How My Life has Changed... and How I'm Getting Dumber
I thought I'd compile a list of the most common questions I've been getting recently, and then answer them.
1. Now that you're a published author, is your life just so... different now?
Well, judging by this moment, I'm sitting in my kitchen, in my robe, eating Thin Mint cookies and typing on my computer. So, in many ways, it is exactly the same as before. In fact, in terms of my "daily routine" (wake up, lounge around in pj's, try to clack away at the computer, a cheap cigar hanging out of the side of my mouth, the dulcet sounds of ashes falling on the keyboard reaching my ears) there's nothing different.
Except...I have these deadline thingees. And there are people in New York and Los Angeles waiting on those deadline thingees. And now when I go to conferences like Saturday's Writing for Charity conference, I'm speaking. Which is really weird.
Three years ago, I took the first page of EVERNEATH to this same conference to get it critiqued by a real published author. And then on Saturday, I was in a similar critique circle, only I was doing the critiquing. And there were seven faces in the circle, waiting for me to say something brilliant. It was a long wait.
But I feel like the same person as the one I was three years ago. I still have so much to learn, so why am I suddenly speaking at these things?
I don't know.
Maybe that's the difference. Three years ago, I thought I knew so much, but now I'm not afraid to say I don't know.
Is it possible that the more you learn, the more you realize that you don't know very much?
Does that mean I'm getting dumber as I go?
I don't know.
Am I suddenly getting way too existential for a Monday morning blog?
I don't know.
Except I do know.
Yes.
Yes what?
Yes to all of the above.
All of what above?
Who are you talking to?
Computer? Are you alive?
Yes. And I'm here to tell you... you are getting dumber.
So, dear blog readers... I bet you thought that when I mentioned a "list of questions", there would actually be more than one.
So, how am I getting dumber?
Very carefully. And one day at a time.
How are you getting dumber?
1. Now that you're a published author, is your life just so... different now?
Well, judging by this moment, I'm sitting in my kitchen, in my robe, eating Thin Mint cookies and typing on my computer. So, in many ways, it is exactly the same as before. In fact, in terms of my "daily routine" (wake up, lounge around in pj's, try to clack away at the computer, a cheap cigar hanging out of the side of my mouth, the dulcet sounds of ashes falling on the keyboard reaching my ears) there's nothing different.
Except...I have these deadline thingees. And there are people in New York and Los Angeles waiting on those deadline thingees. And now when I go to conferences like Saturday's Writing for Charity conference, I'm speaking. Which is really weird.
Three years ago, I took the first page of EVERNEATH to this same conference to get it critiqued by a real published author. And then on Saturday, I was in a similar critique circle, only I was doing the critiquing. And there were seven faces in the circle, waiting for me to say something brilliant. It was a long wait.
But I feel like the same person as the one I was three years ago. I still have so much to learn, so why am I suddenly speaking at these things?
I don't know.
Maybe that's the difference. Three years ago, I thought I knew so much, but now I'm not afraid to say I don't know.
Is it possible that the more you learn, the more you realize that you don't know very much?
Does that mean I'm getting dumber as I go?
I don't know.
Am I suddenly getting way too existential for a Monday morning blog?
I don't know.
Except I do know.
Yes.
Yes what?
Yes to all of the above.
All of what above?
Who are you talking to?
Computer? Are you alive?
Yes. And I'm here to tell you... you are getting dumber.
So, dear blog readers... I bet you thought that when I mentioned a "list of questions", there would actually be more than one.
So, how am I getting dumber?
Very carefully. And one day at a time.
How are you getting dumber?
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