tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982069049641262423.post4737294373131536500..comments2024-01-01T21:34:29.568-06:00Comments on C.J. Redwine: It's All In The VerbC.J. Redwinehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18133349802945244028noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982069049641262423.post-22448357154726451672007-06-13T01:48:00.000-05:002007-06-13T01:48:00.000-05:00You always had a great passion for writing and sto...You always had a great passion for writing and story telling. I remember thinking you would be a great writer. (You were about 5th or 6th grade!)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982069049641262423.post-28258282020728659982007-06-11T18:50:00.000-05:002007-06-11T18:50:00.000-05:00Love that quote. I totally agree.One of my bigges...Love that quote. I totally agree.<BR/><BR/>One of my biggest pet peeves: People who talk a big game but refuse to put any sweat, blood, and tears into it.<BR/><BR/>Talk is cheap. Any toddler can do it.<BR/><BR/>Effort is what counts. I once heard a leadership training seminar speaker (in a former career of mine) say that "Success is 10% talent, 90% perseverance".<BR/><BR/>How very true.C.J. Redwinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133349802945244028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982069049641262423.post-8014626073507016212007-06-11T18:15:00.000-05:002007-06-11T18:15:00.000-05:00Heh. Thankfully hubby understands (and really the ...Heh. Thankfully hubby understands (and really the only time he gets shoved aside is when he's trying to tell me something I go "hang on please? I'm right in the middle of a scene" :D )<BR/><BR/>Mmmm brownies. Oh and you can send cake my way. *laughs* Not that I need it either.<BR/><BR/>Yeah. *shakes head and laughs* I never understand that "I don't have time for X" comment.<BR/><BR/>My all time favorite quote - hanging on my office wall where I can see it (and in various places around the house):<BR/><BR/><B>How you spend your time<BR/>is how you spend your life.</B><BR/><BR/>*high fives you* I think we've made a pretty good choice here.WandererInGrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379510416686650094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982069049641262423.post-44230651405182156762007-06-11T18:09:00.000-05:002007-06-11T18:09:00.000-05:00As an addendum to my previous post: I love the "We...As an addendum to my previous post: I love the "Well, I'd write but I have a LIFE" comment.<BR/><BR/>Puh-leese!<BR/><BR/>You don't? Miss I-Work-Full-Time-And-Routinely-Kick-Butt-On-The-Kung-Fu-Circuit? Not to mention your marriage and your pets.<BR/><BR/>I don't? I maintain a healthy marriage, raise three active boys, keep a relatively clean house, remember to feed my dog and my cat, wait tables 3-4 nights a week, teach 3 year olds every Sunday morning, and other asundry commitments as well.<BR/><BR/>Everyone has a life - you and I have chosen a life that includes writing.C.J. Redwinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133349802945244028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982069049641262423.post-37940742291657507122007-06-11T17:10:00.000-05:002007-06-11T17:10:00.000-05:00I hear you! If you really want to be great at anyt...I hear you! If you really want to be great at anything in life, you have to shove other things aside and make it happen.<BR/><BR/>I refuse to shove my hubby and kids aside - hence the 5 am wake up call.<BR/><BR/>Shoving aside tiramisu brownies, however, was an act of heroic willpower (and this is from the girl who really doesn't like chocolate).C.J. Redwinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133349802945244028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982069049641262423.post-47461032074617008552007-06-11T16:53:00.000-05:002007-06-11T16:53:00.000-05:00I could have written that second to last paragraph...I could have written that second to last paragraph.<BR/><BR/>:D<BR/><BR/>I love people like that guy you mentioned. It reminds me of a conversation I had with a woman who was bitching about how she just <B>couldn't</B> write because she had a "life." That she was too tired after working, too busy to even clean her house let alone write. I wanted to wallop her.<BR/><BR/>*snorts* Writing is like anything else you want to be good at - you make time for it. You don't wait around for inspiration to strike and your schedule to magically open up. (the first one happens to me all the darn time, *laughs* the second thing hasn't happened in 31 years and I don't think it's going to start anytime soon.)<BR/><BR/>My schedule is my writing. Everything else really gets funneled around it. (I'm lucky, I only have cats and the hubby to worry about, not kids too!)<BR/><BR/>Mmmmm brownies...WandererInGrayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16379510416686650094noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982069049641262423.post-51796870573900488032007-06-11T15:33:00.000-05:002007-06-11T15:33:00.000-05:00Yes it is. I had to choose - be passionate about ...Yes it is. I had to choose - be passionate about writing or about baking the perfect batch of tiramisu fudge brownies.<BR/><BR/>Writing doesn't stick to my hips.C.J. Redwinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18133349802945244028noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4982069049641262423.post-53705763611767206292007-06-11T15:05:00.000-05:002007-06-11T15:05:00.000-05:00See now that's passion... :)See now that's passion... :)Opalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11404791082350683552noreply@blogger.com