tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790035.post906804483179206563..comments2024-02-13T09:38:07.389-05:00Comments on Carrie's Procrastinatory Outlet: Waiting for my real life to beginCarrie Ryanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13751498516235657725noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790035.post-63624108781618652512011-04-04T14:02:33.737-04:002011-04-04T14:02:33.737-04:00Carrie - I, too, am a Duke Law grad (actually, I&#...Carrie - I, too, am a Duke Law grad (actually, I'm guessing that I must have graduated right around the same time you did --- I was a 2004 grad.) I worked at big law for 4 years, spent a year clerking for a judge, and then decided to leave practice altogether because I couldn't figure out exactly what it was that was missing from my life. My husband and I were anyway planning a round-the-world trip so I decided to focus on travel and figure out the whole career thing when I got back.<br /><br />Around the same time, I saw a mention about your book in the Duke Law magazine and e-mail. I looked you up and started reading your blog. I had always wanted to be a writer --- heck, I've got so many unfinished manuscripts on my computer, I could wallpaper a house with them. But, I never thought that I could be a writer. People like me aren't writers, that's what I used to say to myself. You really helped me realize that I could do this . . . that ordinary (or perhaps not so ordinary) lawyers could be writers. <br /><br />I am now almost done with my first draft of my mainstream fiction novel about a lawyer who encounters the supernatural, and am getting ready to revise, revise, and revise some more (my favorite part, actually). <br /><br />Anyhow, this long-winded comment is to say Thank you. I feel like my real life is beginning now and your story has helped me on my way.Akilahttp://www.akilamcconnell.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790035.post-15966894899154469222011-03-23T16:19:54.841-04:002011-03-23T16:19:54.841-04:00Wow, is really all I can think. Thank you for this...Wow, is really all I can think. Thank you for this blog post. I can truly relate and I'm going to go for my dreams. The song is perfect.Delchick42https://www.blogger.com/profile/13289704199618877213noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790035.post-68554527008861989372011-03-21T11:43:52.068-04:002011-03-21T11:43:52.068-04:00Beautiful post, Carrie. So many times we get hung ...Beautiful post, Carrie. So many times we get hung up on the daily drudge, we forget that we create our reality in SO many ways. And what a gorgeous song :) Thanks for sharing that.Celestehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05763211746654246650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790035.post-2761338331749419122011-03-20T21:11:37.706-04:002011-03-20T21:11:37.706-04:00Thanks, Carrie! I look forward to meeting you on ...Thanks, Carrie! I look forward to meeting you on Sunday in Cincy. I'm bringing a close friend's teenagers with me - we're very excited!Angie Krollnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790035.post-49087621570779515862011-03-20T01:15:04.987-04:002011-03-20T01:15:04.987-04:00Thank you, Carrie. I needed that song. I needed ...Thank you, Carrie. I needed that song. I needed your thoughts to clarify my own. I have meant to ask you a million times, how did you finally just launch? I need to jump and see what happens at the bottom. Thank you.CLRhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01207164054349835246noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21790035.post-76000144220219344862011-03-19T14:25:11.948-04:002011-03-19T14:25:11.948-04:00This is going to sound silly, but thank you for th...This is going to sound silly, but thank you for this. It's just exactly what I needed to hear. Pretty song included.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com