Comments on: Big Ego http://www.lynnrayeharris.com/2007/08/13/big-ego/ Author of Glamorous, Sexy Romance Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:29:15 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: wordtryst http://www.lynnrayeharris.com/2007/08/13/big-ego/comment-page-1/#comment-966 wordtryst Thu, 30 Aug 2007 23:27:00 +0000 http://authorlynnrayeharris.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/big-ego/#comment-966 There might be a thread of truth in Konrath's premise, but it's not the up-front, in your face kind of ego. It's believing that one can do something highly individual and be recognised in some way for it (hopefully with a check). But unlike the true egotist, a writer's ego is fragile and volatile. He fights for it every day. It dies and is reborn a million times. There might be a thread of truth in Konrath’s premise, but it’s not the up-front, in your face kind of ego. It’s believing that one can do something highly individual and be recognised in some way for it (hopefully with a check). But unlike the true egotist, a writer’s ego is fragile and volatile. He fights for it every day. It dies and is reborn a million times.

]]> By: Shesawriter http://www.lynnrayeharris.com/2007/08/13/big-ego/comment-page-1/#comment-965 Shesawriter Sun, 26 Aug 2007 06:10:00 +0000 http://authorlynnrayeharris.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/big-ego/#comment-965 I write because I like to disappear into my world of make believe. I get to call the shots there. :-) As for the comment you quoted about ego, I think the writer's logic is flawed. Using his example, we could say the same for all artists and workers. Anybody who does something or creates something and wants to be paid for it must be on an ego trip as well. LOL! Famous Amos, Alexander Graham Bell, Charlotte Brontë, Rachmaninoff, Picasso, Henry Ford, Marie Callender, Einstein, Freud, et al produced/created/made things too hoping to get paid. So did they have gigantic egos? Or is the ego issue a natural product of the human condition? I think the latter. Trust me, writers are no more ego-driven than anyone else.<br/><br/>Tanya I write because I like to disappear into my world of make believe. I get to call the shots there. :-) As for the comment you quoted about ego, I think the writer’s logic is flawed. Using his example, we could say the same for all artists and workers. Anybody who does something or creates something and wants to be paid for it must be on an ego trip as well. LOL! Famous Amos, Alexander Graham Bell, Charlotte Brontë, Rachmaninoff, Picasso, Henry Ford, Marie Callender, Einstein, Freud, et al produced/created/made things too hoping to get paid. So did they have gigantic egos? Or is the ego issue a natural product of the human condition? I think the latter. Trust me, writers are no more ego-driven than anyone else.

Tanya

]]> By: Lynn Raye Harris http://www.lynnrayeharris.com/2007/08/13/big-ego/comment-page-1/#comment-964 Lynn Raye Harris Thu, 16 Aug 2007 17:05:00 +0000 http://authorlynnrayeharris.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/big-ego/#comment-964 Success would definitely be nice. :) And there's nothing like trying to write through a rough spot and being stuck to make you lose ego, even if it's only temporary. :) Success would definitely be nice. :) And there’s nothing like trying to write through a rough spot and being stuck to make you lose ego, even if it’s only temporary. :)

]]> By: Cynthia E. Bagley http://www.lynnrayeharris.com/2007/08/13/big-ego/comment-page-1/#comment-963 Cynthia E. Bagley Wed, 15 Aug 2007 15:19:00 +0000 http://authorlynnrayeharris.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/big-ego/#comment-963 I am more into the Zen of writing... losing ego as I write.<br/>:-) I am more into the Zen of writing… losing ego as I write.
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]]> By: Lynn Raye Harris http://www.lynnrayeharris.com/2007/08/13/big-ego/comment-page-1/#comment-962 Lynn Raye Harris Tue, 14 Aug 2007 16:44:00 +0000 http://authorlynnrayeharris.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/big-ego/#comment-962 Sheesh, I guess I'm not an artiste then. ;) I agree it'd be nice to be analyzed, a la Jane Austen, a couple of hundred years from now, but if my choice were that or success now, I think I'd take success now. <br/><br/>Wow, maybe I do have a big ego. I'd just never thought of myself that way before.... :) Sheesh, I guess I’m not an artiste then. ;) I agree it’d be nice to be analyzed, a la Jane Austen, a couple of hundred years from now, but if my choice were that or success now, I think I’d take success now.

Wow, maybe I do have a big ego. I’d just never thought of myself that way before…. :)

]]> By: Problem Child http://www.lynnrayeharris.com/2007/08/13/big-ego/comment-page-1/#comment-961 Problem Child Tue, 14 Aug 2007 15:27:00 +0000 http://authorlynnrayeharris.wordpress.com/2007/08/13/big-ego/#comment-961 There are some who will say you are not an "artiste" unless you have no need to be acknowledged for your work. <br/><br/>Bullsh*t. I'm not in this for my health. I don't wish to be revered after I'm dead (although it would be nice)--I'd like some recognitions now, thanks very much.<br/><br/>Not that I have instant gratification needs or anything... There are some who will say you are not an “artiste” unless you have no need to be acknowledged for your work.

Bullsh*t. I’m not in this for my health. I don’t wish to be revered after I’m dead (although it would be nice)–I’d like some recognitions now, thanks very much.

Not that I have instant gratification needs or anything…

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