Chatbox II: The Rebirth

I'm a freak.

 

Well that's cool Chaos.

 

We're all freaks.

 

That's so very true.
But I'm in denial of that one.

 

Some guy at the book store...

...was talking with two other guys about publishing books.

He was ranting on and on about how "there are more successful actors than there are authors" - at that I had to glance around the bookstore, filed with several hundred thousand titles.

He also said that "it's really hard to make any money by writing" - but he also mentioned that he only wrote when he was angry, and that he believed that you "cannot write when you're happy"

I did agree with him that you have to just write your book first, then go back and fix it. Otherwise, you're going to spend all your time fixing and revising without actually having a finished work.

But he also said "Well, you write what you know," saying that you've got to stick to what you're familiar with. I'm sure Tolkien was used to dealing with wizards, dragons, and evil magical overlords...

The guy was so full of himself that, even as an unpublished amateur, I can tell that he doesn't have the wherewithal to publish anything worth reading. Ever.

Just a funny story I thought I'd share.

 

Tolkien wrote about what he knew in the way that he knew his fantasy world obscenely well.

 

To many people look at the book and just what they see in the surface.
There was certainly deeper meaning then magic, and trolls.
Look at the lessons he tried to teach you.
It told you what he knew in his morals.

 

Like many other good books. I don't know, I haven't really read any LOTR since middle school and frankly am not a fan of those types of books right now anyway.

 

hello

 

Hi.
How are you?

 

Awwwwh! I feel bad!! I forgot to reply!

 

Man, I'm kind of relieved that I missed all that scientific talk...it went right over my head.

How is everyone tonight?

Apparently I smell very nice. I walked into my manager's office and all of a sudden everyone was like "wow, it smells so good in here! Heather, that's you, you smell so good!" I didn't argue, but I don't know how I smelled so good at the end of my shift when no one noticed that I smelled like anything at the beginning of my shift.

 

Maybe they are hungry Hidden.

 

Yikes! I didn't think about that...I'd better watch my back.

 

*starts drooling*
Yeah you should worry about people eating.
I've never eaten anyone before.

 

Neither have I!

 

*starts producing a puddle of drool*
And you don't look at all like my type of person that I would normally eat.
I mean.
I can't believe anyone would eat someone.

 

I'm scared...

 

I got a fresh rejection letter today. I'm not too affected by it either way since it was just a form letter. I don't feel bad because it was a pretty uncertain market. Their sample stories were all over the place so I had difficulty getting a feel for if my story would work. This doesn't surprise me, but I do have a few more hopeful publications I'm waiting on.

 

Nah it's okay.
I won't eat you.yet

 

EDIT: Um.. morning everyone.

 

I just read all that quantum phsyics stuff everyone was talking about yesterday. OY!

 

In the garden
against the wall
there grows a vine
that's eight feet tall.

 

isnt it weird? lol

alot of scientists did NOT like it when it first came out, even Einstein, he HATED it. Said that God doesnt 'play dice' and stuff like that.

 

Good morning