Comments on: Don’t Give Up http://www.colin-harvey.com/general/532/dont-give-up/ The website of fiction/non-fiction author Colin Harvey Tue, 21 Jun 2011 18:09:17 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Colin http://www.colin-harvey.com/general/532/dont-give-up/comment-page-1/#comment-90 Colin Wed, 10 Feb 2010 07:36:12 +0000 http://www.colin-harvey.com/?p=532#comment-90 Jay, Yes luck plays a part -- it would be hypocritical of me to pretend otherwise, given my Angry Robot <a href="http://www.suite101.com/blog/colinh60/why_you_should_go_to_cons_if_youre_an_aspiring_writer" rel="nofollow">experience</a>. But -- I'll reply in more detail tomorrow or Friday. :) Thanks for the comment. Colin Jay,

Yes luck plays a part — it would be hypocritical of me to pretend otherwise, given my Angry Robot experience.

But — I’ll reply in more detail tomorrow or Friday. :)

Thanks for the comment.

Colin

]]> By: Jay Bell http://www.colin-harvey.com/general/532/dont-give-up/comment-page-1/#comment-89 Jay Bell Tue, 09 Feb 2010 12:55:29 +0000 http://www.colin-harvey.com/?p=532#comment-89 That tidbit about Bradbury gives me courage, but I suspect that getting published is mostly up to luck. Sure, some skill is necessary, but the rest seems to be about being at the right place at the right time. There are too many published authors whose works are horrid, and too many talented writers that almost weren't discovered, for this not to be true. I often feel like I'm sitting at a slot machine, continuously pulling that lever with each submission while draining quarters from my emotional bucket. It's a taxing process, but so far the little payouts keep me going until the day I hit those triple cherries. That tidbit about Bradbury gives me courage, but I suspect that getting published is mostly up to luck. Sure, some skill is necessary, but the rest seems to be about being at the right place at the right time. There are too many published authors whose works are horrid, and too many talented writers that almost weren’t discovered, for this not to be true. I often feel like I’m sitting at a slot machine, continuously pulling that lever with each submission while draining quarters from my emotional bucket. It’s a taxing process, but so far the little payouts keep me going until the day I hit those triple cherries.

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