David Vienna's Blog, page 75
January 28, 2022
If you found my Tumblr because of the post I wrote about my epic battle with my high school English...
If you found my Tumblr because of the post I wrote about my epic battle with my high school English teacher, you may want to read this.
The reactions to that post made me think I should maybe turn that story into a novel, so I started writing it last year. Then, on a whim, I entered the first 50 pages into the LaunchPad Prose competition, a contest with the goal of finding books that could be turned into films or shows. (I say “on a whim” because I swore off writing competitions years ago, but I had a moment of weakness.)
In mid-December, I found out I’d made it to the next round of entrants. Plus, my book had landed on Coverfly’s Red List (kinda like the famous screenplay Blacklist… but, red, I guess) in the Drama Manuscript category.
Today, I was notified my book made it into the competition’s top 100. And it’s back on the Red List.
And that all comes on the heels of this announcement…
It’s my fifth humor/nonfiction book and is very much in the style of my first, just tackling a different topic.
Now, I obviously can’t know if my novel will make it all the way to the end of that competition. But, I have a chance because I took a chance—the same way I post stuff here, personal stuff, that could be torn to shreds (and often is). That’s how I got the opportunity to write my first book, which turned into another opportunity for another book, and so on.
So, sometimes it’s just yelling into the abyss or welcoming criticism. But, sometimes a post will connect with people. Sometimes, opportunities to grow stories are found in the dirt. But, you gotta till the damn soil.
I guess what I’m saying is, it’s not about “shooting your shot.” That phrase implies you only have one chance. You have endless shots and you should never stop shooting them. Try everything because you never know where that next opportunity will appear or what form it will take.
And if you’re a writer, get writing.
January 27, 2022
What was going on inside my body just before I lost my virginity…
What was going on inside my body just before I lost my virginity…
January 26, 2022
1. Drink alcohol.2. Catch yourself in the bathroom mirror...
1. Drink alcohol.
2. Catch yourself in the bathroom mirror and think, “Hey, I look pretty good right now.”
3. Take a selfie.
4. Post it.
5. Wake the next morning and discover your phone was apparently borrowed by a bloated swamp goblin who posted a selfie.
January 25, 2022
Yet another covid exposure notice from our boys’ school. ...
Yet another covid exposure notice from our boys’ school. I’d make a joke about how “one more and we get a free sub,” but honestly we’d have earned, like, four subs by now.
January 24, 2022
Okay, but seriously, what the fuck do we do with all of t...
Okay, but seriously, what the fuck do we do with all of these Disney Infinity characters?
January 21, 2022
nonbinaryjew:
broken-academia:
catholicismpharmacy:
lov...
love-cows-hate-govt-simple-as:
in a coffee shop rn overhearing this girl on a tiktok live complain about how she logged in to tumblr for the first time in years but “it’s all catholics and heroin now”
Keep it up gang
i’m doing my part
whats going on with that one guy up there
Same, but all I see are anti-vaxxers and incels.
Perhaps there’s some overlap…
beerformysunshines:
Work Peeve: when you email someone an...
Work Peeve: when you email someone and they immediately call you instead of responding to the email.
Don’t be that person because that person suuuucks.
Seriously.
January 19, 2022
Whenever I post something about me or my family getting the covid vaccine, a handful of the...
Whenever I post something about me or my family getting the covid vaccine, a handful of the reactions are comically anti-vax. And when I click through to look at these users’ posts, nearly all of them are some incel’s porn spank-bank.
How Tumblr Became Popular for Being Obsolete
My Tumblr got me an agent, some viral posts, and a book deal that led to a career as an author. So, this article gave me feels. Both good and bad.
January 14, 2022
Aw, yeah. These guys just got their covid booster.
Aw, yeah. These guys just got their covid booster.
