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kleinbl00  ·  3560 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: The 2015 Morale Menagerie - Fortnightly Check-in (3rd March)

- Move out of LA

I am so. Fucking. Sick. of commercial real estate.

- Rebuild wife's business in another market

ZOMG. Die brokers die.

- Learn WWise & FMod

Have not forgotten WWise. Have not touched FMod.

- Add another industry to roster

A NYT Bestselling author has informed me that my book could be "Gaiman-big." A NYT Bestselling editor has informed me that my book is "really promising." I have also been told that I need to knock it down by a third. But I have also been informed that Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel was trimmed down from 600,000 words to 220,000 so no real sweat, right?

Which doesn't much matter as I'm mostly getting good at satisfying the peculiar, sporadic and ill-timed requests of commercial real estate brokers.

- Log into MyFitnessPal every goddamn day

I like the easy ones.





blackbootz  ·  3560 days ago  ·  link  ·  

    A NYT Bestselling author has informed me that my book could be "Gaiman-big." A NYT Bestselling editor has informed me that my book is "really promising." I have also been told that I need to knock it down by a third. But I have also been informed that Thomas Wolfe's Look Homeward, Angel was trimmed down from 600,000 words to 220,000 so no real sweat, right?

That's really exciting. What do you think of these high words from high places?

kleinbl00  ·  3560 days ago  ·  link  ·  

"Hollywood's the only town where you can die of encouragement."

- Pauline Kiel

Turns out that isn't entirely true. I find that promises are cheap. You can always find fans of your writing. Buyers for your writing? Another matter entirely.

I've had between 4 and 5 figures thrown at my writing in the past. It's validating but it isn't a living. So far, all the money on the novel is flowing the other way. Confidence is high that the velocity is due to change but there's a lot of road betwixt here and there.