Comments on: Next book? http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/13/next-book/ Susan Piver - Meditation, Relationships, Creativity Tue, 07 Feb 2012 03:23:40 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8 hourly 1 By: susan http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/13/next-book/#comment-520 susan Mon, 14 Jan 2008 22:59:15 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/13/next-book/#comment-520 May I say that these comments kick a#@. Wow. So grateful. Will blog about what happened today. May I say that these comments kick a#@. Wow. So grateful. Will blog about what happened today.

]]> By: Heidi http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/13/next-book/#comment-519 Heidi Mon, 14 Jan 2008 15:27:47 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/13/next-book/#comment-519 Hi Susan, Hope your meeting goes well today! I think being open to what may come while also knowing what your passions and intentions are will bring the solution to you. Sometimes it comes in a different form than you thought - but even better than you could have imagined alone! I try to listen to all ideas (since I don't know where the good ones come from), then hold them up to my own beliefs/vision to see if they fit. I feel my spirit open wide and dance when I honor & trust my authenticity! Likewise, you know your voice - trust yourself to know it when you hear it. I look forward to your next book! Heidi Hi Susan,

Hope your meeting goes well today!
I think being open to what may come while also knowing what your passions and intentions are will bring the solution to you.

Sometimes it comes in a different form than you thought – but even better than you could have imagined alone!

I try to listen to all ideas (since I don’t know where the good ones come from), then hold them up to my own beliefs/vision to see if they fit.

I feel my spirit open wide and dance when I honor & trust my authenticity!

Likewise, you know your voice – trust yourself to know it when you hear it.

I look forward to your next book!
Heidi

]]> By: Ming http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/13/next-book/#comment-518 Ming Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:41:23 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/13/next-book/#comment-518 Pivinator. Of course you'll be great, but that aside. I think in writing about loss in general you would really cut to what broken heartedness is, that aching alive dying feeling. I think just romantic broken heartedness might limit showing how you can take the storyline out of any type of loss and get to that same place. This sounded more revolutionary when I was thinking it as I read your blog but I know you know what I"m talking about. love, Ming Pivinator.
Of course you’ll be great, but that aside. I think in writing about loss in general you would really cut to what broken heartedness is, that aching alive dying feeling. I think just romantic broken heartedness might limit showing how you can take the storyline out of any type of loss and get to that same place. This sounded more revolutionary when I was thinking it as I read your blog but I know you know what I”m talking about.
love,
Ming

]]> By: susan http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/13/next-book/#comment-517 susan Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:16:42 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/13/next-book/#comment-517 Bob, it's great to get this feedback. I am so grateful. It gives me confidence. Yes, having had successful books (i.e. sold well and/or been well received) definitely works in my favor. The editors I'm meeting with, however, are sort of legendary in my little corner of the world. So I also have tremendous confidence in them. I really, really look forward to their feedback. Because they have such powerful track records, their impact on me will be strong. I think. We'll see! I truly feel that the heartbreak of romantic relationships is a big enough topic for a book! But there is also grief about losing a loved one because they die, learning about your own or another's illness, being rejected by a school or a job, and just the everyday (but extremely potent) agitation of seeking a meaningful life. Perhaps the same Buddhist principles could apply across the board? I have complete confidence that they do. But I'm not sure I'm the best one to espouse them. I will so totally look forward to telling you the outcome. It is wonderful to share this roller coaster ride with kind people. With gratitude, Susan Bob, it’s great to get this feedback. I am so grateful. It gives me confidence.

Yes, having had successful books (i.e. sold well and/or been well received) definitely works in my favor. The editors I’m meeting with, however, are sort of legendary in my little corner of the world. So I also have tremendous confidence in them. I really, really look forward to their feedback. Because they have such powerful track records, their impact on me will be strong. I think. We’ll see!

I truly feel that the heartbreak of romantic relationships is a big enough topic for a book! But there is also grief about losing a loved one because they die, learning about your own or another’s illness, being rejected by a school or a job, and just the everyday (but extremely potent) agitation of seeking a meaningful life. Perhaps the same Buddhist principles could apply across the board? I have complete confidence that they do. But I’m not sure I’m the best one to espouse them.

I will so totally look forward to telling you the outcome. It is wonderful to share this roller coaster ride with kind people.

With gratitude, Susan

]]> By: Robert Birkenes http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/13/next-book/#comment-516 Robert Birkenes Mon, 14 Jan 2008 13:02:57 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/13/next-book/#comment-516 Susan, Have confidence! Don't worry! The fact that you have several successful books under your belt, that should change the dynamic of author-vs-publisher-discussing-creative-content, yes? I mean, they should trust that you must know what you're doing, and you know the audience and subject at least as well as they do. As for the question on romantic loss or relationship loss in general... I feel that you should focus on what excited you about the topic in the first place. The title, Wisdom of a Broken Heart, *could* apply to non-romantic situations as well, but it seems like you meant to focus on romantic love. And really, in terms of audience interest... how many people suffer romantic loss versus other types of relationship losses? The numbers must be vastly skewed in favor of the first type of loss: *romantic* relationships are the ones that break your heart when they fall apart. Do friendships fall apart? Yes. But do they break your heart? Sometimes, but not as much as the romantic relationships will, at least most men would probably feel that way. Best of luck to you! We look forward to hearing the outcome, and some day reading the book. Best wishes, Bob Susan,

Have confidence! Don’t worry!
The fact that you have several successful books under your belt, that should change the dynamic of author-vs-publisher-discussing-creative-content, yes? I mean, they should trust that you must know what you’re doing, and you know the audience and subject at least as well as they do.

