Ace of Cakes has become a guilty pleasure. I know everyone loves Duff, but Mary Alice and Geof are really who make the show work. Watching her do a cleansing in the bakery on last night's episode was both funny and touching. Geof makes things happen, and he's so laid-back. The kind of person you need in when things are going crazy...
One of my other guilty pleasures is Amerian Chopper, though I watch it nowdays more to watch as OCC's fame and "selling out" has turned the Teufels into more of a characature than anything.
Oh, did you see Monday's episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations? You can take the boy out of Jersey, but you can't take Jersey out of the boy. And who knew Mario Batali was that funny?
Speaking of public appearances...jtgloverApril 13 2007, 20:55:49 UTC
How important do you think cons have been for you as a writer over the years? Have they helped your writing, either on the business side or the creative side? Some writers talk about making this deal or selling that book, whereas others just seem to go mainly in order to drink and party. Some writers, or editors, or agents seem to feel they're indispensable, whereas others go completely without.
Re: Speaking of public appearances...greygirlbeastApril 13 2007, 21:13:49 UTC
How important do you think cons have been for you as a writer over the years? Have they helped your writing, either on the business side or the creative side?
I think they were very important in the beginning (say 1994-1999), but seemed to become increasingly less so. By the mid-nineties, I was selling everything I wrote as fast as i could write it, so going to make deals seemed to cease to be important.
Some writers talk about making this deal or selling that book, whereas others just seem to go mainly in order to drink and party. Some writers, or editors, or agents seem to feel they're indispensable, whereas others go completely without.I have mixed feelings. I always loved doing Dragon*Con, except for the stupid panels. I'm not much for cons, in general. Or partying. These days, I sort of feel like, I'm a writer not a celebrity, and it's my job to stay home and write, not go to cons and talk about writing. Also, I seem to have little in common with the other writers I meet and have no particular desire to hang out with other
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Re: Speaking of public appearances...jtgloverApril 13 2007, 23:43:30 UTC
Huh, all of the above = interesting. I've definitely learned my lesson about cost-effective conventioneering connected with my day job, as I'm still carrying around $1,000 of debt from a conference two years ago. Great conference, but not worth the debt.
If I can ask further, what did you find useful/important about them in the beginning? Sense of camaraderie with other writers, fans of fantastic fiction, etc.? Meeting editors and Big Name Authors?
Re: Speaking of public appearances...greygirlbeastApril 14 2007, 06:37:33 UTC
If I can ask further, what did you find useful/important about them in the beginning? Sense of camaraderie with other writers, fans of fantastic fiction, etc.? Meeting editors and Big Name Authors?
Meeting other writers, making connections, the chance to travel, being seen, being asked to do panels, etc. It was all very exciting from about '94 (my first con was World Fantasy in New Orleans that year) up to about, I don't know, maybe 1998.
I went down to the Birmingham Public Library, not having checked the livejournal first (no Internet at home), and found to my unhappy surprise a distinct lack of your presence at the events. I'm sorry you couldn't come; I was really hoping to get you to sign the new novel and a copy of "Threshold."
I was looking forward to hearing you read. Unforeseen events?
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One of my other guilty pleasures is Amerian Chopper, though I watch it nowdays more to watch as OCC's fame and "selling out" has turned the Teufels into more of a characature than anything.
Oh, did you see Monday's episode of Anthony Bourdain: No Reservations? You can take the boy out of Jersey, but you can't take Jersey out of the boy. And who knew Mario Batali was that funny?
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I think they were very important in the beginning (say 1994-1999), but seemed to become increasingly less so. By the mid-nineties, I was selling everything I wrote as fast as i could write it, so going to make deals seemed to cease to be important.
Some writers talk about making this deal or selling that book, whereas others just seem to go mainly in order to drink and party. Some writers, or editors, or agents seem to feel they're indispensable, whereas others go completely without.I have mixed feelings. I always loved doing Dragon*Con, except for the stupid panels. I'm not much for cons, in general. Or partying. These days, I sort of feel like, I'm a writer not a celebrity, and it's my job to stay home and write, not go to cons and talk about writing. Also, I seem to have little in common with the other writers I meet and have no particular desire to hang out with other ( ... )
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If I can ask further, what did you find useful/important about them in the beginning? Sense of camaraderie with other writers, fans of fantastic fiction, etc.? Meeting editors and Big Name Authors?
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Meeting other writers, making connections, the chance to travel, being seen, being asked to do panels, etc. It was all very exciting from about '94 (my first con was World Fantasy in New Orleans that year) up to about, I don't know, maybe 1998.
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I was looking forward to hearing you read. Unforeseen events?
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