tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post5933790891771255122..comments2023-09-20T10:23:05.510+01:00Comments on With ink from the pink pen: My DownfallColette McCormickhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00383068332228040704noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-9331997082008460902008-08-12T21:31:00.000+01:002008-08-12T21:31:00.000+01:00Ooer, I've been wearing my pyjamas all day today (...Ooer, I've been wearing my pyjamas all day today (actually it's a pair of pyjama trousers and a nightshirt). Well it's been tipping down with rain all day, and I wasn't going out so I thought why bother getting dressed?<BR/><BR/>Yet I did manage to write a story.Quillershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00148636009202550512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-64909597150416859202008-08-12T20:53:00.000+01:002008-08-12T20:53:00.000+01:00Thanks for all the advice about M/mother etc. I'll...Thanks for all the advice about M/mother etc. I'll try to remember it but if I forget I've got something to refer back to.<BR/>Hi Kate, great to meet you. Interesting advice about not writing in your pyjamas. I don't do that but I do write with the laptop on my knee and my feet propped up on the end of the sofa. Thinking about it that maybe is a tad laid back. I might get more done if I was at a table. I'll give it a try.Colette McCormickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00383068332228040704noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-61467992895650846252008-08-12T20:33:00.000+01:002008-08-12T20:33:00.000+01:00Great blog. Best advice I was ever given: 1) try ...Great blog. Best advice I was ever given: 1) try not to write in your pyjamas. Get dressed to get down to work. 2) write something - however insignificant it seems, every single day.Kate Lord Brownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00278515379867576350noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-31838980766544620132008-08-11T15:36:00.000+01:002008-08-11T15:36:00.000+01:00Well I can tell you that the mother thing is a sma...Well I can tell you that the mother thing is a small m when you say 'my mother' or 'her mother' and a large M when you're using dialogue, as in 'Oh, Mother!'. Because, I think, it's a small m when it's an ordinary noun (like chair or kettle) and a large M when you're using it as a proper noun, as in a name or title. <BR/><BR/>That's how I always do it anyway. But then I'm not a highly successful author, and maybe that's why ;-)<BR/><BR/>As for the success thing, I'm right with you on that. It would be nice, but it's more important to enjoy what we're doing. As I've said on my blog today, life's too short to be doing something that makes you miserable.<BR/><BR/>Like you, I'm coming out of the fog of a year of problems, and it does make you realise what's important.Quillershttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00148636009202550512noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-13182328822470298822008-08-11T14:02:00.000+01:002008-08-11T14:02:00.000+01:00Well I can answer the M or m mother thing.If you t...Well I can answer the M or m mother thing.<BR/>If you think of Mother, Mum, Father, Dad etc as being a name it might help. You'd say: 'When Mum told me that Dad had gone fishing...'<BR/><BR/>But you'd use lower case if: When my mum told me my dad had...'<BR/><BR/>I think it's stupid really and don't like this 'newish rule' at all. <BR/><BR/>I dedicated one of my books to My Dad and really had to argue to keep the capital D for Dad.<BR/><BR/>It's the same with king or queen as well. The king but King Solomon.<BR/>Oh, and with Auntie/Uncle. That looks even worse to me when you have to say 'my auntie Beth said'. But again you can say Auntie Beth said...<BR/><BR/>Hmm, now you've turned me into a ranter (grin).Pat Posnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09024751148905919332noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2903386787317265543.post-34278460559660746452008-08-11T10:56:00.000+01:002008-08-11T10:56:00.000+01:00Glad the dark time is over. No doubt that was hold...Glad the dark time is over. No doubt that was holding you back.<BR/><BR/>From what I can gather, getting published is incredibly difficult, so you have done very well with what you have achieved so far. I think if you're writing <I>purely</I> to get into print, then <I>that</I> would be your downfall. Just wanting something badly enough is not the way to achieve it. We have to be good at it too. To do that, we all need to learn and improve. That's what I'm working on, anyway.<BR/><BR/>We write because we love to. Getting published would be a great bonus, but not doing so won't stop us writing.<BR/><BR/>Now, on to your capitalisation question. I may be wrong, but I think the noun mother has a small 'm', unless it's used as a name. For example: I call my mother by her name sometimes, but other times I call her Mother.<BR/><BR/>As for tips on how to become a successful writer: I'll let you know, when I become one ;o)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com