Comments on: Special Guest – NY Times & USA Today Bestselling Author Alyssa Day

By: Rita

Rita — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 20:30:41 +0000

**The act of creation should be the joy. The journey should be the thing. Just you and the blank page and that freshly sharpened pencil.**
Well said.

By: Alyssa Day

Alyssa Day — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:16:39 +0000

I knew it! We’re all junkies for the office supply stores! Too funny. LOL.

By: Sarah Simas

Sarah Simas — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:44:35 +0000

HI Alyssa!

Your post reminded me of one of Meg Ryan’s lines in ‘You’ve Got Mail’ when she talks about the smell of pencils. Too funny! Like everyone else, I’m stationary supply junkie! Seriously. I love fresh notebooks. Every October, I hit the sales bin from Back School and go hog wild! Ah, it’s almost as good a feeling as eating chocolate. LOL

It was nice to see you at Mama Writers. I’m definitely joining to check out your Poseidon series. I adore mythology! Best wishes!

By: Paisley Kirkpatrick

Paisley Kirkpatrick — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:21:31 +0000

Waving Alyssa from California. Had the pleasure of meeting you at our SVR meeting this month. You give one great workshop!!!!

I so remember those days of the No. 2 pencils and the pressure they brought with them. Even then I loved putting words on paper and over the years nothing has changed except to do more.

Nice to spend time with you again today. – Marlene

By: Melissa Mayhue

Melissa Mayhue — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 19:20:28 +0000

Hey, Alyssa! Welcome to MamaWriters!

mmmmm…. office supply stores…. I could spend HOURS inside their lovely walls — and waaay too much money! Next to bookstores, they’re like heaven on earth! [And the chocolate aisle at the grocery store...]

~ Melissa

By: Viola Estrella

Viola Estrella — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:02:48 +0000

Hi Alyssa,
I got all giddy just reading your post. Pens and journals and post-its and poster boards and… Okay, I’ll stop. Oh, yes, I love them all. And you’re absolutely right–they’re exciting because these are the tools we use in the writing journey. It’s fun just to think about it. And now I’m off to brainstorm my new idea…with a journal and that shiny new pen that sits kind of heavy in my hand. Oooh nice.

By: ashleyludwig

ashleyludwig — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:32 +0000

Alyssa -

First – LOVE the Atlantis theme… congratulations on such a wonderful idea, plucked from the aether! Would love to hear more about your road to publication sometime. Did you write when your kids were really little? now that mine are growing, finding time is more challenging than ever!

I stand right with you. I’m an office-product-aholic! My kids LOVE when we go there, because anything within reason is fair game. In fact, recently we’ve gone so far as experiment with paper making — what to do with the reams of “scratch paper” left over from my latest MS editing…

thank you so much for stopping by! I see you every now and again on twitter – @wiremamma – and it’s always a great time to chat with you!

Have a great time at MamaWriters!

~Ashley

By: Eliza Knight

Eliza Knight — Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:32:17 +0000

Welcome to Mama Writers Alyssa!

My daughter is actually taking her state assessments today! How funny!

LOL! I’m the same way…. I have post it notes everywhere! And as soon as I go by the office supply section in any store I make a detour. You can never have too many notebooks right?

Happy writing!
Eliza