When you can share your position with an author who has no clue on how to connect with their readers, and you don't care how many awards they win. Just goes to show they have the dullest voice in the history or writing stories. Characters are not puppets. and emotions are not bad. But to those that use them as effective as a water balloon, really let their ego drive them forward, and will never learn that they cannot make pointless and useless prose to convince a reader such as I. You don't care, then I could give 2 shits less about your work.
ANDRAE!! Great to see you! Thanks for checking in! Good to hear your good news about the job. It's always nice to know things are going well for members here. Get your writing hat back on and hang out here more often, okay? We miss you!
Last time I discussed my fantasy with someone she said "Hell no, I'm not dressing up as Julia Roberts in pretty woman"
My dad agreed to let me take a bike from the family shed. My intention is for it to be my primary form of transport as I'm changing branch as part of the aforementioned promotion.
Lol, didn't think of that, just a bicycle, the family has done proper sports ones in that shed, and I have nowhere to park something with a motor.
Awesome man. Keep working on it and moving forward not backward. I'm not positive but doesn't Walmart have some kind tuition assistance program? If you ever want to run your own store I think Walmart has a requirement you have to have a college degree. So that might be something you need to go out and do... finish that college education you started!
Well I think I already posted about graduating, but I just got my diploma a couple days ago... and unbeknown to me there was a surprise on it. See if you can spot it.
@Lewdog That is awesome! Hope you catch a few baddies. Also, I found this and it reminds me of your avatar.
A note to my perfectionist regard to writing: Dear Perfectionist Me: You are of absolutely NO help in my stories getting finished. Indeed, you are simply holding back what progress I can make and then my Generalized Anxiety comes in behind you and berates me for never accomplishing what I want. So I say to you and my Generalized Anxiety: you can properly go drown yourselvets in the Potomac. Let my stories suck. Let them suck so bad that it makes Stephanie Meyers the American J.K. Rowling by comparison. I'm going to write a horrid novel. You may come back and assist in polishing it up at a later date. Sincerely, John Flukinger P.S. Generalized Anxiety? You don't belong here. Get lost. >:[ ----- Also, by scrounging around for useful bits of pages and paragraphs I can use, I managed to gather 6K words for my fantasy, 4K words for my historical mystery and that's just two of them!
First day at the new job . Same pay but less responsibility (pay grades in my old organisation sucked a lemon). The team seem nice and best thing is I'm not in charge, I don't have to manage, discipline, fire, or hire anyone. FTW Also despite not being the team leader, I do have a reasonable degree of autonomy to plan my own workload and manage my own time, and a delegated budget. Best of both worlds. Plus I had 3 months pay from my previous employer in lieu of notice, but I've got a new job after two, kerching - I think i'll treat myself to a mechanical keyboard and a new desk for writing by way of celebration.
A business associate of mine decades ago was promoted, and after that he did quite a bit of just sitting around on his ass and exploiting a rather large, generous expense account. Drinks were on him. He said, "For years, I was overworked and underpaid. Now I'm very happy to be underworked and overpaid." Hey, it worked out well for him!
My cat snuggled with me. I mean that seems remarkably benign, but it was something. When your day is mostly spaced between writing, being a homebody, kitten snuggles are the best.
Not an office cat. But here at the home we have a big tabby, he's not fat, just the size of a Norwegian Forest cat and we're not sure how he got that way. Names Monster. We saved him from being put down because he's not really a touchy feely cat and can be bity when he has had enough pets. He's only 4 years old.
Ladies and gentlemen, it is with great honor and happiness that I inform you all that I got to 10,785 words in my fantasy!
Thanks Man! I appreciate the love. I actually intend to finish. Im going to see what WM has to offer jn the way of College assistance and make the most of it. No matter what path I take, it is time.