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"All writers know that on some golden mornings they are touched by the wand—are on intimate terms with poetry and cosmic truth. I have experienced those moments myself. Their lesson is simple: It's a total illusion. And the danger in the illusion is that you will wait for those moments. Such is the horror of having to face the typewriter that you will spend all your time waiting. I am persuaded that most writers, like most shoemakers, are about as good one day as the next (a point which Trollope made), hangovers apart. The difference is the result of euphoria, alcohol, or imagination. The meaning is that one had better go to his or her typewriter every morning and stay there regardless of the seeming result. It will be much the same."

--John Kenneth Galbraith

questions(36)

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friends(8)

profile messages(6)

  • JohnnyApocalypse wrote:

    hey, if you can decode my "cryptic" email address, email me about your fantasy story that i stole from you. we can talk about how NOT to have stolen it. i do want to write all those choices i listed, but i'm really considering starting with the necromancer story

    also! ever heard of mythago wood or something like that? doin research and stumbled across that book title. looks REAL neat. i'm now planning to flesh out a world and instead of writing one overarching epic fantasy based on the world, place all my characters and various stories in that world. i may have to construct a story timeline so that the stories interconnect and relate to one another and events in one story have repercussions on another

    hoo-ah!

    Sep 08, 2006 03:50 PM
  • David wrote:

    Just because you enjoy doing something, that doesn't make you an addict. It's like gaming or smok... um... it's like coff... er...

    Okay. Y e s... But I'm not watching "Big Brother"!

    Sep 07, 2006 07:09 PM
  • JohnnyApocalypse wrote:

    hi, alisa. according to my searches (don't have mm2 readily available just yet) afanc is welsh for beaver, but was a lake monster in myth. this you already know. in the mm2, i remember it being like a giant carp or catfish, with some sort of way of crawling onto land. i know the author didn't reference any welsh myth in the description. also? Dark Ages of Camelot have the creature in its game... half beaver, half dinosaur, so strong that he broke the banks of the river and flooded the region. http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=afanc

    Aug 30, 2006 02:34 PM
  • Lynn wrote:

    I like your profile quote, too! I should get that tattooed on my person somwhere. BIC = but in chair!

    Aug 30, 2006 09:54 AM
  • catherine wrote:

    re: being a shy extrovert - maybe we should start a club? ;o)

    Aug 29, 2006 03:27 PM
  • Lynn wrote:

    I loved Serenity. I still hold out hope - misguided and naive - for a sequel.

    PS: It won a Hugo for long form dramatization. Yay!

    Aug 28, 2006 10:36 AM

comments(189)

  • in Charles Dodgson's in the Details, alisa says:

    hey johnny, i've been gone too, glad yer back. :D

    Sep 21, 2006 05:37 PM
  • in dragons, alisa says:

    man, i was hoping my answer would be unique, but i said races, just like everyone else! i guess it must really be the best idea. :D since i picked it and all. heh.

    Sep 16, 2006 10:08 PM
  • in on a lighter note, alisa says:

    yuri, i wasn't trying to load the question. i just assumed that people need some amount of light. you must be an elf, to see in the dark like that! every time i go around in complete darkness i end up impaling my foot on a lego! :)

    Sep 14, 2006 01:11 AM
  • in Positional Preference, alisa says:

    lol rebectron, i agree!

    Sep 08, 2006 02:32 PM
  • in pirate vs. spy, alisa says:

    how about a spy who marries a pirate? g

    Sep 08, 2006 02:28 PM
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