Christmas is so stupid.

[sadiablue]

I have no idea what to do for my father for Christmas. My mother isn't much easier to shop for, but I at least have a couple of ideas. I know them, and whatever they really want they tend to buy for themselves. Their Amazon.com wishlists are a collective practical joke on their children

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[gott_heilt]

Speaking of over done messages, I'll get pregnant when you get published :) Just kidding. But seriously, I don't think getting something published necessarily makes it any better than a manuscript sitting at the bottom of someone's underwear draw that no one has ever seen. Books are products, and we all know some products are superior to others even though Walmart carries them all. I don't want you to get published because it will somehow justify your writing. I want you to get published because I know there is a person out there right now, probably many, that will read your writing and feel like someone really, finally understands how they feel, and that maybe they aren't as out of place as they thought they were. I think your writing is going to uplift people and change people, and God knows the world can use more of that. I am sorry if you've felt pressure though. I don't think that is anyone's real intent. We will have to reign ourselves in a bit.

[sadiablue]

Thanks, Mo.

Though I say it's a deal. If I get some kind of book contract, can I name it?

:-p

[gott_heilt]

We already have first and middle names picked out for a boy and a girl, but there is always the possibility of adding a second middle name. My brother, for example, is James Anthony Joseph Montemarano. We can always tell the kids to blame Aunt Karen for their freakishly long names.

[sadiablue]

Second? Second, third, and fourth, more like it. YEAH!