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Pensive Stone Man Makes a Comeback

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It’s been a long time since my friend has shown his face around here, so I thought I’d bring him back for a visit. When I first started blogging, the Stone Man was a part of my blog banner, a constant reminder that patience is a virtue, that the waiting life requires — especially the writing life — cannot only be endured but met with a smile (though it helps if your face is made of stone).

These days, my waiting is different. I have an agent who helps keep me grounded during quiet weeks on submission. I have projects at various levels of completion to keep me occupied. Now I find myself grateful for moments that allow me to pause, reflect, even step away from my work. But I remember the hope-filled anguish of waiting, those years of maniacal optimism that kept me believing the next manuscript/editor/agent would be it. 

If you’re a writer and are waiting, if you’re hoping, if you’re even despairing, I get it. Please don’t give up! Stone Man and I are cheering you on.

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  1. Faith E. Hough says

    May 15, 2013 at 2:06 pm

    Thank you, Caroline! I definitely wish I was made of stone sometimes…especially when I have to open rejections!

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    • Caroline Starr Rose says

      May 15, 2013 at 3:55 pm

      Understood! Your day is coming. I know it.

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  2. Amy L. Sonnichsen says

    May 16, 2013 at 12:52 am

    This is a good reminder, Caroline! I’d always seen this guy on your header but didn’t know what he stood for. Lovely!

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  3. Melissa Sarno says

    May 16, 2013 at 7:29 pm

    As the most impatient person in the world, waiting is soooo hard for me. I definitely need to channel pensive stone man.

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  4. Keisha Martin says

    May 20, 2013 at 3:21 pm

    Thank you for this post Caroline, where I am at now is finishing up a manuscript I have rewritten about four times, and also will start university in Fall and trying to figure out how I will balance it all because I have come so far with my writing and cannot push it aside its become so part of me. But I learned patience is definitely a virtue when waiting, when I began I made so much rookie mistakes as a first time writer sending my novel when it wasn’t ready but if I didn’t I wouldn’t have learned I have no choice but to wait which will hopefully help me in the long run i.e. getting agent/published.

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    • Caroline Starr Rose says

      May 20, 2013 at 5:08 pm

      I can relate to your experience, Keisha. For years, I stumbled around on my own, not knowing anyone else trying to write. I checked out books about writing and tried to learn from what I read. I also sent many, many manuscripts out before they were ready.

      One of the biggest things to change my mindset and the direction of my writing life came when I joined SCBWI. Finally, I’d found my people! And I felt like a professional at last.

      Your writing won’t go away in a new life phase, though it make look different. That’s okay. Please keep me posted on the months and years ahead!

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  5. CutesieMoMsTuff says

    June 10, 2013 at 1:52 pm

    Do you have any background information about this stone man?

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    • Caroline Starr Rose says

      June 10, 2013 at 3:55 pm

      He’s in Spiez, Switzerland in the gardens near the castle.
      http://www.schloss-spiez.ch/schloss/index.php

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