Get Up & Try Again'Failure is not falling down but refusing to get up.'
--Chinese proverb
Working With Words
A weblog devoted to spurring a conversation among those who use words to varying degrees in their daily work. Hosted by John Ettorre, a Cleveland-based writer and editor. Please email me at: john.ettorre@gmail.com. "There comes a time when you realize that everything is a dream, and only those things preserved in writing have any possibility of being real." --James Salter
Sunday, November 23, 2008
About Me
- Name: John Ettorre
- Location: Cleveland, Ohio
I'm a Cleveland, Ohio-based writer, editor and writing coach, with more than 25 years of experience, including stints in Chicago and Washington, D.C. My work has appeared in more than 100 print and online publications, from the New York Times and the Christian Science Monitor to local and regional publications. My work has been recognized by awards (including an Emmy) from four journalism groups.
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4 Comments:
Thank you, John. Needed to hear that again. Many obstacles have gotten in my way, but I will persist.
We all need to be reminded of that truism, Pat, perhaps weekly, if not daily. I know I need it just about hourly.
P.S. You've been tagged! (See my blog.) If you want to play along, mention who tagged you, write 7 unusual things about yourself, and then tag 7 other bloggers that you follow. If this is nutso to you, feel free to delete. No hard feelings. :-)
Boy, John, thanks. I need encouragement that often, too. The older I get, the more I see that I need other people. Now if I could just find the time.....
We all need other people, Pat, and none more than writers. Our work is done in isolation, but if it's not fed by communion with others, it pretty quickly shrivels and dies. That's just one of the wondrous thing about blogs, which help bring us together in thought and spirit, if not always in person. We need that too.
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