I don't know my television history either. And somehow, that does not bother me.
Being a writer is a job?! You're expected to do work for money?
But isn't that so cold and mercenary, to WORK FOR MONEY and not for Teh Joy of writing for your fictional friends?!
We get it. The darkity-dark gawthity-gawth of living doesn't fit in with today's society.
Well, how can one be so dark and angsty and GAWTH if they have to, you know, deal with PEOPLE? Oh, the loneliness of being so very dark and misunderstood....
(Now that I have THAT out of my craw, I'd like to mention that I consider LKH to be the Avril Lavigne of the fantasy genre)
The real world of a successful writer is just not exactly what you think it will be. It's a lot busier... It's a lot more like, well, work-work.
Oh, woe and sympathy for LKH -- she is a successful writer! And she actually has to DO STUFF other than write about screaming orgasms!
Ohhhhh, it's so busy, it's almost like actual WORK! Sooooooooo hard! You actually might have to talk about something other than yourself for a whole five minutes!
I've reached that point with the edits that I just need it out of the house.
The fact that she is at "that point" and is still not finished is damn frightening. Remeber how she forgot to include a French phrase in one book?
LKH: DO NOT, CONTRADICT ME, FOR I, AM LAURELL, THE GREAT, AND POWERFUL!
PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE WOMAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN! Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Oh my God. Laurell is so totally liek totally awesome. She so totally speaks to my soul. There are all these so totally boring things around her, and she so doesn't care.
And she like, writes these guys who are SAD and stuff, cuz she's deep! Like, she gets BORED by boring stuff so she writes these hawt sex scenes which are so edgy and real and stuff...
Laurell, if you showed up to the Sistine Chapel with a paintbrush, the Vatican City police would have you out of there and back on the streets of Rome before you could say "arduer."
Followed by a rant about how mean and oppressive the Vatican is, because not only do they not approve of vampiric orgies, but they TRY TO REPRESS THE GREAT ARTISTE!
All hail Laurell, for she is the equal of Michaelangelo, one of the greatest painters in history! And he had it EASY, because she'd rather be painting the Chapel. HE didn't need to write Teh Dark And Angsty Classic Comfort-Zone-Pushing Sex Books! I hope he haunts her for that remark.
I like making sure the trim color doesn't get on the rest of the wall. It's like coloring on the very edge of the line and making it all... perfect. But that's just me.
But then, you aren't a wonderful glorious author of edgy Great Litrachoor, who likes things "messy."
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Date: 2008-01-11 09:29 pm (UTC)Being a writer is a job?! You're expected to do work for money?
But isn't that so cold and mercenary, to WORK FOR MONEY and not for Teh Joy of writing for your fictional friends?!
We get it. The darkity-dark gawthity-gawth of living doesn't fit in with today's society.
Well, how can one be so dark and angsty and GAWTH if they have to, you know, deal with PEOPLE? Oh, the loneliness of being so very dark and misunderstood....
(Now that I have THAT out of my craw, I'd like to mention that I consider LKH to be the Avril Lavigne of the fantasy genre)
The real world of a successful writer is just not exactly what you think it will be. It's a lot busier... It's a lot more like, well, work-work.
Oh, woe and sympathy for LKH -- she is a successful writer! And she actually has to DO STUFF other than write about screaming orgasms!
Ohhhhh, it's so busy, it's almost like actual WORK! Sooooooooo hard! You actually might have to talk about something other than yourself for a whole five minutes!
I've reached that point with the edits that I just need it out of the house.
The fact that she is at "that point" and is still not finished is damn frightening. Remeber how she forgot to include a French phrase in one book?
LKH: DO NOT, CONTRADICT ME, FOR I, AM LAURELL, THE GREAT, AND POWERFUL!
PAY NO ATTENTION TO THE WOMAN BEHIND THE CURTAIN! Sorry, I couldn't resist.
Oh my God. Laurell is so totally liek totally awesome. She so totally speaks to my soul. There are all these so totally boring things around her, and she so doesn't care.
And she like, writes these guys who are SAD and stuff, cuz she's deep! Like, she gets BORED by boring stuff so she writes these hawt sex scenes which are so edgy and real and stuff...
Laurell, if you showed up to the Sistine Chapel with a paintbrush, the Vatican City police would have you out of there and back on the streets of Rome before you could say "arduer."
Followed by a rant about how mean and oppressive the Vatican is, because not only do they not approve of vampiric orgies, but they TRY TO REPRESS THE GREAT ARTISTE!
All hail Laurell, for she is the equal of Michaelangelo, one of the greatest painters in history! And he had it EASY, because she'd rather be painting the Chapel. HE didn't need to write Teh Dark And Angsty Classic Comfort-Zone-Pushing Sex Books! I hope he haunts her for that remark.
I like making sure the trim color doesn't get on the rest of the wall. It's like coloring on the very edge of the line and making it all... perfect. But that's just me.
But then, you aren't a wonderful glorious author of edgy Great Litrachoor, who likes things "messy."