writing romance is no different than writing syfi or mystery or other genre's. Spending time with people who denigrate your work steals your energy. Cut them from your life.rozdennyfoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06506701706951201107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-82288588330174113782014-01-17T07:56:07.777-08:002014-01-17T07:56:07.777-08:00These really hit home today. In my "other li...These really hit home today. In my "other life" I have a client who trash talked my business partner and I to make himself look good. I told my business partner to shrug it off and forgive - it's his insecurities, they shouldn't draw out ours. Years later, he's still a client and often recommends us (just did yesterday). But if we would have defended ourselves or MelCurtishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07218278641168063613noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-40686747947811996482014-01-17T07:32:24.481-08:002014-01-17T07:32:24.481-08:00I love these. I love these. Liz Flahertyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06794565644883272260noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-39216353845258299712014-01-17T07:23:39.212-08:002014-01-17T07:23:39.212-08:00Beautiful post Muriel!!
Karen, it's the same ...Beautiful post Muriel!! <br />Karen, it's the same everywhere, you are not alone. But trust me, I would bet anything that some of those criticizing your choice to write romance and for Harlequin are people who have secretly submitted to them and got rejected, so hear their comments for the jealousy and envy that they are. Whenever anyone hears romance-they automatically think Harlequin and Jennifer Snow https://www.blogger.com/profile/11612858248083325495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-52175232953339631462014-01-17T06:12:13.859-08:002014-01-17T06:12:13.859-08:00Great post.
And Karen, it took me a decade and a ...Great post.<br /><br />And Karen, it took me a decade and a pile of rejections before I wrote a book Harlequin would buy. And, hmmm, Harlequins are on the shelf, have the biggest bookclubs, and have had loyal fans since the beginning.<br /><br />Hey, your last name is Rock, and you know what... Harlequin and Harlequin authors ROCK. Pamela Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05834270662017246137noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-78137943042594097892014-01-17T06:07:11.934-08:002014-01-17T06:07:11.934-08:00These are wonderful words to live by! I especially...These are wonderful words to live by! I especially related to the one about succeeding - once I began publishing, people that had been unkind suddenly wanted to friend me on Facebook or drop by to talk even though, before, they had only talked behind my back. The reverse is also true, being successful has brought out some mean behavior towards me in my writers group where they joke around now Karen Rockhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03621736343432643472noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2442063056672240555.post-29047212257421466992014-01-17T05:38:33.365-08:002014-01-17T05:38:33.365-08:00I love, love, love this, Muriel!! I always strive ...I love, love, love this, Muriel!! I always strive to live by those words and try to teach my kids to do the same. I'm hanging it on my kitchen wall or pantry door so my kids can see it all the time.Rula Sinarahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01703015110251843280noreply@blogger.com