1. When I use words like “obtuse,” "superfluous," and “pedantic,” they don’t look at me funny.
3. I don’t have to explain what a tbr pile, a wip, and an ms is.
5. Phrases like “slush pile,” “query letter,” and "non-fiction proposal” don’t draw blank looks.
6. When I save all my payment and advance checks to attend writers conferences, they don’t think I’m wierd. 7. If I tell them my heart beats faster when I find the perfect word, they nod, an understanding look filling their eyes.
Who do you like to hang out with, and why? If you’re a writer, did I leave anything important off my list?
Oh! I love it! I agree with every single one of your reasons. Just the whole "I get you" factor really does it for me. I don't have to explain myself.
ReplyDeleteFun list! Encouragement is another biggie for me. :O)
ReplyDeleteYour post tells it all about why I hang out with writers! They "get it"! Others look at me like I'm some kind of weird! LOL!
ReplyDeleteThey know the right words to say after I say 'rejected." :))
ReplyDeleteThis is the best list I've seen in a long time! Now I'm even more determined to find another writer to hang out with. Have a wonderful 4th weekend, and thanks for the smile, Jeanette.
ReplyDeleteWriters, absolutely, for those reasons you mentioned and encouragement and support.
ReplyDeleteMy real-life girlfriends, from way back or newish ones, who know I'm a goober and can identify my idiosyncracies but love me anyway.
Family. That one explains itself.
And our church family. They fill me with love.
Love your list! My writer friends understand my how I feel about that one special kind of pen that I love to write with, and they get the fact that I love browsing in Office Depot or Staples. Seems to be a common thread among us "writer types"!
ReplyDeleteI like to hang out with my family even though they STILL can't figure me out! lol
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Laura
Excellent list! I would have to say that I don't have any writers that I can hang out with in person. Maybe that is why I hang out online all the time! :)
ReplyDeleteI need to hang out with more writers! Well, at least I have blogs ;-)
ReplyDeleteHopefully, I can get to a conference soon. Which one would you suggest? I've been to CLASS.
Great list........
ReplyDeleteI enjoy hanging around writers because how it makes me feels like we 'in this together'...... I like that connection.
Aww, I love your list! A little O.T, but I'm reading "Eat the cookie buy the shoes" by Joyce Meyers and I'm thinking of you! It's a great book. Have a blessed fourth Jen!!!
ReplyDeleteHi Jen -
ReplyDeleteI'm with you - writers/bloggers/readers. I get excited when I meet one at a social gathering because the conversation will be fun.
Blessings,
Susan :)
Jen:
ReplyDeleteYour list is great. My husband could do better with #4. Each time I bring a book into our house,he rolls his eyes.
I like to hang out with my church family. I have some very close friends there. Some I have been in fellowship for almost 25 years. Some for most of that time period.
Jen:
ReplyDeleteI forgot the bloggers. I really enjoy reading about their thoughts and their families. I am partial to the writing blogs.
Ditto, here. Also friends/bloggers who have shared life things with me.
ReplyDeleteGreat list. I love the part that other writer's know it's a job. That it's hard work but all of it's worth it.
ReplyDeleteThat's a great list, Jen. One of my joys is that my best friend and one of my daughters are both writers so I can always e-mail or talk to them about anything writing-related, good or bad, and they always know exactly the right things to say. They're both excellent beta readers, too... loving but tough.
ReplyDeleteHave a wonderful Fourth of July weekend!
Carol
Wow, I think our list is about the same! You hit the nail on the head:)
ReplyDeleteHappy 4th!
Blessings,
Karen
When I see a new word in fiction, I have to look it up. And then I think about it and enjoy it for a time. This may not be typical of all writers, but I love to talk about great books that I have recently read, or old ones I love, if I can find someone who doesn't know about them yet.
ReplyDeleteGreat list and so true.
ReplyDeleteHow true. I love being understood (:P). Unfortunately, my circle has not many writers or artists for that matter. They just don't "get it". Haha. Sometimes, it freaks me. Sometimes, I know they love me so....;)
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