A Writer's Journey- Is it really a dog eat dog world?

"It's often said that everyone has a novel inside of them and in most cases that's where it should stay"     A comment posted after reading probably my last article on "The Guardian" website. Most of the comments are negative and posted by other so called 'proclaimed writers' whom has a knack for going straight for the juggler when offering what I assume to be constructive criticism-yeah right.  

"Have you read this crap?" Per a comment left on an article discussing Amanda Hocking's success as a self published writer.  

These comments appear to be a review of the article and or the author mentioned. Articles discussing writers whom has by the way become a success despite their struggles to complete a writing project with restless nights of late night writing, completed projects then rejection letter after rejection letter to countless literary agents and or publishers yet to have found their success at getting published through self publishing.   The comments lack class whereas the posters seem bitter and can you say jealous much? It's sad that some get a kick out of stomping on a dream.

To think that artists such as writers would be supporting one another especially when reading on any level should be appreciated. Hello...hence the take over of reality tv as being one's choice of entertainment vs picking up a book to read.  

Sometimes I get discouraged reading negative comments flooding the sites like 'The Guardian' a site that I thought was for writers.  A site that offer ways to getting published, information on marketing your book and success stories of writers and authors such as the one mentioned above.  

Having written only a few short stories and screenplays for review and contests I have stories to tell and I'm going to tell them. Becoming a success story or not I love to write. I'm not going to let bitter writers, and or those negative people who like stomping on a dream keep me from accomplishing what I want to do in life which is--WRITE.   Every writer's story won't be a tale every reader wants to read.  Every writer won't be a Pulitzer prize-winning author. That's the upside to writing because somewhere out there someone will enjoy your story. Would it matter that it didn't result in a book deal? Became a self published success?   Realizing that I'm going to take on the mentality of-- Write for you and if they love it or hate it, you would have accomplished something others could never imagine doing.    

Wait, What, Wake the Hell Up

You're still blinded by the bias news feed of the media. When are you going to wake up to the fact that you're being fed the bits and pieces of ish they only allow you to know about. They want you to react to the stories they put out there, the hyped up stories you see on their local news feed? How else would you have known about it?? It's so sad that they are brainwashing you and you don't even know it. They want you to appear ignorant to society as if you're playing the race card and couldn't care less about the crimes being committed in your own back yard and just think what spin do they put on those stories? Are there hash tags that gets remembered when posting about stopping the violence against each other? If they don't care it doesn't matter if you do unless it's new news that they can spin a tale on rev it up so their ratings can spike...Duh black on black crime has been happening for how long? It's become a norm and we've allowed it to go unnoticed that we don't give a shit however in reality if you took a closer look you would see how misinformed you are. The many organizations formed by us to reach out to those in our communities speaks volumes but go unheard because the only news feed you're paying attention to is the bias news feed that doesn't want us to know that we care, and that we're alot more than always playing the race card. Stop feeding into the negatives and only post the positives! Spread the word and make it known that you give a shit about the violence in your community. ‪#‎wakethehellup‬

LET'S WAKE THE HELL UP

People are killing me with this everyone's hyped up about a white man killing a black boy as if we don't get upset about it per when it's just us no race card being played? ?? Why would the media exploit the black community coming together to fight back against violence amongst ourselves when their jobs has been to make us look IGNORANT and portray us as black people who aren't educated and rely on playing the race card? ?? I'm a part of the quiet riot movement...an activist who spends time on speaking out to those on message boards etc to join this movement to rise up. I've shared postings etc we're thinking of ways to spread the word in other avenues so yes it pisses me off when I see the BS as if we're not taking a stand. Wake up and take action and stop taking on the job to making assumptions that our outcry only starts when a black boy is murdered by a white man. ‪#‎smdh‬‪#‎iamnotblackpeople‬ I am an individual who walks her own path.