tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post1972459039787903072..comments2024-03-28T06:13:46.092-05:00Comments on Operation Awesome: Small town writing versus big city writingDena Pawlinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14444683810125395220noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6961445666519156260.post-55361198594067267342013-08-14T09:10:19.441-05:002013-08-14T09:10:19.441-05:00My first reaction to this post was, "People v...My first reaction to this post was, "People vacation in Long Beach? That place we used to visit my great-aunt near the stenchy dog food plant?" But then I got past that to appreciate your writing metaphor.<br /><br />It's definitely possible to get caught up in that "city pace" for writing, and to envy those people in the diamond lane, where it looks so much easier. But when you read interviews with "overnight successes", they always have a reality check of the years of hard work and obscurity that came before.Angelica R. Jacksonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09448717076699744259noreply@blogger.com