tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post2582438728316002887..comments2023-09-06T05:28:26.542-06:00Comments on David Powers King: Aspiring Advice: When Goals and Promises Collide David P. Kinghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17259276981865439853noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-37823336124231067392012-10-18T16:53:18.499-06:002012-10-18T16:53:18.499-06:00Dreams ought to have no deadline--but life can get...Dreams ought to have no deadline--but life can get in the way. You go to bed at the beginning of summer and see months of opportunity, and then wake up and school's already started. But that doesn't mean it's the end of the world... don't ever quit, because that would be crazy. Just take it easy, and enjoy the spare time you can get.<br /><br />BTW, it totally helps to have someone so supportive of you. :D Your wife gets +30 awesomeness points. Rachel Frosthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18196361094129390262noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-28119730426104084652012-10-15T13:48:46.196-06:002012-10-15T13:48:46.196-06:00Well, I'm glad you wife has some sense. Anothe...Well, I'm glad you wife has some sense. Another year is not going to be life threatening. <br /><br />Glad your keeping up with it. <br /><br />I had a three year promise and it has expired because it's just over that and I am about as close as you are. I have already cut down my writing time to concentrate back on design, HOWEVER. I will NEVER give up and neither should you. It's in our blood, pumping through all the veins throughout our body. It brings us LIFE. <br /><br />Of course you have a family to consider. But the decision should be made by you and YOUR WIFE... which it has been. <br /><br />The east coast isn't going anywhere, BUT YOU MAY BE within the next month, three, five, or the last day before your moving truck leaves the driveway.<br /><br />If you do leave, YOU'LL BE BACK>>>> LOL. Everyone ALWAYS comes back.<br /><br />Michael Di Gesuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17047267262428143113noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-49195843967756926912012-10-15T08:38:41.650-06:002012-10-15T08:38:41.650-06:00I didn't know you had a stop-at-30 plan. SO gl...I didn't know you had a stop-at-30 plan. SO glad you guys decided that you'll stick with this for another year!! (And hopefully many more after that. :)) Happy birthday again!Peggy Eddlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10241451940725996650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-69845133855652637382012-10-15T07:44:16.645-06:002012-10-15T07:44:16.645-06:00You found a keeper there! That is a wonderful pre...You found a keeper there! That is a wonderful present. I'm doing the same. Self-pubbing my novel but moving writing to a more limited role for job purposes. It's life. Good luck David!Libbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14323538213636795216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-86211679187517396262012-10-15T07:37:07.737-06:002012-10-15T07:37:07.737-06:00You never know how following through with that pro...You never know how following through with that promise may actually aide you in your dreams. Look at Brandon Mull, he took a year off to be a full time writer and it didn't work out. Now he's huge. We all have different paths we must forge and sometimes God has another plan for us that we weren't expecting. Good luck with your test and querying! Jennie Bennetthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17331827076858223497noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-35302981440599853392012-10-15T03:42:12.989-06:002012-10-15T03:42:12.989-06:00You're lucky to have a wife that supports your...You're lucky to have a wife that supports your dream. I think that's what our dreams need. People who will rally behind us and help us keep going. Happy Birthday! Annehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15640511681168230116noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-29828572824538728952012-10-14T19:16:31.467-06:002012-10-14T19:16:31.467-06:00That truly is an awesome b-day gift. I think the g...That truly is an awesome b-day gift. I think the goals and dreams stay mostly the same...it's just the route and the timetable that seem to change daily. ;)<br /><br />Sending you lots of good wishes for catching that dream!Nicolehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10680066584646789184noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-31947487024447791812012-10-14T11:02:20.076-06:002012-10-14T11:02:20.076-06:00Your wife is amazing. And whatever letter plan you...Your wife is amazing. And whatever letter plan you're on, I know you'll rock that plan! So glad you're gonna keep writing in whatever way you can. You'll get there, David. I just know it!ilimahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17899071063752311737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-12689160260442514852012-10-14T10:03:25.871-06:002012-10-14T10:03:25.871-06:00I set myself that target as well... and then I scr...I set myself that target as well... and then I scraped it, because so when it happens it happens. It's not going to matter WHAT age you are. Great