As for the question on romantic loss or relationship loss in general… I feel that you should focus on what excited you about the topic in the first place. The title, Wisdom of a Broken Heart, *could* apply to non-romantic situations as well, but it seems like you meant to focus on romantic love. And really, in terms of audience interest… how many people suffer romantic loss versus other types of relationship losses? The numbers must be vastly skewed in favor of the first type of loss: *romantic* relationships are the ones that break your heart when they fall apart. Do friendships fall apart? Yes. But do they break your heart? Sometimes, but not as much as the romantic relationships will, at least most men would probably feel that way.

Best of luck to you! We look forward to hearing the outcome, and some day reading the book.

Best wishes, Bob

]]> By: susan http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/13/next-book/#comment-515 susan Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:54:59 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/13/next-book/#comment-515 Dave, thank you so much for the good wishes!! I really appreciate you taking the time to wish me well. Gives me the best kind of confidence. Susan Dave, thank you so much for the good wishes!! I really appreciate you taking the time to wish me well. Gives me the best kind of confidence.
Susan

]]> By: susan http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/13/next-book/#comment-514 susan Mon, 14 Jan 2008 11:53:30 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/13/next-book/#comment-514 Bentrem, grateful for the response and the jam-packed nature of each phrase. I'm sort of agog about it. Right. On. Thank. You. Reminds me to make an offering of everything that arises, which is always such a relief. Once heard Reggie Ray say: whatever it is--good, bad, ugly, indifferent, delightful--offer it. The deities abound and (my favorite part) they love the display. They love the display! So, yes. Unprotected because there is nothing to protect. Open. And I love earth/brown mouse style of courage. (What is a frabbed URL?) Lha gyel lo, Susan Bentrem, grateful for the response and the jam-packed nature of each phrase. I’m sort of agog about it. Right. On. Thank. You.

Reminds me to make an offering of everything that arises, which is always such a relief. Once heard Reggie Ray say: whatever it is–good, bad, ugly, indifferent, delightful–offer it. The deities abound and (my favorite part) they love the display. They love the display!

So, yes. Unprotected because there is nothing to protect. Open.

And I love earth/brown mouse style of courage.

(What is a frabbed URL?)

Lha gyel lo, Susan

]]> By: David Wendel http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/13/next-book/#comment-513 David Wendel Mon, 14 Jan 2008 05:09:38 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/13/next-book/#comment-513 Good Luck!!!! I've just started reading your blog and your books; from what I have read so far you have nothing to worry about. Dave Good Luck!!!! I’ve just started reading your blog and your books; from what I have read so far you have nothing to worry about.

Dave

]]> By: Ben Tremblay http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/13/next-book/#comment-512 Ben Tremblay Mon, 14 Jan 2008 04:45:47 +0000 http://www.susanpiver.com/wordpress/2008/01/13/next-book/#comment-512 "<i>I think I’m still not clear enough on my own idea and could get run over by another’s certainty. The good news: My lack of clarity makes me vulnerable and therefore tender and open to the wisdom of the moment.</i>" Someone been letting you in on that self-secret stuff, have they? *grin* Same *cough* fertilizer, piled differently: because you've got a mandalic sense of the ground and its main features, you can't "get lost" but, as Dan'l Boone put it (Davy Crockett?) "I sometimes don't know where other folk are". Soooo, since it's a communicative gesture *<b>AH!</b>* thing we gotta do is stay tuned in to others' momentum and tangents so'z we know what tack they're on, yaa? (Evuhl thot: so we can head 'em off at the pass. *snicker*) I mean heck a) there's nothing in need of protecting *<b>SHE!</b>* and b) wherever they go to, there we are *<i>namaste!</i>* ... sooo, ummm. What was the question? ;-) Laterally related: 2008 = Earth/Brown Rat ... I've been proclaiming Earth/Brown Mouse, seeing as how in NA 7-arrows tradition mouse (south) symbolizes not just quick learn / great memory but courage ... s/he's gotta get right up close to make whisker contast so'z to truly /know/ 'sup. KiKi SoSo! --bentrem p.s. fixed the URL I frabbed last time. “I think I’m still not clear enough on my own idea and could get run over by another’s certainty. The good news: My lack of clarity makes me vulnerable and therefore tender and open to the wisdom of the moment.”
Someone been letting you in on that self-secret stuff, have they? *grin*

Same *cough* fertilizer, piled differently: because you’ve got a mandalic sense of the ground and its main features, you can’t “get lost” but, as Dan’l Boone put it (Davy Crockett?) “I sometimes don’t know where other folk are”.

Soooo, since it’s a communicative gesture *AH!* thing we gotta do is stay tuned in to others’ momentum and tangents so’z we know what tack they’re on, yaa? (Evuhl thot: so we can head ‘em off at the pass. *snicker*)
I mean heck a) there’s nothing in need of protecting *SHE!* and b) wherever they go to, there we are *namaste!* … sooo, ummm. What was the question? ;-)

Laterally related: 2008 = Earth/Brown Rat … I’ve been proclaiming Earth/Brown Mouse, seeing as how in NA 7-arrows tradition mouse (south) symbolizes not just quick learn / great memory but courage … s/he’s gotta get right up close to make whisker contast so’z to truly /know/ ’sup.

KiKi SoSo!

–bentrem

p.s. fixed the URL I frabbed last time.

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