Damn....for someone who doesn't have a life.....
So, I am sitting here, working on my costumes for A-kon when it occures to me that for someone who doesn't have a life I seem to be the busiest kid on the block. Where the hell does the time go? I swear it gets sucked up in the vortex created by the dryer. (Which incidentally is the same place where your missing socks go. Two socks go into the dryer...one sock comes out)Not that it matters much.
I know there are other things I should be doing, like cleaning my house... which no it isn't a total pigsty but I wouldn't want surprise company showing up. But when that is all that I do, clean, cook, clean, wash clothes, clean, fold clothes, clean, cook,clean, go to bed......B-O-R-I-N-G.
I don't know of anyone who wouldn't go crazy staring at the same four walls day in and day out. You know it is bad when you stay in bed all day just for a change of scenery.
It could be worse though. If it weren't for Kelly coming over here, I think I would have gone mad ages ago. Though the truth be told, even that has become boring. Granted it is very nice to have someone to talk to instead of listening to the sound of your own voice, but frankly, I would rather talk to someone else for a change.
Never let it be said that writing is easy. For those of you out there who struggle with your inner author you know what it is like to have the perfect idea. You rush to get it out onto the page, then you revise and craft your masterpiece, and finally you post it to a website. But what about writing a book? I know many people personally who would love nothing better than to be an author for a living. Me personally being one of them.
So to try and make that dream come true, I am taking this writing course, with the hopes that it lands me a book deal, but lets face facts here... Every year publishers receive anywhere for 1500 to 3000 manuscripts, of those manuscripts only about one quarter are not rejected, but the worst statistic yet, is that of that quarter, there are only about 30 books published a year. The odds do not look to be in my favor.
Okay....so maybe a book deal is pushing my luck, so lets try magazines. I can do free lance work right? Well lets see.... not only do you have to write a snappy article that deals with either a current issue or event or come up with a way to put a new spin on an old idea...whew... now there is work...especially if you want to make a living at this.
I am going to give it a shot though. Try it for a couple of years and see if I get anything published... we can't all be J.K. Rowling who incidentally had NEVER had anything published in her LIFE and Boom one day she is a millionaire...
I really should try and write more often here. There isn't the constraint that I have to show on paper. Believe me people, there may be a law stating that you can write and say whatever you wish, but that doesn't mean they have to publish it......
G'night everybody...
Zen
I know there are other things I should be doing, like cleaning my house... which no it isn't a total pigsty but I wouldn't want surprise company showing up. But when that is all that I do, clean, cook, clean, wash clothes, clean, fold clothes, clean, cook,clean, go to bed......B-O-R-I-N-G.
I don't know of anyone who wouldn't go crazy staring at the same four walls day in and day out. You know it is bad when you stay in bed all day just for a change of scenery.
It could be worse though. If it weren't for Kelly coming over here, I think I would have gone mad ages ago. Though the truth be told, even that has become boring. Granted it is very nice to have someone to talk to instead of listening to the sound of your own voice, but frankly, I would rather talk to someone else for a change.
Never let it be said that writing is easy. For those of you out there who struggle with your inner author you know what it is like to have the perfect idea. You rush to get it out onto the page, then you revise and craft your masterpiece, and finally you post it to a website. But what about writing a book? I know many people personally who would love nothing better than to be an author for a living. Me personally being one of them.
So to try and make that dream come true, I am taking this writing course, with the hopes that it lands me a book deal, but lets face facts here... Every year publishers receive anywhere for 1500 to 3000 manuscripts, of those manuscripts only about one quarter are not rejected, but the worst statistic yet, is that of that quarter, there are only about 30 books published a year. The odds do not look to be in my favor.
Okay....so maybe a book deal is pushing my luck, so lets try magazines. I can do free lance work right? Well lets see.... not only do you have to write a snappy article that deals with either a current issue or event or come up with a way to put a new spin on an old idea...whew... now there is work...especially if you want to make a living at this.
I am going to give it a shot though. Try it for a couple of years and see if I get anything published... we can't all be J.K. Rowling who incidentally had NEVER had anything published in her LIFE and Boom one day she is a millionaire...
I really should try and write more often here. There isn't the constraint that I have to show on paper. Believe me people, there may be a law stating that you can write and say whatever you wish, but that doesn't mean they have to publish it......
G'night everybody...
Zen