I'm saying that for writers, ANY artist, encouragement shouldn't even be a factor.
"No man but a blockhead ever wrote, except for money." - Samuel Johnson
I've written for a living for 30+ years, but I'm not a Writer.
Some people juggle geese!
Wash ,'Our Mrs. Reynolds'
The Great Write Way, Act Three: Where's the gun?
A place for Buffistas to discuss, beta and otherwise deal and dish on their non-fan fiction projects.
Ginger - Aug 28, 2008 9:45:05 am PDT #799 of 6681
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda
Scrappy - Aug 28, 2008 9:45:26 am PDT #800 of 6681
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
This Cliff Burns is a pompus blowhard of the highest order.
erikaj - Aug 28, 2008 9:46:05 am PDT #801 of 6681
Always Anti-fascist!
I'm a writer because if I actually kill people, society gets upset. In re keyboarding, to paraphrase Greg House, I broke my brain. I got a note.
erikaj - Aug 28, 2008 9:46:24 am PDT #802 of 6681
Always Anti-fascist!
Allyson - Aug 28, 2008 9:49:32 am PDT #803 of 6681
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica
Cliff Burns is AWESOME. I've never felt so centered.
Connie Neil - Aug 28, 2008 10:03:30 am PDT #804 of 6681
brillig
Dedicate your next book to him.
Connie Neil - Aug 28, 2008 10:07:08 am PDT #805 of 6681
brillig
Barb - Aug 28, 2008 10:10:25 am PDT #806 of 6681
“Not dead yet!”
I know who this guy is!! I remember reading about him on Media bistro's galleycat, where he completely and utterly dissed an editor (actually, the entire publishing industry) on his blog.
I remember reading a little bit of his "opus" and thinking it was the biggest load of crap I've ever read in my life. He's never going to get traditionally published because a) he's a talentless hack and b) he has all the charm of a rabid dog.
SailAweigh - Aug 28, 2008 10:18:34 am PDT #807 of 6681
Nana korobi, ya oki. (Fall down seven times, stand up eight.) ~Yuzuru Hanyu/Japanese proverb
I don't know who J***arya is in that thread, but I think I'm in love with him/her. Smackdown!
Connie Neil - Aug 28, 2008 10:24:15 am PDT #808 of 6681
brillig
OMG, he replied to GalleyCat! And confirmed everything they said about him!
I hope the few people who are agreeing with Cliff in the threads on Library Thing are aware of his tendencies, otherwise I'm going to be dismayed at the folk over there.
Or I need to visit other threads, like a sane person.