Comments on: Problems and Other Miscellaneous Announcements

By: joanne pibworth

joanne pibworth — Wed, 13 Jul 2011 08:56:26 +0000

wahoo on completing the chessman, that's good going Jackie. And aaaahhhh on the pitch! You'll be great, I know it.

When I have a problem with my wip, I sometimes resort to pen and paper rather than the laptop. I write down all the possible ways I could go with it, and then how that would effect things. Kind of like a knock out process. Or I ask the minxes, 'cos they are super clever. :o)

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 22:09:43 +0000

Jo – thanks! Ack, the why questions. I do that but sometimes I go too far and need to be brought to heel.
Glad to see you back from your break though. 🙂

By: Joanne Coles

Joanne Coles — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 21:46:23 +0000

Go, Jackie!

I've taken a bit of a blog break and it's great to come back to such wonderful news :-)

With WIP probs I usually walk the dog, leave things to fester overnight as someone else said or sit and write the dreaded question why? over and over until I am bored or the knotty bit is clear!

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 20:40:10 +0000

Scarlet – thanks m’dear!

Lacey – and thank you to you too! 🙂

By: Lacey Devlin

Lacey Devlin — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 12:47:42 +0000

Congrats on finalling and on finishing your MS, Jackie!

By: scarlet wilson

scarlet wilson — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 08:03:41 +0000

Fab news Jackie on finalling, crossing my fingers for your pitch session with Lucy. You can do it girl!

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 07:46:16 +0000

Sally – thanks. And yay for your idea! That could work you know…*runs off to gather questions*

By: Sally Clements

Sally Clements — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 06:27:06 +0000

Woohoo! finished and finalling. Good going, Jackie!
I have a sneaky solution to the Dr Jax not paying attention problem… shhhh…
Do one of your ‘ask Dr Jax’ sessions, and ask him all the questions using different names!! Send me a question, and I’ll ask it, and I know everyone else would too, and before you know it..voila! And its just a co-incidence that all your blog pals are writing a very similar book to yours!
Whaddya think?

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Tue, 12 Jul 2011 01:08:26 +0000

Julia – thank you!! Yes, I’m quite pleased about both. And sure, will tell all. It’s not till August – plenty of time to make sure my conflict ducks are all in a row (famous last words).

Louise – Hello m’dear! Thank you re the chessman. Man, that story was as painful as giving birth. Wish I’d had drugs for it – lol! And thanks re the contest. Was happy. 🙂 Lol re your husband!! If only it were that easy eh?
Oh and yeah, I don’t know about subbing that one yet. I’m unsure as to what kind of beast it is and have to get the beginning right first (and the middle and the end).

By: LouiseG

LouiseG — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 23:34:31 +0000

First - mega congrats on finishing the chessman wip!! What a huge achievement, well done! And ditto for the contest successes you're having. You're on a roll, girlfriend!

Wip problems? I usually leave them to fester in my brain overnight. I shower for the ions (LOL), which generally don't seem to help me, but I'll do anything! I go back to the core conflict and motivation. And scream a lot. Sometimes I brainstorm with others. Never with my husband (he's far too logical and says singularly unhelpful things like, 'why do they always have to have a conflict? can't they just get together?'

Hope you pluck up the courage to edit soon, and submit! Can't wait to see it in print.