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Sue (Rescue Dog Mom) wrote: "G.G. - I still think the chair should have come assembled... and delivered for free!!!"haha if you'd see how they assemble their chairs, you'd be like my hubby and say GET THE HELL AWAY FROM MY CHAIR! no really, the assembly part was very easy. Makes me wonder why the chairs are always wobbly in the stores. :P
C.B. wrote: "Christina, you are a cusser after my own heart!"I like to switch it up and add variety once in a while. ;P
Yes Dwayne, 'Merry X-mas', that will do it for me.Now I am mad!
Okay. Can we please not do Christmas until December. It really chaps my arse.Currently the supermarkets don't know if they are doing Halloween, Bonfire Night or Crimbo.
Whatever. The attitude seems to include f**k food. Let's sell shite costumes and fireworks instead. My minuscule store of patience is about worn through.
We wish you a Merry Christmas, and a Happy New Year...My kiddo's been going on about Christmas for a month already. I'm over that. What will irritate me is when the music comes on the radio a month and a half early. UGH. And all the trees butchered so people can shove them in their living rooms to slowly watch them die like "Merry Christmas, I'm going to put your presents under this dying plant because...well...tradition."
That's not to say I have a problem with things dying. I'm a meat eater. But there's practical purpose to that. What does anyone really get from hacking down the things that are producing the air we breathe just so they can be placed in homes, be fire hazards, and create a massive nationwide cleanup of dead trees afterward?
And that's what grinds my gears.
The thing is, people are willing to pay a good price for a book, if it's an author they know and like. But they don't know us yet, and therefore they can't like us.We just need to build the trust first. Then, once the readers trust that we can deliver a good story that they want to read with consistency, then they'll be willing to pay the money. It's not instant. (Unfortunately).
I just think of it as playing the long game.
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It took some digging to find your books, but I found that you have two books, both published about a month ago. Yes? It takes time, a LOT of time, to get noticed. Being an Indie author takes an incredible amount of patience. It is possible you'll reach your goals of success tomorrow, next week, next year. But, it's also possible it could take much longer. Relax and enjoy the ride! AND KEEP WRITING MORE BOOKS!
Did I rant about mosquitoes yet? Tough if I did because eff those little effects. Who the eff thought flying disease machines were a good idea? I hate winter but dammit, can't we just have one nice hard freeze to kill off those lil bastages?
That moment when you're mad that you're the only one who's mad that your proff wasted a whole class session making you watch an episode of "Buffy the Vampire Slayer."
Christina,I share your love of mosquitoes wholeheartedly!! They are bad for humans and bad for dogs!! Can someone explain their purpose if they have one? And I don't want to hear any circle of life shit. There are plenty of other bugs to eat... like flies. Yeah, what about flies? What the hell purpose do they serve? They carry disease, too!! Where the hell did I put that giant can of Raid?
Bzzzzzz. Gotcha you little bar steward.
Sue, mosquitoes and flies exist so we can say spiders and lady bugs are good. They kill bad bugs. :>
Oh, okay. Then we need more spiders and lady bugs. : DThank you! Hugs
I'm calling bullshit on the Spiders and chickens and bats and all other creatures who supposedly eat mosquitoes. They aren't doing their job fast enough!!!
Okay, in the spirit of things, I am mad because life should not be this freakin' hard...
M. Ray Holloway Jr. wrote: "Okay, in the spirit of things, I am mad because life should not be this freakin' hard..."Yeah, some days just suck... Wander over the the Hug thread and the Something Good Happened to Me Today thread. Even if something good didn't happen, you'll feel better. Hugs
My plot is driving me crazy! Just when I think I finally have it figured out, my characters and my story nudge me in a totally new direction. Not good. Not good at all.
Alexis wrote: "My plot is driving me crazy! Just when I think I finally have it figured out, my characters and my story nudge me in a totally new direction. Not good. Not good at all."haha sorry but I had to laugh at that. I am a bit in the same hot water you are. I have to kill a character. It's an important part of the story. I can't change the outcome because it's some kind of the explanation of why certain things happened and why my protagonist behaved a certain way in an earlier book.
Now, I have been trying to kill her for the last month or so and she is still much alive. Argh Yes I am getting mad!
(And no, it's not really a spoiler, as strange as it may seem.)
G.G. wrote: "Alexis wrote: "My plot is driving me crazy! Just when I think I finally have it figured out, my characters and my story nudge me in a totally new direction. Not good. Not good at all."haha sorry ..."
Lol, this is a selfish observation but I hope it doesn't take me a month to figure out my plot lol!
My issue is I'm trying to write a sexy, funny erotica/romance novel but a cerain client of my heroine keeps popping up in my head, BEGGING for more screentime. The problem is that he's a serial killer and well, this isn't supposed to be that kind of novel lol.
Let's hope we'll both manage to do what needs to be done G.G! ^_^
Alex wrote: "Serial killers are selfish like that Alexis, my current WIP is all about a serial killer. There's only supposed to be a few scenes directly involving him so as to limit the chances of the readers ..."
And they always have the BEST lines don't they?
Alexis wrote: "G.G. wrote: "Alexis wrote: "My plot is driving me crazy! Just when I think I finally have it figured out, my characters and my story nudge me in a totally new direction. Not good. Not good at all."..."haha yeah, let's hope so! Good luck!
I have to admit that for me it's still not as bad as it looked. I still wrote and that made me realize that it was just not the right timing yet. I think I figured it out and NOW she WILL die! Mwahahhahaha (I feel so mean!!)
It's no good getting mad at your characters. They will do what they will do...The best you can hope for is for them not to yell at you too much.
