Wanted to take the time to say thanks for all the straight talk about the industry. Not many folks in the industry seem all that willing to be honest about it. I suppose its fear of some kind of backlash from saying anything negative. The cards are stacked against us writers so heavily that I believe many of us are scared. Scared for our books, for our careers and for our income (if any). Kind of puts the light out in the tower of truth.
You keep that light burning for all of us that are still struggling with the beginning of things. Thanks for that.
Hey, you think that's bad, I've got a short satire circulating which paints the former Cardinal Ratzinger in a less than favorable light. I keep expecting an elite squad of Swiss Guard to spirit me away any day now, never to be seen again...
I need a lot of time to myself. Lots and lots and lots of it. I need to not have to talk to other people at all for many hours, every day. I need the freedom to write and nap and putter outside, and let the stories arrive. I need space to cook and listen to music, and most of all—read, read, read, read, read. I need a lot of reading time, and it feels like nothing, but it’s everything. -- Barbara O'Neal
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Your bad guy is Cliff from CHEERS?
ReplyDeleteAh yes, another curve ball...
ReplyDeleteWanted to take the time to say thanks for all the straight talk about the industry. Not many folks in the industry seem all that willing to be honest about it. I suppose its fear of some kind of backlash from saying anything negative. The cards are stacked against us writers so heavily that I believe many of us are scared. Scared for our books, for our careers and for our income (if any). Kind of puts the light out in the tower of truth.
You keep that light burning for all of us that are still struggling with the beginning of things. Thanks for that.
Cheers,
-- F.
Are you kidding? What a marketing angle! I can see the TV spots now. :)
ReplyDeleteOh, man... have not had NEARLY enough coffee yet out here in Cali. I read that as "when the cannibals in Rome elect..."
ReplyDeleteROFL!
ReplyDeleteIn that vein, check this out (before it gets deleted):
http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pope_Benedict_XVI&direction=prev&oldid=12526972
Hey, you think that's bad, I've got a short satire circulating which paints the former Cardinal Ratzinger in a less than favorable light. I keep expecting an elite squad of Swiss Guard to spirit me away any day now, never to be seen again...
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