Comments on: The Doer of Deeds http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2010/01/04/the-doer-of-deeds/ freelance writing by a freelance writer that works in the freelance writing field Thu, 09 Feb 2012 01:57:41 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mark http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2010/01/04/the-doer-of-deeds/comment-page-1/#comment-13167 Mark Tue, 05 Jan 2010 08:09:08 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=1608#comment-13167 Scott, another thought: Don't think you couldn't make a career out of writing. Your comment alone shows your English is perfectly sound. Thus, you're way ahead of most "profeshnul" writers already. You may not have the time or inclination, but those are different issues. Cheers again. Mark Scott, another thought: Don’t think you couldn’t make a career out of writing. Your comment alone shows your English is perfectly sound. Thus, you’re way ahead of most “profeshnul” writers already. You may not have the time or inclination, but those are different issues. Cheers again. Mark

]]> By: Mark Pepper http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2010/01/04/the-doer-of-deeds/comment-page-1/#comment-13166 Mark Pepper Tue, 05 Jan 2010 07:46:03 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=1608#comment-13166 Okay, I have now corrected my oversight about the quote. I'm way too anal to leave an error sitting there. Thanks again, Steve from Bloomfield. I hope I would have taken the same approach you did. Probably not. I would probably have left the following public comment: "Oh my GOD ... don't you know anything? That's a Roosevelt quote. Pathetic. One word for you: Google." Hey Scott, delighted you saw fit to comment. Thanks. I suspect it's the quote that hits home more than the rest of it! The quote is actually slightly paraphrased (not by me). The Roosevelt site quotes the true one, but it reads less fluidly. George, I know you enjoy your writing, I can read it in every piece you do. And of course there's that big smiley photo of yours. I want a smiley photo of myself but no one has a camera with a fast enough shutter speed. Cheers all. Okay, I have now corrected my oversight about the quote. I’m way too anal to leave an error sitting there. Thanks again, Steve from Bloomfield. I hope I would have taken the same approach you did. Probably not. I would probably have left the following public comment: “Oh my GOD … don’t you know anything? That’s a Roosevelt quote. Pathetic. One word for you: Google.”

Hey Scott, delighted you saw fit to comment. Thanks. I suspect it’s the quote that hits home more than the rest of it! The quote is actually slightly paraphrased (not by me). The Roosevelt site quotes the true one, but it reads less fluidly.

George, I know you enjoy your writing, I can read it in every piece you do. And of course there’s that big smiley photo of yours. I want a smiley photo of myself but no one has a camera with a fast enough shutter speed.

Cheers all.

]]> By: Mark http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2010/01/04/the-doer-of-deeds/comment-page-1/#comment-13155 Mark Mon, 04 Jan 2010 21:36:20 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=1608#comment-13155 Hey all, I have just been informed by a great guy called Steve Sears, Bloomfield, NJ, USA, that the piece I quoted is from Theodore Roosevelt, "Citizenship in a Republic", Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910. Why I just didn't Google the first line of this is down to my lazy assumption when I first came across this piece that it is indeed anonymous, according to an online source. The strange thing is that I included this quote in my third (unpublished) novel, and I did actually attribute it to Theodore Roosevelt, only I forgot I had researched its source because I finished this third novel years ago. You know the fantastic thing about this? Steve Sears could have made me look a bit of a tit by posting his knowledge in a blog comment; instead, he contacted me personally not publicly. What an awesome guy. He allowed me the chance to edit my post and include this information, but I'm not going to. I'd rather let you know what a decent dude he is. Steve Sears, you rock! Hey all, I have just been informed by a great guy called Steve Sears, Bloomfield, NJ, USA, that the piece I quoted is from Theodore Roosevelt, “Citizenship in a Republic”,
Speech at the Sorbonne, Paris, April 23, 1910. Why I just didn’t Google the first line of this is down to my lazy assumption when I first came across this piece that it is indeed anonymous, according to an online source. The strange thing is that I included this quote in my third (unpublished) novel, and I did actually attribute it to Theodore Roosevelt, only I forgot I had researched its source because I finished this third novel years ago. You know the fantastic thing about this? Steve Sears could have made me look a bit of a tit by posting his knowledge in a blog comment; instead, he contacted me personally not publicly. What an awesome guy. He allowed me the chance to edit my post and include this information, but I’m not going to. I’d rather let you know what a decent dude he is. Steve Sears, you rock!

]]> By: George Angus http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2010/01/04/the-doer-of-deeds/comment-page-1/#comment-13154 George Angus Mon, 04 Jan 2010 15:17:41 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=1608#comment-13154 Mark, Deed doing indeed. I like your point about actually enjoying the writing. I think some folks get pulled into this and then find that maybe the writing part isn't quite so much fun. For most of us, it is quite a bit of work. Balancing your writing life with any other part of your life is important as well. If I had to sit in a room and do nothing but write all day I would go (more) bonkers. Cheers George Mark,

Deed doing indeed. I like your point about actually enjoying the writing. I think some folks get pulled into this and then find that maybe the writing part isn’t quite so much fun. For most of us, it is quite a bit of work. Balancing your writing life with any other part of your life is important as well. If I had to sit in a room and do nothing but write all day I would go (more) bonkers.

Cheers

George

]]> By: Scott http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/2010/01/04/the-doer-of-deeds/comment-page-1/#comment-13153 Scott Mon, 04 Jan 2010 13:53:57 +0000 http://www.thewritersmanifesto.com/blog/?p=1608#comment-13153 Mark I don't normally comment on blog post because I am not really to moved by what I read. But I must say how much I enjoyed your post. Reason I write is because I enjoy writing not because I have a great desire to make money doing it (not that I could). I enjoy writing because I like the joy of improvement. At least on some days when the page views for my articles go through the roof. It also gives me a pulse on what society wants to know. Is it how to use a nail gun? Or what restaurant to pick for a romantic evening? I enjoyed the quote by anonymous and it now adorns my message board above my desk as I enter the arena of success vs. failure. Thanks for a wonderful perspective! Mark

I don’t normally comment on blog post because I am not really to moved by what I read. But I must say how much I enjoyed your post.

Reason I write is because I enjoy writing not because I have a great desire to make money doing it (not that I could). I enjoy writing because I like the joy of improvement. At least on some days when the page views for my articles go through the roof.

It also gives me a pulse on what society wants to know. Is it how to use a nail gun? Or what restaurant to pick for a romantic evening?

I enjoyed the quote by anonymous and it now adorns my message board above my desk as I enter the arena of success vs. failure.

Thanks for a wonderful perspective!

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