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Actually, that's fantastic! Be excited!
These short days are pissing me off. Getting dark when I get home from work - what the hell?
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I know, right? And we have another month before it starts to swing the other way.
Charles wrote: "Jack: Wendy, let me explain something to you. Whenever you come in here and interrupt me, you're breaking my concentration. You're distracting me. And it will then take me time to get back to where..."lol...this is one of my favorite scenes from The Shining lol
I'm glad I'm not the only who who gets into it with characters. I think that is the most interesting thing to explain to people who don't write. I know the characters like they are me. I want them to make better choices but they don't!! Even when I really really really want them to!
I finally wrote a children's book for which I can draw the pictures. I'm not an illustrator, so I can't draw the same dog and boy 30 times in 30 different poses for the first book I wrote. However, I can draw and am confident about my ideas for this story.Why am I mad? My story idea AND book title were stolen!!!
Okay, so they stole it in 1992, but still... Cheese and Crackers!!!
NOW what do I do?
The details of my story are honestly different enough that I'm not concerned about plagiarism. But the title... the TITLE is incorporated in the poem I wrote to tell the story!! Waaaaaahhhh!!
Title cannot be copyrighted, Sue. You can still use it.
Hm... However, I don't think it would be right to step on Sesame Street's toes. : /I'm sorry I forgot go mention WHO stole it... I mean, used it first. : |
Oh! no...that's a mighty big name, :/ Although... may I ask what was the title? It was certainly not Sesame Street because that's much older.
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Since this is a rant discussion, here's my little one . . . Sick of stories involving the want of some great, mysterious OBJECT. You know, it's something that usually gives it's holder either great wealth, or great power and entire stories are crafted around the chase for it. Whether it's a ring, or an ark, or a chalice, or a scroll, etc,Examples are endless, even classic ones like "Lord of the Rings". It's grossly overused and I've gotten to the point where I reject anything that uses it.
There. I feel better.
Dwayne wrote: "Bah. You're cool enough you are entitled to the name. Hang Sesame Street."But... but I like Oscar the Grouch and don't want to hurt his feelings.
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Yes, but he's a grouch. No matter what you do, he'll be grouchy.
Dwayne wrote: "Yes, but he's a grouch. No matter what you do, he'll be grouchy."Hmm... you have a point there.... : )
God. A lot of people were wishing me good luck on my release month these last couple of dates and I was like: wth, what's going on? Apparently I forgot to remove December from my homepage. Nvkfjs. I hope they come back in January lol.
G.G. wrote: "Sue, mosquitoes and flies exist so we can say spiders and lady bugs are good. They kill bad bugs. :>"I think lady bugs are cute though. I like them! Okay, not when they trigger near heart attacks with their large, loud wings and randomly flying around. BUT....the real problem here are the mosquitos. And those spiders.
One time I was sitting at my computer and one of those too-many-legged demons had the gall to jump down and land on my keyboard.
Let's just say it didn't last long.
Thought I'd share. :)
(ETA: I'm late to the party. Why are we talking about insects and spiders??)
Melissa wrote: "ETA: I'm late to the party. Why are we talking about insects and spiders?"GG's comment is at the top of the page, but there are 600 comments before it. This is the get mad thread. We get mad about a lot of things. I got mad because mosquitoes exist. ;)
GG's comment is at the top of the page, but there are 600 comments before it. This is the get mad thread...."Oh okay! I was confused because I assumed at first it had to be writing/book related. :) Carry on then.
I'm still mad about those blasted mosquitoes!! Blasted lyme disease!!
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From time to time I go back and re-proofread my stuff, right? I just went through George Stew again and found a couple of errors and fixed them. And I went to upload the fixed copy. Amazon would not let me do so until I "fixed" a problem in the info that wasn't broken. Since the story is in the Noah City Stories, they wanted me to put in a number stating which book it is in the series.
I never wanted them to have numbers. They are stand alone stories that are only very loosely connected. I don't want people to feel they have to start with one story and go to the next and the next. I guess I'll have to add that to the blurbs or something.
Criminy.
Dwayne wrote: "Since the story is in the Noah City Stories, they wanted me to put in a number stating which book it is in the series. I never wanted them to have numbers. They are stand alone stories that are only very loosely connected. I don't want people to feel they have to start with one story and go to the next and the next. I guess I'll have to add that to the blurbs or something. "
Dwayne, I had the same problem. I think I put in number '0' and managed to get away with it. I find it so frustrating. Also, not letting books be a part of a series unless it is a full number (so I can't say #0.5) is ridiculous! Novellas are such a common thing. Drives me nuts.
Here's my rant:BRAIN. Yes, you, brain. I'm talking to you now. Today and tomorrow are our ONLY DAYS LEFT to finish this draft before Christmas break. You got it? We have NOTHING planned. Nothing. The laundry is done. The housework is done. There are no obligations to any neighbor, teacher, husband, or child. No grocery stores, no errands. There is just you, brain, and the computer. We are not going to distract ourselves all day and then rush our brilliant ideas the last 20 minutes before the school bus comes. Do you hear me? We have HOURS to work today, and I'm tired of your BS. YOU ARE ON, brain. Writer's block is not a phrase in our vocabulary.
Don't #$&%@ this up. Stupid brain.
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That is dumb. I realize that when most people talk about a series of books, they do mean something like Harry Potter or Lord of the Rings, where it is helpful to read the books in a certain order as there is a continuing plot that runs all through them and the characters develop as the series goes on, but not all series of books are like that.
For me, it's the one day out of the year when no one is allowed to judge my gravy consumption. I will not have this taken away from me!