tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169933482075695962.post6595121408331767642..comments2024-03-23T07:00:34.433-05:00Comments on A Writer of Wrongs: Defining the dreamTerry Toweryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13840835964828394622noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169933482075695962.post-41004977700008101532010-04-28T02:51:18.881-05:002010-04-28T02:51:18.881-05:00Nice post; you hit on a lot of my thoughts. I do k...Nice post; you hit on a lot of my thoughts. I do know that I wish to be published because of my admiration for all of the great artists of the past; those who have left a reminder of their existence. It's a tiny form of immortality, and I enjoy that thought.Ted Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022309459554237650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169933482075695962.post-86528758436798566272010-04-21T23:00:43.151-05:002010-04-21T23:00:43.151-05:00I loathe the idea of fame. I am the most unphotoge...I loathe the idea of fame. I am the most unphotogenic person ever born, plus I'm a babbler. The idea of seeing myself in an interview... I about wet my pants, and not in the fun way but in the 'crap, I need Depends' way. Just one incredibly photoshopped picture of me for the books, but other than that... keep cameras away from me.<br /><br />However, I am on the boat for revenge. For all those assholes in high school that I've a reunion with the summer after next, I'd LOVE to walk in there and be able to say, 'me? oh, I'm a writer. My penname is...' and they'd go 'OMG. You're like... richer than Oprah!' and I'd be all 'yup. and you're a skank that made my life hell. enjoy those six kids and your husband the drunkard mechanic.'<br /><br />That might be a dramatization.<br /><br />It is wrong that my main motivation is to be published before my dad dies? I'm terrified that I won't 'make it' until he's six feet under and won't see I could do what he always thought I could.<br /><br />Great. Now I jinxed him.Christi Goddardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08590491851753709622noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169933482075695962.post-71779817349625182042010-04-21T09:05:38.140-05:002010-04-21T09:05:38.140-05:00I am always listening Terry. Like only the dying c...I am always listening Terry. Like only the dying can hear. <br />You are the second person who has told me to read this book. I'm on my way now, I can take a hint. BUT, I have another book to finish up first. ;~}<br /><br />I don't think I've ever even dreamed that big. I was thinking a ten or twenty thousand dollar advance and I could pay off a credit card and my bike. And the money that trickled in from sales would pay off my other credit card and continue to pay my bills. <br /><br />I would give anything to stop treading water and breath at ease for once. <br /><br />As far as fame? It would be nice to have people thinking good things about me because I sure as hell don't. And I have a nice signature. <br /><br />And really, the only person who ever thought I couldn't accomplish anything is yours truly. So I guess I'm taking vengeance on myself. <br /><br />I'm off to buy Bird by Bird. Gives me a good excuse to get to the book store.G.~https://www.blogger.com/profile/17630804996307279182noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169933482075695962.post-20687859688987023422010-04-20T23:59:17.961-05:002010-04-20T23:59:17.961-05:00My vengeance story is too long to post here, but i...My vengeance story is too long to post here, but it involves an editor from the Peoria Journal Star who told me, "You just don't walk in off the street and write for the Peoria Journal Star." So I moved to New York and walked in off the street and have written for three of the dailies, Time Out New York, NY Press and a bunch of other places. I still work nights, so some would think the writing hasn't paid off, but anytime I get published I think of that editor and laugh. I've also told the story to a slew of New York editors and they howl at it.Marty Wombacherhttp://www.aguywalksinto365bars.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169933482075695962.post-76731484675607086152010-04-20T21:29:08.599-05:002010-04-20T21:29:08.599-05:00The money would definitely be nice, since my husba...The money would definitely be nice, since my husband was laid off from his regular job over a year ago. However, I think many of us want the validation of someone who's an 'expert' (ie, an agent or publisher). I mean, I say I'm a writer, but I don't truly believe it because nobody has validated my writing yet.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13267066733031149882noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6169933482075695962.post-65740358099305326532010-04-20T20:18:43.321-05:002010-04-20T20:18:43.321-05:00I don't mind the idea of being rich, but I don...I don't mind the idea of being rich, but I don't expect it. I think, ultimately what I want, is to be able to say I get paid for my imagination. Something that can't be taught inside the walls of any college.<br /><br />Sidenote: Before you get upset with your Cubbies. Realize their record would be a step up for my O's. *sigh*Tracyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03726858055689145824noreply@blogger.com