http://margarethastingsjames.com MargaretHastingsJamesWordPress.com weblog Fri, 16 Apr 2010 19:08:16 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://margarethastingsjames.com/#comment-374 Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:28:28 +0000 #comment-374 Hi Margaret:
Thanks for the books the other day.
I shall speak to Shelley-I believe she is going to Ca. in July.
I shall keep in touch-we can meet for a drink soon.
All the best.
David(Bluenotes).

]]> http://margarethastingsjames.com/#comment-371 Wed, 24 Feb 2010 00:27:14 +0000 #comment-371 IF YOU ARE LOOKING FOR STAR CROSSED IN CHAPTERS BAYER’S LAKE. YOU CAN FIND IT IN THE LOCAL SECTION OR IN FICTION. IF YOU ASK THEY WILL TELL YOU IT IS NOT IN. TELL THEM THEY HAVE IT ON CONSIGNMENT SO IT WON’T SHOW UP IN THE SYSTEM.

]]> http://margarethastingsjames.com/#comment-342 Mon, 01 Feb 2010 15:37:18 +0000 #comment-342 The second draft is finished. Reworking parts of it but it’s getting there. Thanks for asking.

]]> http://margarethastingsjames.com/#comment-341 Sun, 31 Jan 2010 16:00:04 +0000 #comment-341 Hi Margaret,
How is the new book you are presently writing coming along?

]]> http://margarethastingsjames.com/#comment-318 Thu, 17 Dec 2009 01:44:49 +0000 #comment-318 Of course I remember you, Alacie. I miss you guys…

]]> http://margarethastingsjames.com/#comment-317 Wed, 16 Dec 2009 19:51:25 +0000 #comment-317 is that you margaret:D, you were my teacher in akulivik
hope you remember me:D

]]> http://margarethastingsjames.com/#comment-121 Fri, 04 Dec 2009 00:56:46 +0000 #comment-121 Thanks, Kris. Glad to have you with us!
Margaret

]]> http://margarethastingsjames.com/#comment-53 Tue, 02 Jun 2009 05:53:46 +0000 #comment-53 Great post! Just wanted to let you know you have a new subscriber- me!

]]> http://margarethastingsjames.com/#comment-32 Sat, 28 Feb 2009 21:04:22 +0000 #comment-32 Hi, Margaret,
I must agree, your portfilio pic is lovely. I’m sure you spoke to many ladies in the Sunnyside Mall today (Saturday, Feb. 28th) but I’m the one who pointed out ‘Lovely Bones’ to you. What a success story that one was, Margaret; picked up by a small publisher then driven mostly by word of mouth which, as we so well know, is so much part of the success of any publication or screenplay(ala Mama Mia, Sex in the City, Slumdog Millionaire and so on-lololo)
It was such a pleasure to speak to someone in my own language-the language of a writer. It was, oh, frig, breathtaking, to have someone complete your own sentences. I felt such a ‘relief’ to speak to another who has BEEN there and, most likely (for one book does not a writer make! ala Steel, King, etc., etc.) is still there with her next publication. It is so affirming to someone who is still on the journey, who is an island of themselves which I feel is how we, as writers, all live. A sort of, ‘O.K. that one’s done, now wait til you SEE my NEXT one!” I loved your story of having to set an alarm clock so you wouldn’t be so engrossed in your work you missed picking up the kids at school. OH, I SOO, GET you!
Kudos to you that you perservered and trusted your instincts (a big part of my literary drama-trusting instincts and moving forward in spite of adversity). Strangely, I have no doubt I will sell this manuscript but something you said today truly resonated in my heart.
Writing. It is a thing we HAVE to do every day, like eating, sleeping and nurturing. We are not authours, we are writers. I have worried about the exact same thing you mentioned-the mechanics and responsibilities of a published author once it hits that level. Reach the brass ring and be too busy with getting on the next ride to hang on to it for long!! It would drive me crazy not to have that freedom of putting my thoughts down ‘before I forget!’ The trade-off, however, is so much worth the accumulation for the brass ring, to me, is simply the affirmation that what we do IS important. Don’t you agree, Margaret? It is just that simple.
As a woman who has been in sales since 1967, I have taught so many prospective recruits that you must speculate to accumulate. As an outsider on the finge of understanding your journey in life but also a business woman, what I see is that THIS is your speculation, time, Margaret, so revel in the fact that you are living a dream that so many women will never fulfil; reaching and touching the goal. Prepared now to accumulate. A fabulous role- model for your kids.
I so appreciate that observation that you’d rather be writing for I will mentally prepare for that daunting task as things progress.
Be PROUD, Margaret for you have obviously followed your path in preparing for this dream. I am so very happy that you have taken what you have learned in your extended studies and chosen a commercial genre of fun, high-spirit and bravado blended finely with the positive aspects of life, rather than darkness which may sell a lot of books with no effort, thought or careful and details preparation whatsoever and, unfortunaltely, is all around us – no dedicated and passionate storywriters necessary; something that is a choice for all female artists but only the ‘lucky’ ones go ahead unafraid and persue once their decision is made on the ‘spin’ they will give this personal experience. Count yourself one of those ‘lucky’ ones, Margaret for, as we all know as females, the harder you work, the luckier you get!
So very wonderful to meet you today!
Pamela Lee
writer
Bedford N.S./Brantford, Ontario

]]> http://margarethastingsjames.com/#comment-28 Wed, 25 Feb 2009 19:02:51 +0000 #comment-28 Ton livre est très attendu en France ! Quelle joie de te voir avancer ainsi dans tes rêves . Nous t’embrassons. Les baulois…

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