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I’m an instructional designer by profession. Some days, it’s pretty close to technical writing….
Weird Jim wrote:I ask because I Binged my name today and couldn’t find myself. I started to think that if I had an important story out there and people only knew my name, they’d have a tough time finding me.I guess there are really a lot of Weird Jims out there.
My name is a pretty rare combination. If I google my name (“Stuart Etter”) or the way I’ll have my name shown on books (“S.A. Etter” or even “saetter”) my website, blog, etc. comes up.
Now if I only could finish revising to get a book to go with the google search, website, etc….
This may be a different article, but still interesting, and as Shanti says, encouraging for those of us wanting to break into publishing.
Also disheartening.
Even Rowling still gets rejected. 😆
She had only sold 1,500 hardbacks before the story broke. Now the book is on the best seller list. The name is mightier than the pen, when it comes to sales.
Writing (and editing/revising/polishing) is hard work. I’ll always make up stories in my head, but when the day comes that I give up the publishing dream, I’ll stop writing novel length fiction.
Maybe just an occasional short story for my kids or something.
I’m a previously huge but now mostly jaded fan of the book series. The five year wait for half a book* and then another 6 years for the rest, which ended up being less than satisfying, has put me off from recommending the books to people anymore.
I started reading the books around 1997 or so and I’ve been a part of the westeros.org forums for nearly ten years now. GoT was the book I’d shove into anyone’s hands if they showed an interest in fantasy novels (used to anyway).
That said, HBO has done a fine job adapting the books. The quality of production and casting has exceeded all expectations. Yes, things have been cut for time (flashbacks) and other things added, but over all it’s pretty good. I bought the season one box set for $30 last year and watched it again before season 2 began.
Be warned, though, there is a lot of nudity. A new term has been coined thanks to the show: sexposition. Don’t want to lose viewers during a monologue about the history of this house or that kingdom? Show some skin. It doesn’t put me off, but I know some people who don’t watch the show for that reason.
So, if you’re a fan and don’t mind more adult viewing fare, check it out. Season 1 covers book one. Season 2 (not available on dvd yet) covers book 2 and even stretches into book 3. From all indications, book 3 will be split across seasons 3 and 4.
So, enjoy and let me know what you think.
*Martin originally wanted a 5 year gap in the story between books 3 and 4 to age the kids, but ened up scrapping the idea after 2 years of working. By 2005, he still only had it half done, but decided to split the book along POV characters (Kings Landing, Dorne, etc) and intended to publish the other half (the North and Dany) a year later. It took him 6 years to get book 5 out the door.
Not in the mood? Mood’s a thing for cattle and loveplay, not [strike]fighting[/strike] writing!
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Humor aside, when facing deadlines, I just put butt in chair and twist my own ear while typing with the other hand.
My problem with my fiction is, I don’t have external deadlines. So, when the mood (or drive/motivation, which my usual issue ) isn’t conducive to writing, nothing really helps. Just butt in chair until it becomes a habit. In my case, proper drive will overcome mood. And if I type out crap, I see it as practice.
Since you seem much more disciplined, you are fighting bad habits like me.
I drink coffee only two times a day: day time and night time. :woohoo:
Occasionally, when I’m doing a late night writing session, I’ll crack open a Red Bull, but I know how bad those are for me. So, that’s only once every few months, if that.
It has been 9 years. Wow…
Time is speeding along too fast for my taste.
I remember how all of us who entered the Wizards of the Coast open call came together to review each other’s entries after Kameron won. And then Marcy went on to make the short list for Eberron and is now writing for them.
I know there must be more MOPers around here too.
Their mother is Ecuadorian, so they are very fluent. I know just enough to know when the boys are trying to talk around me. It’s fun to surprise them when they think I don’t understand.
6-year-old to 4-year-old in Spanish- “Let’s tell daddy that mom said it was ok to have cookies.”
Me (before he even asks) – “Um, nice try. No.”I’m glad you did a “newbie” post.
I’ve had fun reading up on people who I’ve been reading for years.
