tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post7953733477872024414..comments2024-02-18T00:24:05.514-08:00Comments on The Zoë-Trope: INSECURITY: I HAZ ITZoë Marriotthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comBlogger20125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-32620885886691480862011-12-08T17:30:37.601-08:002011-12-08T17:30:37.601-08:00<3 yeah. I needed that.
I'm at the b*tsh*t...<3 yeah. I needed that.<br /><br />I'm at the b*tsh*t crazy lady period where the writing has stopped happening. I haven't stopped thinking about it, but nothing I think of is ever good enough. <br /><br />My genre is overcrowded. My ideas aren't fresh enough. I'm not good enough. Why am I bothering? It'll never go anywhere, so I should give up and try to make something of the dead end job that I hate...<br /><br />It's a terrible place to be.Taymalinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13894922480703350634noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-80809330803022859232011-08-04T08:32:04.640-07:002011-08-04T08:32:04.640-07:00Thanks for the recommendation & the link, JChe...Thanks for the recommendation & the link, JChevais - I'll look into it! And if I'm ever in Paris, I'll look you up.Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-49391586078580048892011-08-04T08:23:40.734-07:002011-08-04T08:23:40.734-07:00You know... SCBWI has a hopping and amazingly supp...You know... SCBWI has a hopping and amazingly supportive British Isles group. You may want to look into it. www.scbwi.org<br /><br />And I'm in France and even though I just found your blog today, I'd still like to hang out. If you're ever in Paris...JChevaishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02683339168047479228noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-46308701873855824012011-01-26T14:10:28.192-08:002011-01-26T14:10:28.192-08:00Late is still better than never, Rosie! Thanks for...Late is still better than never, Rosie! Thanks for commenting. It's so strange how even when you get what you wanted most in life (to write stories) you still always find yourself measuring your value by other things, often damaging, shallow things like how many followers you get or whatever. Cutting free of that feels so good, and I'm glad I'm not the only one who thinks so.Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-35508191277584971672011-01-26T13:59:19.479-08:002011-01-26T13:59:19.479-08:00I'm a really late commenter I know, but I just...I'm a really late commenter I know, but I just found your blog.<br /><br />You summed up everything I have been feeling in this post. I lurk on twitter and blogs and wish I knew how to lead a fabulous writerly life with lots of writerly friends and make lots of contacts, but truly I don't have a clue.<br /><br />You're right. It's silly. Just be who you are.<br /><br />Excellent post, thank you.Jayalyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13555528579959785151noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-78541929604267727662010-10-01T15:08:09.903-07:002010-10-01T15:08:09.903-07:00Hi Deva! Thanks for commenting. I wish SHADOWS was...Hi Deva! Thanks for commenting. I wish SHADOWS was coming out a bit sooner too, but they've already moved up the pub. date in the UK and the US by about six months so I probably can't complain. By the way, I have 'Fortune's Folly' on my wishlist - I love the blue and gold and stars!<br /><br />I'm kind of stunned at the response I've had to this massive freak-out post I did where I got all emotional and basically wept on my keyboard. I'm really glad if any of it turns out to be useful to people:)Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-21847107112752451342010-10-01T14:51:16.536-07:002010-10-01T14:51:16.536-07:00Hello! I came over here originally to comment on h...Hello! I came over here originally to comment on how lovely the cover for your new book after seeing Steph Su tweet about it. I'm sad we'll have to wait for a US version - it sounds great! Though since I've somehow missed your other books I will happily seek them out in the meantime.<br /><br />Anyways, I saw this post and read it nodding all the way through. So much of what you say here is so familiar (despite the fact that I am in the US). I particularly appreciated this bit: "And NOTHING and NO ONE can ever take that love, that passion, away from me...except me." I think I need to print that whole paragraph out and stick it on my writing desk!<br /><br />So thank you!Deva Faganhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18258363660299633982noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-37283282639727068892010-09-15T03:25:17.973-07:002010-09-15T03:25:17.973-07:00bfree - when I set out to write, it was in the hop...bfree - when I set out to write, it was in the hope that someone, somewhere, would one day feel the way about my books that I felt about Robin McKinley or Tamora Pierce's books. Your comment moved *me* to tears, because it means I succeeded. Don't worry. I'm not going anywhere!Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-74586378390961001422010-09-15T03:20:25.574-07:002010-09-15T03:20:25.574-07:00Hey Zoe,
I just wanted to say that post was amaz...Hey Zoe, <br /><br />I just wanted to say that post was amazing, it moved me to tears by the time I got to the end. It made me feel better about myself and reminded me that no matter what life throws at you it's important to stay true to yourself. <br /><br />Your books are a amoung the first books I read that made me fall in love with fantasy and since then I have never looked back. I read your books at a time in my life when I needed a world to escape to and rarely have I read a book that gave me the same feelings as your's did. I like a book to pull you into it's pages and drag you along on the adventure with it sending you on a rollarcoaster ride of emotions that when you get to the end it leaves you begging for more of the same. That is what I get from your books everytime I read them and more. <br /><br />If you had caved into the BCL and not got your books out there I would probably never have found fantasy and the only fantasy world I would have would be the one inside my head and sometimes it's best not to go there. <br /><br />Keep living, loving, laughing, writing, creating and whatever else that makes you happy. <br /><br />We love you Zoe, thank you. <br />(you must never go anywhere I rely to much on your books and blog)bfree15noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-6879023725740211552010-09-14T13:54:42.974-07:002010-09-14T13:54:42.974-07:00Thank you, Jayme - that's a really nice thing ...Thank you, Jayme - that's a really nice thing to say. I wish I could pretend that I'm deliberately doing something right here, but I really AM just throwing my thoughts out there and hoping that someone finds it interesting. To hear that I somehow manage to offer inspiration too (like the free toy in a Happy Meal) is enough to make me want to carry on blogging, no matter what.Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-81299045995171096252010-09-14T13:21:12.507-07:002010-09-14T13:21:12.507-07:00Zoe,
Thank you. I always love reading you blog be...Zoe,<br /><br />Thank you. I always love reading you blog because it seems more real than other blogs (not like you are trying to entertain us but rather that you are just putting your thoughts out there). I also must say that you make me want to write and look forward to writing and thinking about my stories even if no one else ever reads them. I love the two books you've released so far and I can not wait till your new ones come out.<br />Much Love <3Jayme V.noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-91578327881135416582010-09-13T12:33:33.267-07:002010-09-13T12:33:33.267-07:00I can see that little girl's point: her hair I...I can see that little girl's point: her hair IS fabulous. Thank you for sharing!<br /><br />The way being a passionate artistic person can both simultaneously be the most amazing and the most sucky thing in the world is a constant source of amazement to me. Maybe that's why they call us all craazy.Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-71101033574750172852010-09-13T12:25:06.216-07:002010-09-13T12:25:06.216-07:00Zoe,
1. you rock.
