Comments on: Rejecting Regrets

By: Mary DeRosa

Mary DeRosa — Thu, 09 Mar 2017 18:44:03 +0000

In reply to Elaine F French. Elaine, thank you so much for taking the time to subscribe and read through so many posts. I'm really glad you feel comfortable posting, because your comments are truly welcomed. :) Glad to have you here!

By: Elaine F French

Elaine F French — Fri, 03 Mar 2017 13:54:50 +0000

I’d like to thank you Mary for your blog. As you will have noticed by now, I’ve shared and commented on a few posts this afternoon. This is the first time I’ve ever done anything like this for all the reasons mentioned above, but here I feel I’ve stumbled into a group of like-minded people.

By: Mary DeRosa

Mary DeRosa — Thu, 26 May 2016 18:57:48 +0000

In reply to Susan Krause.

You’re more than welcome for the reminder, Susan! I think I wrote this to remind myself more than anyone…lol! And I love that “What if?” questions are not allowed in your house! 🙂 They definitely lead you straight down the rabbit hole of all kinds of toxic thinking, and who needs that?

By: Mary DeRosa

Mary DeRosa — Thu, 26 May 2016 18:35:35 +0000

In reply to Zara Quentin. I'm right there with you, Zara! I have spent loads of time wondering how much further along I'd be if only I'd not been so afraid, etc. But what you say is true: how can we even begin to speculate how much more accomplished we'd be in our writing life? And, yes, you alone get to choose where you go from this point. My guess is that it's going to be onward and upward! :)

By: Zara Quentin

Zara Quentin — Thu, 26 May 2016 02:37:29 +0000

I Love hearing about other writers journeys- thanks for sharing. You’re right about regrets, they’re no use to anyone. I wish I hadn’t wasted a decade thinking I wasn’t creative enough to be a writer and just started writing. When I worked out that writing needs work and practice, I would be further along the road than I am now. Or, you know what? Maybe not. The point is, I am where I am and only I can define where I’m going from here!

By: Susan Krause

Susan Krause — Thu, 26 May 2016 00:12:44 +0000

Sounds about right 🙂 My regrets are many. When I turned down a PT job as a literary agent’s assistant (who can live on $15K in New York City?); turned down a job as the personal assistant to a woman who eventually became an ambassador to Switzerland (I disliked her husband); and the many times I walked away from possible success because WHAT IF? You should know that I do not allow WHAT IF questions from anyone in my house today. No more rabbit holes of despair for this writer…thanks for the reminder, Mary!