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Living the Dream (Nightmare)
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Portland, OR
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(((kell)))
u ok?
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PR33TY AMY, Entangled Publishing MAY 2012 ![]() D3AR CASSI3, Entangled Publishing MARCH 2013 "Don't G#t Fat", Break These Rules: 35 YA Authors Write About Speaking Up, Standing Out, and Being Yourself, Chicago Review Press, Fall 2013 Goodreads Blog Website ORDER PRETTY AMY |
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KoalaKoalaKoala!
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: In the Salon d'ennui
Posts: 4,348
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Flying blind on a rocket cycle.
Join Date: May 2009
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I didn't so much think it was funny, Red, as I liked how vividly and honestly she captured it, and put it out there.
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Cloud Pirates and the Tin Princess of Futuropolis! no, not really. stop crying.
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And your point is...?
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: SoCal
Posts: 487
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Ohhh, is she in NY on vacation or for something writing-related?
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carpe libri
Join Date: Sep 2008
Location: never in the here and now
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Kell, I long ago decided the human race is actually two different species, the them and the us. The ones rioting at Penn State are clearly in the them category. **wishes we could send the hellhounds out to scare some sense in people**
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A cat may not look at a king
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: The edge
Posts: 5,232
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Yep, she's living the dream, Cat.
I'm OK, Silver. Just feeling like there is nothing that *I* can write that will ever change my position in publishing -- it's a cliff that crumbles away as I try to climb up. |
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Living the Dream (Nightmare)
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 857
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sitting under the couch is fine- but never doubt that amazing things can come out of you...
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PR33TY AMY, Entangled Publishing MAY 2012 ![]() D3AR CASSI3, Entangled Publishing MARCH 2013 "Don't G#t Fat", Break These Rules: 35 YA Authors Write About Speaking Up, Standing Out, and Being Yourself, Chicago Review Press, Fall 2013 Goodreads Blog Website ORDER PRETTY AMY |
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Quebec
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Hi Pitizens. I'm going to read that article, Clovia because I am a person in a state of apathetic sadness trying to overcome Depression. Or something like that.
I'm pretty sure at this stage my book is not going to come out. Definitely not this year but I have my doubts it will come out at all. The second was slated for Spring 2012 but...eh. It's a goner too. My agent wants to hang in there, give the pub more time, etc. but I've embraced the Pit of Reality. Let her chase the gutterfly. I'm writing. I don't know if it's crap--it probably is--and God help I will stand behind that crap if it sells and proudly declare it to be Genius. I'll reference all the literary motifs and shit and I'll never tell anyone I wrote it in 21 days. If it sells. If it doesn't I'm going to work for Tim Horton's and live a life of quiet sanity instead of one of quiet desperation. ETA: Harlequin has several lines that feature multi-racial stories and they're always looking. Not sure if one needs an agent though. Hugs and Maggotinis all around.
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I blog a little Why is that we never search our souls and find rainbows and daisies? kellion92 |
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Living the Dream (Nightmare)
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Portland, OR
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i missed you and im so sorry...
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PR33TY AMY, Entangled Publishing MAY 2012 ![]() D3AR CASSI3, Entangled Publishing MARCH 2013 "Don't G#t Fat", Break These Rules: 35 YA Authors Write About Speaking Up, Standing Out, and Being Yourself, Chicago Review Press, Fall 2013 Goodreads Blog Website ORDER PRETTY AMY |
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practical experience, FTW
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Quebec
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Read the Hyperbole. Laughed and cried. I loved the bit about the turning point not being some great epiphany but she had to return her movies to avoid the late fees.
With me it's like there's two people. MercyOne is petting the dog, defrosting the chicken and smiling at people so MercyTwo can crawl into her hole and withdraw from the whole world. Maybe my last feeling was used up on my oh-so-close-but-fooled-ya publishing deal. Whatever this is--it isn't happy. Just flat. I can live with flat.
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I blog a little Why is that we never search our souls and find rainbows and daisies? kellion92 |
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A cat may not look at a king
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: The edge
Posts: 5,232
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(((Mercy)))
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Pit Livin' & Purgatory Dreamin'
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: NYC
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{{{Mercy}}}
{{{Kellion}}}
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KoalaKoalaKoala!
