tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post8108945417625763822..comments2023-08-10T03:35:55.682-07:00Comments on The Prosers: Getting PersonalSheena Boekweghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08227547053651725634noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-79988292551025294242012-09-21T14:40:37.877-07:002012-09-21T14:40:37.877-07:00:)... tell you what, you send me a letter, and I&#...:)... tell you what, you send me a letter, and I'll send you ftcm.Sheena Boekweghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08227547053651725634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-55539625290514297902012-09-20T18:01:02.783-07:002012-09-20T18:01:02.783-07:00Wow, what a story. Thanks for sharing, Sheena. Wha...Wow, what a story. Thanks for sharing, Sheena. What a prize you got in that sweet little boy of yours!<br /><br />So, when do I get to read Funny Tragic Crazy Magic? Sabrina Westhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06218305456791199409noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-85781468980893448942012-09-20T09:23:51.080-07:002012-09-20T09:23:51.080-07:00Oh Sarah. I'm so sorry. I'm glad you found...Oh Sarah. I'm so sorry. I'm glad you found writing to help, same way I did. We have matching pain. We should get tattoos.<br /><br />:)Sheena Boekweghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08227547053651725634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-23080378138771073022012-09-20T09:18:53.677-07:002012-09-20T09:18:53.677-07:00Thanks, MaryAnn.Thanks, MaryAnn.Sheena Boekweghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08227547053651725634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-22545420089094745232012-09-20T09:18:27.035-07:002012-09-20T09:18:27.035-07:00That's amazing Trisha. I find my pregnant brai...That's amazing Trisha. I find my pregnant brain is great for coming up with ideas, but gets too tired to finish an idea into a story.Sheena Boekweghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08227547053651725634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-8023935845463381252012-09-18T08:03:06.516-07:002012-09-18T08:03:06.516-07:00Sheena, I really related to that. I had a few fits...Sheena, I really related to that. I had a few fits and starts with novels but I really devoted myself to writing in a desperate attempt to move past the pain of not having a third baby. I had always wanted three and always planned three, but after two bouts of hyperemesis gravidarum (intractable vomiting, 24/7) with no family who could help take care of the two I had if I got sick again, my husband just wouldn't. He was right, of course - that's not even counting the beatings my body took in the births! or the money situation! - but I couldn't get over it. I felt so incomplete, and like I'd failed somehow by having such awful pregnancies.<br /><br />Throwing myself into writing a novel that was full of silly romantic scenes and cliched vampire tropes helped me escape the pain long enough to get some sanity back. Even though I will always wish things had been different, it doesn't hurt nearly so much anymore. Sarah McCanlessnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-43057417429060057792012-09-17T21:12:20.833-07:002012-09-17T21:12:20.833-07:00That is a great story, and I'm glad you got yo...That is a great story, and I'm glad you got your sweet little boy.<br /> <br />I loved FTCM, so whatever you did when you were writing that story, keep doing it. :)MaryAnn Popehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08618345950149423623noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4561827139818452407.post-42121322495325311912012-09-17T14:39:52.118-07:002012-09-17T14:39:52.118-07:00That's such a great story Sheena! I had sort o...That's such a great story Sheena! I had sort of the opposite problem. I would struggle with a story and almost as soon as I found out I was pregnant with each of my kids, the words just came. (I suspect it had to do with sleepless, morning-sickness induced nights.)<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07572122401159709175noreply@blogger.com