2. on days like that, I repeat ...Zoe,<br /><br />1. you rock.<br />2. on days like that, I repeat this little gal's mantra to myself - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qR3rK0kZFkg<br />3. thanks for vocalizing for independent artists of all sorts. =)<br /><br />-AJ from AbeBekahhttp://www.hercleverfingers.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-84183915959668101052010-09-13T11:51:19.254-07:002010-09-13T11:51:19.254-07:00By which I meant: exactly the ones I WANT writing ...By which I meant: exactly the ones I WANT writing the books of the future. Gnarh.Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-63704422036756497942010-09-13T11:41:17.275-07:002010-09-13T11:41:17.275-07:00Wow, guys, what a great response. It really shows ...Wow, guys, what a great response. It really shows that if you dare to tell the truth and be vulnerable, people will see that and be touched by it. You - the talented, caring, intelligent, passionate ladies that you are - are just the ones I wanted to read this post. And just the ones I want reading my books. And EXACTLY the ones I write writing the books of the future. You rock, peeps! Stay awesome:)Zoë Marriotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01275368005359548134noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-39043183705189626982010-09-13T11:26:59.811-07:002010-09-13T11:26:59.811-07:00This is plain amazing. Really.
I've given up o...This is plain amazing. Really.<br />I've given up on writing these days; all I do is crit o read other work. I've forgotten that I'm a writer too.<br />Thanks for reminding me.meghazhttp://enadream.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-25392962508445105802010-09-13T10:52:35.613-07:002010-09-13T10:52:35.613-07:00What a lovely post. The title really doesn't r...What a lovely post. The title really doesn't reflect the depth of the content lol!<br /><br />Just so you know, if I'm ever published, you'll have at least one other English YA author on the web :)Alex Mullarkyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12385523523229124157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-21741454193358548612010-09-13T10:51:10.160-07:002010-09-13T10:51:10.160-07:00I love your blog today, it's awful the way so ...I love your blog today, it's awful the way so many things in life don't work out the way we want them to esp the things there isn't anything we can do about :(. I'm really glas you haven't given up on writing 'cause I think your brilliant and I can't believe Daughter of the flames or The Swan Kingdom didn't become bestsellers because they are 2 of my favourites! :) I love that picture of the dog it's so cute.Nattashahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06603612526674649443noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-28179555373833915662010-09-13T10:51:08.334-07:002010-09-13T10:51:08.334-07:00Dear Zoe,
I love you.
I was doing the BCL thing ...Dear Zoe,<br /><br />I love you.<br /><br />I was doing the BCL thing for a long time - and I write like I breathe like I read - I always have. Yes, I haven't got very far down the road like a lot of the people I admire, because I decided to do different things, like go to school, like try to qualify as a chartered psychologist, like try to put my parents' needs first because they're unwell, and in the end it became a spiral.<br /><br />So this post = heart. Yes, yes, and yes. You have to be authentic to who you are, and what star you follow, and what the hell, who cares about whether or not you are the Queen of Wands or whatever - you are you. And when that isn't enough, that's when we have to look for someone to hit us.<br /><br />All that said...when you then find somewhere where you fit in - with people who fit in with you and you fit in with them, and you can grow and change with them, and they help you change and grow, that's something else. I'm not even talking about friends - there are many brands of madness very few of my friends can understand. I'm talking about Kindred Spirits in the most kindrediest way ever. My Rock Pool girls are amazing (come and hang out with us more! When you have time. If.), as I keep finding out in new and surprising ways all the time.<br /><br />Also, paranormal romance is overrated, and some of it is, frankly, crap, and will be forgotten in five years. A good book is a good book, regardless of the genre it claims.<br /><br />Peace, crazy lady. Peace.Sayahttp://therockpool.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4098049071459822748.post-60549279774440611712010-09-13T10:49:19.101-07:002010-09-13T10:49:19.101-07:00Zoe, what a fab blog post. In fact swap books and ...Zoe, what a fab blog post. In fact swap books and writing for fabric and sewing and you've just written what's in my head right now! Thank you. <br />Can't wait for your next book to be out I read the extract on your website and it seems like another winner.<br /><br />xAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com