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So, I occasionally get caught up in things. One of those things seems to be posting about so many negative situations. How broke things are. How screwed up they are. And though there seems to be a lot of material to choose from…I don’t want to be that person. I think I made this pledge once before.
So, I’m going to again renew my pledge and try not to be so negative about the way things are in publishing (for example)…am going to (once again) try to take that “High Road” I keep talking about and discuss things in a more positive light. There may be the occasional “WTF” thrown in there, because (again) I’m only human (again, as far as you know), but, for the most part, I’m going to regroup and not be a doomsayer.
For example:
Yes, there are definite issues in the world of publishing and Big Business in general, but there are also the good. As much as I might have complained about the state of publishing, there are still some great works coming out. And most people, I truly feel, really do try to do their best at whatever they’re working on. As for the rest of the ill-intended and evil out there…I’m not going to stick my head in the sand and declare everything’s all right, blah x 3…I just don’t have to focus on it. I don’t want my posts to be rants portraying the negative side of life. I want my posts to be entertaining and informative. Something you’ll look forward to reading…something I’ll look forward to writing. I want my posts to be fun and reinforce the better side of life, the GOOD side. The optimistic. Because (I’m sure I’ve also said this before) there’s far more GOOD in the world than bad. If there wasn’t, we wouldn’t be, here, discussing all this in the first place. And I wouldn’t be me if I didn’t mention that there are definite metaphysical aspects to all this, too, as in…you get what you attract in life.
So…I promise to do better. To return to that “happy otter” I used to be. I think I just got caught up in all the debris we’ve been getting from all this rain….
I already have some posts pre-set to post in the next couple weeks, so bear with me if they’re still a little on the negative side, but after this month, I promise to keep a brighter attitude. Maybe it’s just in my head and hasn’t really come out in to my posts…but I’ve felt the slightly negative focus.
Time for a change!
My apologies and thank you for reading!
Did someone complain? Snark can be fun! I think you are like many of us writers… you’ve gotten jaded because of the difficulties of breaking in to traditional publishing. All the other stuff is periphery… like how the hell to market ourselves when we self publish? How to compete with those who wax proud of their awards that may be from a group of twelve writers that gives awards to each other once per month. 🙂 And by the way… I wouldn’t doubt the possibility that you are a gray rather than a human – based on the chapter of your ERO that I just read last night! 🙂
Dang it, found out. :-]
Thanks, Karen for your kind words! No, no one complained. Just examining what I’m writing about and posting…including some future posts. And you’re still reading ERO? How cool! I miss writing (and reading) that book!
I know how you feel, Frank. It’s easy to slip into negativity when writing a blog, if only because the urge to speak up is often prompted by a problem. How often do we go, “You know what? Everything is good. I think I’ll write about that!” No, we take pen to paper, so to speak, when we’re outraged, upset, or even just mildly perturbed. It’s human nature.
But that doesn’t mean we can’t turn that around and, as you’ve done here, resolve to highlight the positive too. You’re right, there are a lot of interesting things to write about that aren’t negative — decent people doing good work, or things we’re enthusiastic about, for example. I’ve seen you do here many times, and I look forward to seeing you do it in the future.
Good luck! We’ll be reading. 🙂
Thanks, Paul, appreciate the kind words! What you say is true…but I want to be different in presenting a POSITIVE take on things, like I’ve done previously. So, gonna pull myself up by the bootstraps and rework some things a little! :-]