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: In the Salon d'ennui
Posts: 4,348
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Bored Fanatic
Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: The land of FuckifIknow
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A cat may not look at a king
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: The edge
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You built a spinning wheel? If you spin your own wool, weave it, and make your own clothes, you'll barely have time to churn your own butter...
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Saying the Serenity Prayer
Join Date: Aug 2010
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Hugs to (((((((((((kellion)))))))) and (((((((((((((mercy)))))))))))))))))
Hope the get together is fun for those attending. Looking forward to a nice long weekend. Stalled in my WIP. Might be climaxing too soon (lol-yeah I said that)
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ray of motherf#%&ing sunshine
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: the winter of my discontent
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(((Kelly)))
(((Mercy))) Double hit day for me. You might remember there was a certain book that my book got compared to a few times while I was querying. And agents passed because they thought mine was too similar to that book. Yeah, now the editor at the imprint that published that book, who otherwise gushed over my writing, passed for the same reason. *headdesk* Double maggotini, please. |
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silly puppy monster
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: in other people's soups
Posts: 1,411
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((kellion)) ((mercy)) ((ink))
Just one of those days in the pits. Maggotinis and guttercakes for all
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puppy smash! My twitter account ![]() F3@ther B0und ~ Str@nge Chemistry ~ Spring 2014. About Cinderella, swan maidens and human trafficking. Oh my ![]() Add it on Goodreads! Go, go go! |
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Saying the Serenity Prayer
Join Date: Aug 2010
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A cat may not look at a king
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: The edge
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(((Dr. Ink)))
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And your point is...?
Join Date: Jul 2011
Location: SoCal
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You are an artist, a creative thinker, someone who refuses to settle for the norm, the status quo, as opposed to everyone else out there in the real world. You are a risk-taker and you have way more invested in your work, which is why the disappointment is so great. Most people punch in, do their job, punch out, and live for their annual two-week vacations. There is so much more invested in writers' works -- our souls, our selves, our hopes, our dreams, our lives... Our work embodies everything we believe in. The higher we strive, the farther the fall. Flat = settling. Don't do it. You'll hate yourself more than if you try and fail, try and fail. So wallow in your disappointment, kick and scream, be depressed, sleep, eat... but DON'T. GIVE. UP. Same goes for you, Ink.
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tiffanynyorkauthor.com singlewritermomrants.wordpress.com Coming Soon: The Accidental Cougar from thewildrosepress.com |
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Gnawing my hairless tail
Join Date: May 2009
Posts: 1,509
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{{{Kellion}}}
{{{Ink}}} {{{Roly}}} {{{Mercy}}} Aw, heck, {{{Pit}}} |
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There's always time!
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: Shirking
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Clovia, thanks for that link - very cute in a dark and dour sort of way. And very easy to relate to.
Wow, apparently we love sports so much in this culture there are those who would defend some high-profile coach's right to turn a blind eye to child molestation. But hey, it worked out OK for Michael Jackson. And the Catholic Church-oh, wait...
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Finished my first novel. You can tell me how to make it a book. I've also written 8 screenplays. I thought it would go like this, but it's actually like this. |
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Pit Livin' & Purgatory Dreamin'
Join Date: Jun 2007
Location: NYC
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Mornin', Pit
{{{Dr. Von Ink}}} Got to finally meet Snappy & Lotus last night, which was awesome. If you can put your sunglasses on the pic is up in Purgator. You can't see Lotus in the picture, though, because she's too short.
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Living the Dream (Nightmare)
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Portland, OR
Posts: 857
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(((((((((((((((((((ink))))))))))))))))))))))
THATS BULLSHIT...they make you wait two months for THAT how come some books get to be the next this...but other books are too much like that. so sorry- i HATE this business
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PR33TY AMY, Entangled Publishing MAY 2012 ![]() D3AR CASSI3, Entangled Publishing MARCH 2013 "Don't G#t Fat", Break These Rules: 35 YA Authors Write About Speaking Up, Standing Out, and Being Yourself, Chicago Review Press, Fall 2013 Goodreads Blog Website ORDER PRETTY AMY |
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