Comments on Nick's Writing Blog: Some Thoughts on Professional Jealousy Among Write...

Thanks for your kind comments, Judi. I couldn't ag...

2009-01-06T08:11:00.000Z

Thanks for your kind comments, Judi. I couldn't agree more with you!

Hi NickLove any thing you write. I did the 28day ...

2009-01-06T00:08:00.000Z

Hi Nick
Love any thing you write. I did the 28day course and couldnt believe how helpful it was!!! My belief is small people have small minds and nothing better to do. If they put their negative energy into something positive just think what they could achieve!!!

Kindest regards and thanks

Judi Handscomb (Australai)

As you've said elsewhere (MWC), writers are usuall...

2008-09-07T01:14:00.000+01:00

As you've said elsewhere (MWC), writers are usually quite supportive: we all face the same troubles and joys after all, whether beginners or veterans. Before I started on this writing lark I was for a time in lab science research - much more jealousy; scientists can get pretty awful at times, probably because "fame and fortune" become involved and doing science drops down the priority list. Is there something similar in this case? Maybe.

Peter (aka Quixote)

Thanks for your kind comments, Kimya. I hope you e...

2008-09-06T09:09:00.000+01:00

Thanks for your kind comments, Kimya. I hope you enjoy studying my course!

hi nickive just confirmed my order for your 28day ...

2008-09-04T20:51:00.000+01:00

hi nick

ive just confirmed my order for your 28day course, and i am incredibly excited at the prospect of writing at such speed! i am on sabbatical at the moment, and have just begun a novel with the intent of fictionalising women's narrative in a way that makes for greater readability. my previous work is a non-fiction study called "Daughters are Diamonds:Honour, Shame&Seclusion-A South African Perspective" (2007) and i have met with my fair share of peddlars of professional pettiness!

best regards..

Snobbery is another very unattractive characterist...

2008-08-28T09:58:00.000+01:00

Snobbery is another very unattractive characteristic of some writers. In fact, quite a few of the world's most famous and successful writers have had little in the way of formal education.

As a writer, I tend to receive snobbery from some ...

2008-08-28T09:33:00.000+01:00

As a writer, I tend to receive snobbery from some writers - I put that down to my lack of formal education.

Wow. What can I say in reply to that? Thanks, Lind...

2008-08-26T22:01:00.000+01:00

Wow. What can I say in reply to that? Thanks, Linda!

I agree with Karl - fantastic post, the thing is t...

2008-08-26T16:37:00.000+01:00

I agree with Karl - fantastic post, the thing is that anyone reading it can tell immediately that you are talking sense, and that you have the experience to back it up! I have "met", either in real life or online, plenty of people who are very quick to call themselves 'writers' but forget that one of the most called upon features of a successful (and I mean really successful) is to be a 'people person' - to feel empathy, compassion - etc - well that's my opinion anyway.

In fact some of these individuals seem so precious, so bitter and so twisted that I wonder how they manage to untangle their stress-induced writers' block so that they can produce anything at all.
What goes around comes around!
All the best Nick and long may your success continue.

There's a long tradition in genre fiction of helpi...

2008-08-24T13:57:00.000+01:00

There's a long tradition in genre fiction of helping one another. Science fiction and fantasy writers are the ones I know best -- the ones who came up with the Clarion method of critiquing, the ones who send money to replace the lost laptops of students who've had them stolen, the ones who really seem to want to help one another.

And yet, they get in furious fights, too. Maybe it's part of being a writer. If you're both articulate and in touch with your emotions, perhaps fights are inevitable.

There's bound to be envy out there. But if your Mom and Dad raised you right, you don't express it in such awful ways.

Many thanks, Karl and Ann, for your comments.Ann, ...

2008-08-23T09:23:00.000+01:00

Many thanks, Karl and Ann, for your comments.

Ann, I'm sorry you've experienced these savage attacks from a fellow writer. I think I know the person concerned, and he is clearly a disturbed individual.

Speaking for myself, I've learned to accept that the occasional attack (or bitching, as Karl puts it) is inevitable when you get a reasonably high media profile. I'm sure most writers and other creative people experience this at some stage in their careers.

While I don't enjoy being abused or insulted, in a curious way I also find it quite energizing. Putting it crudely, I guess it triggers my "**** you" reflex! It simply makes me more determined to be the best writer I can be and redouble my efforts to achieve my writing goals.

Fantastic post, Nick - I saw the article when you ...

2008-08-23T00:57:00.000+01:00

Fantastic post, Nick - I saw the article when you originally posted it on your Twitter feed.

When will people learn that bitching always come back to bite you in the ass? :)

Great work, great blog - as ever. Keep up the fantastic Web presence!

Karlos

PS. As the publisher ultimately responsible for the "frequent holidays and local celebrity" comments... I'll add that I still stand by them, 1000%! :)

It's clear from what you've written Nick that thes...

2008-08-22T19:22:00.000+01:00

It's clear from what you've written Nick that these people (and I believe I know one of them) seem to spend an inordinate amount of their creative time in researching how to bring fellow creatives down. Creative people are already, generally speaking, socially marginalised. It's healthy that we should be supporting and learning from each other. As an ASPIRING creative, I have experienced some savage attacks which have astonished me. I mean, I'm NOBODY! Unless I feel I absolutely have to respond, I tend to just 'go away' from the source of aggravation as I will not spend my creative time in counter-attacks or in defending myself. I try to think of these types as irritating flies to brush off! Fortunately, I've had more support than antagonism.

Ann Isik