Comments on: Climbing Everest https://www.jackieashenden.com/climbing-everest/ Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:43:52 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jackie Ashenden https://www.jackieashenden.com/climbing-everest/#comment-2381 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 08:43:52 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=443#comment-2381 Great to hear you’re still in the game, Felicity! Keep me posted on how you get on eh? As to my revisions…groan! I’ll get to them I guess.

]]> By: Felicity Roger https://www.jackieashenden.com/climbing-everest/#comment-2377 Fri, 30 Apr 2010 07:39:52 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=443#comment-2377 I am getting on great. I am currently quarter of the way through a book aimed at Presents and it is being edited and critiqued as I go, so different to my normal process…but that cannot be a bad thing. My work takes up a fair bit of my time, so I really write for fun now, so am taking my time and am enjoying the journey. Who knows where it might go, but I will stay in for the ride.

Good luck on the revisions.

]]> By: Jackie Ashenden https://www.jackieashenden.com/climbing-everest/#comment-2356 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:32:44 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=443#comment-2356 Hey, Felicity! Nice to hear from you! Yeah, I’m still climbing – glad to hear you are too. How are you getting on??

]]> By: Felicity Roger https://www.jackieashenden.com/climbing-everest/#comment-2355 Thu, 29 Apr 2010 09:08:41 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=443#comment-2355 I love the analogy as mountain climbers are so like writers. It is all about the journey. And you will get there, just enjoy the process as it will make the moment you summit that much sweeter.

Yes..I am still out here and I am still writing.

]]> By: Jackie Ashenden https://www.jackieashenden.com/climbing-everest/#comment-2341 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 20:52:27 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=443#comment-2341 Suzanne – I log on hoping for news too! Lol! Yeah, it’s hideous. Distraction is the key I guess. Thanks for the hugs. 🙂

Maisey – Yeah, true. NOT waiting would be worse. I’m hoping to be kept busy when – if! – that call comes. Yeah, I’m with you on the Friday depression. Currently experiencing that this morning. Sigh.

]]> By: Maisey https://www.jackieashenden.com/climbing-everest/#comment-2340 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:38:31 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=443#comment-2340 Jackie, waiting sucks. But imagine if you didn’t have anything to wait for? No, I know, but really! Imagine that there’s nothing. No sub out. No hope one way or the other. That’s what not writing would be like.

I actually have come to feel…bored when I don’t have something in. And you know I got slammed on my last sub…but it’s so much better than NOT having this!

And the best thing? My 4 1/2 month wait (the final wait) for HVA nearly drove me nutty. I didn’t want to write, I hit the ceiling when the phone rang and I had horrible Friday depression. But once that call came…none of it mattered. And once your call comes…they’ll keep you REAAAAALLLY busy and you’ll hear from your ed almost every day.

]]> By: Suzanne Jones https://www.jackieashenden.com/climbing-everest/#comment-2339 Fri, 23 Apr 2010 19:32:07 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=443#comment-2339 Oh Jackie – every day I log on, hoping to hear good news from you – and I know its a billion trillion times worse for you.

More huge hugs.

XX

]]> By: Jackie Ashenden https://www.jackieashenden.com/climbing-everest/#comment-2338 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 19:46:32 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=443#comment-2338 Caroline – thanks for the Everest sized hugs. They really help! 🙂

Lacey – Doesn’t appear to be any time soon sadly.

Maya – thanks m’dear. I feel I’m still in the foothills trying to make basecamp at the moment. Talk about slow going.

Kailey – Love that re the guides. Yes, it does make it easier knowing the terrain but the journey up still takes the same amount of time. And it’s that part of it that gets me down. But glad the analogy works for you. Yeah, of course, climbing Everest doesn’t mean you stop climbing eh? God, what an exhausting thought! Lol! But I think it’s safe to say that I’m not a person who will give up after one attempt. Gotta rest, recoup your strength, and just keep going eh?

]]> By: Kaily Hart https://www.jackieashenden.com/climbing-everest/#comment-2337 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 13:27:44 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=443#comment-2337 Hey Jackie, great analogy, although I’m not sure each time you’re starting right back down at the bottom of the mountain. You’ve navigated this thing a number of times already. You know some of the terrain and you have realistic expectations. I look on that as an advantage. The guides already know who you are and what you’re capable of. It not, they wouldn’t waste their time with you. If you keep at it, you’ll get there. You will. This is a great analogy for writers because I think each person needs to make their own individual choice about how bad they really want it and how much sheer courage and perserverance they can maintain to get there. It’s hard and painful and for some, the stress might not be worth it. And of course, it doesn’t end at the summit. There are other mountains to climb thereafter. Some not so big of course, but the climbing doesn’t stop. Couldn’t agree with you more about mental toughness. As with most things, talent is one thing (and many things you can learn given enough time), but you can’t succeed at anything if you don’t have what it takes on the inside to get there – strength, determination, and yeah stubborness helps as well.

BTW, I love really, cold brittle chocolate.

]]> By: Maya https://www.jackieashenden.com/climbing-everest/#comment-2336 Thu, 22 Apr 2010 09:30:24 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=443#comment-2336 It certainly is tough, Jackie, but you know, all that altitude sickness you’re experiencing right now? It’s because you’re near the top! It’s another bright, sunny day and here’s another hug for you, my dear!

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