ashes, ashes... we all fall DOWN!

[lanajax]

i love chewing gum! friends like dandelionwhine. how come more of y'all don't do stuff like this? it's fun

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[ms_nomer]

all a romance novel proves is that i got a healthy imagination, no sense of reality whatsoever and an odd penchant for cheesy dialogue."

You say that like it's a bad thing.

[lanajax]

ha, i know. i do know better, it's just my Mother always told me that romace was just so much escapism and would eventually rot the brain...

of course, she's writing her own romance novel now, so...

HEY MA! you're a total hypocrite!

[ms_nomer]

Believe me, I understand where it's coming from. I have some of the same hang ups, because I am what I think of as an intelligent non-intellectual. I have the brains for the intellectual crap, and yet I am bored by it, preferring to spend my time on escapism and brain-rotting.

And why not? So what? At least we read. And at least we write. Damn those intellectual snobs (sorry, ma) and their standards. You'll be laughing all the way to the bank when you re-write your romance novel 55 times, and all the intelligent and non-intelligent non-intellectuals make you rich. So rich, you don't have to work, and you can spend your time reading things that make you feel smart.

[lanajax]

"I have the brains for the intellectual crap, and yet I am bored by it, preferring to spend my time on escapism and brain-rotting."

that's it, exactly! besides. some of that stuff is pretty good.

but lol @ re-writing 55 times. a Nora Roberts/Danielle Steele i will never be. good grief, i truly don't see how they do it. i suspect it involves having a large staff of clever little gerbils who've been trained to type.

[ms_nomer]

I am sure it gets easier after the first book makes several billion dollars, and the publisher calls begging for more "exactly like it, but different." (Perhaps they provide the gerbils.) God, what sheep they think we are. God, how they are often right.

[aeroplanic]

That is it exactly. I have the brains for intellect but quite frankly I don't have the energy or inclination to figure things out. :) Bring on the mindless, fun entertainment!