Comments on: Treadmill Blues

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Tue, 10 Apr 2012 20:05:16 +0000

Suzanne - Thanks. Yeah. I know. Am hanging. :-)

Caroline - hugs always appreciated.

Jo - Wretched treadmill! Stupid blogger! :-)

By: joanne pibworth

joanne pibworth — Sat, 07 Apr 2012 11:06:47 +0000

Howdie lovely! I was just wondering why I hadn’t seen any updates on your blog for a while in my side bar thingy, and have found to my horror that i’d somehow deleted you from my blog list! No idea how, but on the up side, am glad it is something easily rectified, and not that you have stopped posting. :O)
Anyway – I hear you on the treadmill. You’d think we’d have the body of Elle Mcbloodyphearson by now, wouldn’t you? It is wholly unfair that I still have a backside the size of Australia.
Thing is though, Jack – this particular treadmill thing is addictive, and I don’t think you can jump off very easily. xx

By: Caroline

Caroline — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 15:53:49 +0000

Hugs JAckie. Sorry for posting late but blogger has been a b*gger recently in not letter me post for some reason or another!

By: Suzanne Jones

Suzanne Jones — Thu, 05 Apr 2012 22:30:34 +0000

Hugs, Jackie. You know how I feel about your writing, so I won't repeat it, but you need to hang in there.

XX

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 19:46:08 +0000

Rach – Ah, thanks honey! You’re the best. 🙂

By: Rachael Johns

Rachael Johns — Wed, 04 Apr 2012 09:29:40 +0000

Oh Jackie- I LOVE your posts ALMOST as much as I love you!!! Even when you’re down, you’re funny 🙂 In the nicest possible way. I’m so so so cheering for you and hoping that someday soon some smart editor will pick you up. SOON!!!
x
Rach!

By: Jackie Ashenden

Jackie Ashenden — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 22:43:29 +0000

Aimee – oh wow, you’ve been offered a contract? But that must have been a hard decision to make to refuse it. R&R, yes, I can understand you feeling deflated about that. It always seems like you’re constantly revising and NOTHING is every going to be right. I totally know where you’re coming from there. Nothing I do ever seems to be right either and it’s depressing.
I guess the only thing you can do is find that steel inside you, believe that you ARE good enough and somehow one day someone will recognise it. You’re on the right track though. An R&R means you’re definitely good enough.

By: Aimee Duffy

Aimee Duffy — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 21:24:47 +0000

Feel your pain Jackie!
I’m having the ‘not quite good enough’ blues. Seems to be the theme for this year. Was offered a contract on a ms, but another two editors requested heavy revisions of it, so I doubted said contract and ultimately rejected it.
Thereafter, doubted my story and my writing then got a R&R for another story. I know some folks would be thrilled with that, but its utterly deflated me. Back to ‘not good enough’ terretory. So yeah, I’m on the treadmill of how the f do I make me better lol