Comments on: Vent of the Month Plus the Adventures of Hoo the Incredible Blue Octopus https://www.jackieashenden.com/vent-of-the-month-plus-the-adventures-of-hoo-the-incredible-blue-octopus/ Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:32:42 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Jackie Ashenden https://www.jackieashenden.com/vent-of-the-month-plus-the-adventures-of-hoo-the-incredible-blue-octopus/#comment-2094 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 19:32:42 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=455#comment-2094 Kaily – NTAI is a silly acronym I made up last year. It does encapsulate rather nicely what you shouldn’t do while waiting. It’s Not Thinking About It. 😉
Yeah, I know. I’m an idiot for rereading! Cheers re the vitamins! Lol. Hoping this year…:-)

]]> By: Kaily Hart https://www.jackieashenden.com/vent-of-the-month-plus-the-adventures-of-hoo-the-incredible-blue-octopus/#comment-2093 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:33:36 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=455#comment-2093 Jackie, OK, so I was completely clueless when I first ventured into the blog world about acronyms. I thought I was doing so well, but what the heck is NTAI?

Oh no, you read it again! It can be a really good thing or a bad thing, so I just don’t do it. Ever. There’s nothing that can be done at this stage, anyway, right? Best wishes writing your French cutie!

Just keep taking those prenatal vitamins and you’ll be there in no time!

]]> By: Jackie Ashenden https://www.jackieashenden.com/vent-of-the-month-plus-the-adventures-of-hoo-the-incredible-blue-octopus/#comment-2092 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 19:13:44 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=455#comment-2092 Angie – thanks! Yeah, I’m terrible at waiting. Hardest part is not being able to do anything about it. As to my writing, I do know I’ve improved hugely. Thing is, I don’t trust my opinion these days – it’s been wrong before. 🙂

Kristy – Hey, how are you? Bummer on the stalled writing! It can be a bit like that with real life getting in the way huh? Hoping you get back into it soon!

Rach – yeah, those comments tend not to help eh? I reckon though we can say that if we’re not in the ballpark, we’re at least inside the stadium somewhwere…;-)

Joanne – a month is about right. Can’t seem to concentrate on anything! But i have a kid-free day for most of it today so I’m going to start kicking myself out of it too…

]]> By: Joanne Coles https://www.jackieashenden.com/vent-of-the-month-plus-the-adventures-of-hoo-the-incredible-blue-octopus/#comment-2091 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 16:03:15 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=455#comment-2091 I think I’ve had a month so far of hating my writing and wondering why I am torturing myself in this way. I am determined to kick myself out of this rut, starting tonight.

I have serious jealousy of Dr Jax and Hoo. But think of the stories he can tell you when he returns, perfect setting for a new ms.

Oooh and I like Rach’s suggestion, write that Blaze. Give youself something else to concentrate on. Maybe a shared NTAI would be easier?

]]> By: Rachael Johns https://www.jackieashenden.com/vent-of-the-month-plus-the-adventures-of-hoo-the-incredible-blue-octopus/#comment-2090 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 11:55:01 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=455#comment-2090 Hey Jackie – commiserations on the almost there comments. I get them too and to be honest, I have no idea if I’m even in the ball park 🙂

My suggestion – write that Blaze – and give yourself another distraction!!

x
Rach!

]]> By: Kristy Price https://www.jackieashenden.com/vent-of-the-month-plus-the-adventures-of-hoo-the-incredible-blue-octopus/#comment-2089 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 08:27:47 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=455#comment-2089 Hi Jackie

Sorry you’re having a bad week. I have those frequently too. I seem to have stalled in my writing recently (applying for schools, selling a house, moving…all getting in the way of my creativity and energy levels!) Keeping fingers and toes crossed for you hearing soon.

x Kristy

]]> By: Angie Peters https://www.jackieashenden.com/vent-of-the-month-plus-the-adventures-of-hoo-the-incredible-blue-octopus/#comment-2088 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:44:00 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=455#comment-2088 Hope you don’t have to wait much longer, Jackie. Sounds like you’re in agony. Of course, I can sympathise since I am one of the most impatient people in the world.

From your perspective, you probably feel like you’re so far away from getting published – but if you objectively look at your work and your writing in the last year, I’m absolutely certain you’ll have seen an improvement. So maybe you’re not as far away as you think! Keeping fingers crossed for you.

]]> By: Jackie Ashenden https://www.jackieashenden.com/vent-of-the-month-plus-the-adventures-of-hoo-the-incredible-blue-octopus/#comment-2087 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:13:05 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=455#comment-2087 Janette – you are not a b*tch! Lol!

Maisey – Hoo’s already grounded. 🙂
Those fax calls sound vile! No wonder you were popping out of bed all the time. And Friday depression – I haz. And it’s not even a revised full. Sigh.

]]> By: Maisey https://www.jackieashenden.com/vent-of-the-month-plus-the-adventures-of-hoo-the-incredible-blue-octopus/#comment-2086 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 06:31:41 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=455#comment-2086 Yeah, if Hoo comes home with a better tan than you’ve got, he’ll have to be grounded!

Yeah, ask the girls, that last wait nearly did me in. I was in full paranoia mode. And I kept getting fax calls at 2am (which would be during the workday in Richmond) and the phone would ring and I’d freak out and jump out of bed and it would just be this loud beeping…so evil! Then I’d get massive Friday depression when I knew a whole nother week had passed with…nothing. Of course, once The Call came…the wait didn’t matter anymore!

]]> By: Janette Radevski https://www.jackieashenden.com/vent-of-the-month-plus-the-adventures-of-hoo-the-incredible-blue-octopus/#comment-2085 Tue, 09 Mar 2010 05:00:05 +0000 http://jackieashenden.com/?p=455#comment-2085 Oh – that’s a good one! But it also makes me sound like a b*tch – which I kind if am sometimes.

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