The baseball bat
November 11th, 2005My friendly inner critic carries a baseball bat:
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Novel: It’s too hard to get a fiction novel published. You’re one in a billion. What makes you think your puny book will rise above the countless good ones that are already vying for shelf space? And btw, have you even bothered to read the drivel you’ve been producing?
Blog: Do you have any idea how little people care about what you’re writing and doing? Your blog is a self-serving piece of crap.
That’s the G rated version.
I’ve been writing a ton but not on my novel — that thing that’ll sell a billion copies, command a 100K advance, bring pleasure to the masses and end world hunger.
I need to catch up and focus. I’ve gotten a little distracted and its time to recommit to my primary November mission: write the book. The blog will languish for a few days. Check back Monday or Tuesday for a new podcast.
November 13th, 2005 at 9:17 am
I care! I read! Go on with your novel!
Mine, however, is languishing, and my inner critic is saying, “yeah, like you’ll ever edit this to be readable. You have too many changes to make! Quit while you’re ahead!”
hang in there.
November 17th, 2005 at 7:05 pm
I read. I care. keep going.