Comments on: Clean dreams …

By: Liz Kreger

Liz Kreger — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 14:43:35 +0000

I know … I know. This is something that I should do but I hate the idea of doing it. This is important STUFF, y’know. 😆 I go through my office periodically and put things in order, but according to hubby, not often enough.

By: Jennifer Estep

Jennifer Estep — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 13:32:23 +0000

Chasity — Most of my junk was old papers from high school and college, but there was a lot of it. I also had a ton of old birthday and Christmas cards that I’d kept over the years, as well as piano books from when I took lessons. Lots of those went into the garbage, too.

Edie — No superpowers, I swear! And my goods times are about to end. I just got some thoughts on revisions from my agent, so that will suck up all my time now, instead of fun stuff like reading. But revisions are a necessary evil. 🙄

LaDonna — I thought about doing it in small steps … until I saw how much junk I had. I’m following Bella’s advice and being ruthless. If I haven’t looked or thought about it in a year, it’s going into the garbage!

Amy — Yeah, it might be a good idea. According to my friend with two kids, after the baby is born, the only thing you will want to do is sleep, not clean. 😯

Michelle — I kept some of those kinds of letters — the one that offered helpful advice. In a way, though, those are worse than the form letters. Because you know they actually read your chapters, and they still didn’t like them. Sigh.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 06:04:25 +0000

Bella inspired me, too, Jennifer! And I threw out a good 6 bin bags full of junk. It feels sooooo good. I only keep the rejection letters that actually don’t reject me, they ask me to change the story and resubmit. If only they could all agree on how the story should be changed, LOLOL.

By: Amy

Amy — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:59:25 +0000

Aww, man. I was doing so well in my little land of denial. Your post made me realize that I really, really need to clean out before the rugrat arrives. Sigh…and just when I was starting to dive into my tbr pile. 🙄

By: LaDonna

LaDonna — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 02:18:28 +0000

Jennifer, I really, really need to toss stuff outta my office. I have those old rejection letters you mentioned, and old manuscripts in a closet up there. I might do it in small steps, but it will be done this year. :mys: I’ll need a van like this to drive it off too, I bet!

By: Edie

Edie — Wed, 09 Jan 2008 01:18:43 +0000

I keep my rejections with my taxes, in a different room. They’re proof that I’ve been trying, and I like their negative energy out of my office.

I started going through my kitchen cupboards this last week, and I’m almost done. It’s not been a fun time for me, but it does feel good getting rid of all that stuff.

I have to add that I’m amazed at all you do. You write at least six books a year, have a full time job, read a tone of books — and to top it off, you clean.:shock: Are you sure you don’t have some kind of super power yourself? C’mon, you can tell us the truth.

By: Chasity

Chasity — Tue, 08 Jan 2008 13:21:30 +0000

We recently moved into my childhood home. While we were packing to move, I came across off sorts of junk. I think I threw away 2 truck loads full of crap. Once we moved, and started unpacking, I’m still finding junk. It’s not pretty. I can’t believe Hubby and I have accumliated this much stuff in 5 years. Geez.

Good for you for throwing those rejection letters away!