advice! :)rhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09472552752365062115noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-34864342596915274842012-10-13T23:06:12.603-06:002012-10-13T23:06:12.603-06:00I absolutely love that you called your "real&...I absolutely love that you called your "real" job the Plan B. That's an attitude I need to maintain. Here I am about to quit my job to write full-time with no leads, and you lead by example by managing to do it all. You have my respect, sir. Take care! Hannyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05936315047570120258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-16497015918878769362012-10-13T22:33:38.747-06:002012-10-13T22:33:38.747-06:00Keep on ticking no matter the age!! Great inspirat...Keep on ticking no matter the age!! Great inspiration!Tammy Theriaulthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13128574900510175415noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-34752723495199996022012-10-13T18:31:42.693-06:002012-10-13T18:31:42.693-06:00Right on, Mark! :)Right on, Mark! :)Livia Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059335917756643684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-34761667551047434132012-10-13T17:41:18.690-06:002012-10-13T17:41:18.690-06:00What a fantastic gift. Life is full of curve balls...What a fantastic gift. Life is full of curve balls, and all we can do is go along. <br /><br />And yeah, I have the promise colliding with goal thing all the time. I'm trying to get my act together in writing land at the same time as finishing my dissertation. ERG. Nothing like wanting to write about elves but heading back to the thermodynamic equilibrium of 4 billion year old rocks.Renahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02767762370997304308noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-32660764421509047952012-10-13T16:56:05.178-06:002012-10-13T16:56:05.178-06:00Happy Birthday! You are definitely blessed to have...Happy Birthday! You are definitely blessed to have a family and wife who is very supportive. :)<br /><br />You're right that dreams don't always go the way we plan -- most often, they never go as we planned, but then, they usually end up being better than planned. I definitely agree that you shouldn't give up on your dream, because it is probably right around the corner from becoming something amazing. Take Stephen King, who missed the call from the publisher wanting to publish his first book because his phone bill wasn't paid -- and then look at him now. I bet he never expected it to happen that way, and he was about to call it quits, too (they had to come to his home, apparently). It's good to promise yourself things, but with something like this, it's a hard promise to keep, because unless you publish yourself, you really have no control over if and when things happen for publishing. But, I'm glad you're still giving it time; you're a great writer, from what I've read of your snidbits, and I'd had to see your work go unread. <br /><br />As far as me...I've had plenty of time where my goals and promises conflicted, but I'm personally not willing to give up on what I love to keep a promise, not when I can do something to change things. My long term goals are to be a bestseller, and to direct my screenplays one day. I haven't seen those things happen yet, but I believe that they will. :)<br /><br />Again, happy birthday! Hope it's a great one. <br /><br />Alexandra~Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-70133770556185397442012-10-13T16:33:56.746-06:002012-10-13T16:33:56.746-06:00You're like the most positive guy ever!! In th...You're like the most positive guy ever!! In the face of all of these big decisions, you don't complain and you seem to have a healthy perspective on everything. I'm confident your time will come...and at the last minute, according to that strange law of the universe. The problem is we always think the "last minute" is much sooner than it really is! Hooray for your extra year and happy birthday!Kathryn Purdiehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18337488365098780737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-2844925217068028382012-10-13T11:51:56.185-06:002012-10-13T11:51:56.185-06:00Kudos to your wife, David! I, too, have had to shu...Kudos to your wife, David! I, too, have had to shuffle some things around after my hub and I purchased a new business this summer and it severely cut into my writing time. It stinks at time, but I still make sure to find time for everything, including my writing. <br /><br />You can do it!Sabrina A. Fishhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14854713472424756485noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-36931773784769885182012-10-13T11:26:58.686-06:002012-10-13T11:26:58.686-06:00Awww, you have an awesome wife, David! I'm gla...Awww, you have an awesome wife, David! I'm glad you have another year. I have an awesome husband, too. We are dead broke, but he's told me to just concentrate on writing. Of course, our kids are grown so we only have to worry about ourselves, so we can make that decision. Gwen Gardnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13132836346305559246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-89650388777844599462012-10-13T11:02:06.043-06:002012-10-13T11:02:06.043-06:00Don't quit, just adapt. I think the mistake I ...Don't quit, just adapt. I think the mistake I made when I first started writing was to be very black and white about it. Much like you I thought if I didn't get published in a certain amount of time, then I wasn't any good and the dream wasn't going to happen. This summer I kind of had a transforming thought. There's a ton of authors out there who are really good who don't get publishing contracts or agents. Writing is a fickle business and there is lots of competition. Putting a time limit on the journey only stressed me out. It didn't mean anything else than the timing wasn't right yet. (Well, I could be a crappy writer, but I've gotten feedback from people who would know that I'm not, so I think I'm safe there.)