Comments on: Counting down …

By: Derrick

Derrick — Tue, 23 Oct 2007 02:30:43 +0000

The Iraq war being over by 2013?! What are you freebasing (and can I have a hit?) This is AMERICA. Land of the Bloodthirsty. Home of Greedy Corporations.

By: Sean Lindsay

Sean Lindsay — Mon, 15 Oct 2007 17:24:49 +0000

Lee, you know that if you’re routinely getting four hours of sleep, you’re functionally drunk. You shouldn’t even be operating a motor vehicle, let alone writing a novel you expect anyone to read. You’re like Charles Bukowski, without all the liquid field research.

By: Sara Genge

Sara Genge — Sat, 13 Oct 2007 21:21:39 +0000

That link just made my day. I didn’t know “The Onion” had vids and everything. Wow.

By: Lee Smiley

Lee Smiley — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 06:16:57 +0000

Sean, I hear you about the kids thing. I’m editing my second novel, writing a third, and trying to pack in a few short stories and submissions in between. I have four children–ages 12, 10, 7, and 4–and the only way I get anything done is waiting until they all go to bed. Needless to say, I’m usually up until the wee hours of the morning and average about four hours of sleep a night. If I have one reason to stop writing, it’s that I’ve run out of caffeine.

By: Low Khee

Low Khee — Fri, 12 Oct 2007 03:27:32 +0000

Heather — Or you can just outsource your childcare.

By: Dave

Dave — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 16:33:16 +0000

In the spirit of 101 REASONS TO STOP WRITING – “And what exactly can one do with an unconceived idea? A thought unthought is no thought at all” – is a reason not to write.

By: Sean Lindsay

Sean Lindsay — Thu, 11 Oct 2007 01:12:42 +0000

Dave, I think you’re confusing being philosophical with just making shit up. “Practicalistic existentialist” ? And what exactly can one do with an unconceived idea? A thought unthought is no thought at all.

I’m glad you put “writers” in quotation marks.

By: Dave

Dave — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 22:59:12 +0000

Aren’t half-written drafts the same as novels tucked into dresser drawers and under bed and in trunks?

It’s like a hierarchy – rejected, uneditted, draft, in-progress, half-written, outlined, idea on scrap paper, talked about, thought about, and unconceived – yes, the final category of what will not be published – unconceived.

We “writers” consider it a sin to leave a novel – unconceived.
You “practicalistic existenalist” consider that better thought of and thought inconceivable.
heh, heh, heh

By: Heather Dudley

Heather Dudley — Wed, 10 Oct 2007 21:12:30 +0000

Hmm. Perhaps you should consider sending off to India for outsourcing? Those people are great at reading manuals and spouting off rote answers… surely you could teach them to come up with reasons not to write?