<br /><br />Writing doesn't have to be all or nothing. The huge best-selling authors have been given a gift of getting super-rich off of writing, but there are plenty of other writers who make money, if not a modest income, off writing. Your statement about this being your journey is so right. There's a million and one ways to get to the prize of publication, but if we give up because the journey isn't going the way we thought it would, we NEVER will be published. So! I'm glad your wife told you to keep going - she's smart, and I'm glad you listened to her!Lara Schiffbauerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13546286607078965432noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-36305367030856779582012-10-13T10:40:30.076-06:002012-10-13T10:40:30.076-06:00Ok, David...you have the most INCREDIBLE and AMAZI...Ok, David...you have the most INCREDIBLE and AMAZING wife EVER. That's gotta be the best birthday present EVER. Yeah, never give up. You can do it, it's just the matter of when it will happen. Time can only tell... Happy belated birthday! Livia Petersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00059335917756643684noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-59722271556008841842012-10-13T09:50:29.343-06:002012-10-13T09:50:29.343-06:00Yay, David's wife! I understand the need to su...Yay, David's wife! I understand the need to support a family, but don't EVER give up on writing. Even if you can only find a few hours a weekend, you can still write a book. Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17973242728265092842noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-2817955173738421482012-10-13T08:12:02.040-06:002012-10-13T08:12:02.040-06:00that was an fabulous present! And Happy Birthday t...that was an fabulous present! And Happy Birthday to a fellow Libra; we're pretty awesome aren't we?mshatchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06308916014310536449noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-51424048429709663802012-10-13T04:43:26.365-06:002012-10-13T04:43:26.365-06:00Hey Pal,
HAPPY BIRTHDAY... I AM WRITING IN BIG LE...Hey Pal,<br /><br />HAPPY BIRTHDAY... I AM WRITING IN BIG LETTERS IN CASE YOU CAN'T SEE WELL... NOW THAT YOU ARE OLD AND ALL...<br /><br />But seriously, nice assist by Mrs. DPK and I think she and my missus would get along like a house on fire.<br /><br />Dave, you live that dream the way your gut (and your God) is leading you.<br /><br />It's your life. It's your dream. There are no limits, time or other that apply - only desire.<br /><br />(I need to read this post back to me later... :)<br /><br />You're one of my mentors here in the Blogisfear, so don't you dare quit, man :)<br /><br />You have the skills.<br /><br />You have the support.<br /><br />Do what you need to do.<br /><br />Be all that you can be.<br /><br />Seriously.<br /><br />Love ya like a brudda from anudda Mudda.<br /><br />:) Mark Koopmanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03634424953074803816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-7942135914983356822012-10-12T20:58:45.894-06:002012-10-12T20:58:45.894-06:00Happy Birthday, David. I'm so happy to hear yo...Happy Birthday, David. I'm so happy to hear you're not pushing aside your writing. You're one of those people who hungers for success AND deserves it. It will be that much sweeter when you get it. I believe in that Cinderella song: "A dream that you wish will come true!" :)Emily R. Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03892444969625637064noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-84715698428228094922012-10-12T20:11:11.795-06:002012-10-12T20:11:11.795-06:00So so so so happy that you have such an amazing wi...So so so so happy that you have such an amazing wife who supports your goals and dreams. My husband is the same way and I know for a fact that none of the progress I've made to this point would have happened if he wasn't.<br /><br />Just keep hugging her :)Tasha Seegmillerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11489911822054861132noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1135194497307080856.post-57621326235257358332012-10-12T19:11:07.353-06:002012-10-12T19:11:07.353-06:00I'm cheering for you and happy for you. You ha...I'm cheering for you and happy for you. You have a wonderful wife, had a great birthday and I hope the next year is all you want it to be.Susan Gourley/Kelleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02669793865290876168noreply@blogger.com