Comments on: Fluff’s Christmas Blog http://writerunboxed.com/2006/12/21/ho-ho-humpf/ About the craft and business of genre fiction Wed, 20 Aug 2008 02:55:48 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.4 by: Foot stroker http://writerunboxed.com/2006/12/21/ho-ho-humpf/#comment-7785 Fri, 06 Apr 2007 12:39:51 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/12/21/ho-ho-humpf/#comment-7785 You are not a scrooge at all Vicky, you put so much thought into buying beautiful Christmas and birthday presents for your friends that you put us all to shame. We love you and are so pleased to be your friends. Lots of love as always from your foot stroker You are not a scrooge at all Vicky, you put so much thought into buying beautiful Christmas and birthday presents for your friends that you put us all to shame. We love you and are so pleased to be your friends.

Lots of love as always from your foot stroker

]]> by: lilli http://writerunboxed.com/2006/12/21/ho-ho-humpf/#comment-2368 Sat, 23 Dec 2006 22:54:41 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/12/21/ho-ho-humpf/#comment-2368 My husband and I tried to skip Christmas this year but the universe set in motion a series of events that halted our planned escape. We decided to go with it, put on the X-mas CD, and put up the tree, but our hearts weren't really in it. They were on a beach in San Diego, staring out at the ocean. 8,000 words a day, geez, I'm happy to get one page:-( My husband and I tried to skip Christmas this year but the universe set in motion a series of events that halted our planned escape. We decided to go with it, put on the X-mas CD, and put up the tree, but our hearts weren’t really in it. They were on a beach in San Diego, staring out at the ocean. 8,000 words a day, geez, I’m happy to get one page:-(

]]> by: Eric http://writerunboxed.com/2006/12/21/ho-ho-humpf/#comment-2307 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 20:10:06 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/12/21/ho-ho-humpf/#comment-2307 I don't really care what other people think about the hobby or profession of writing. I don't often tell them that I like to write. It's the same with my day job in the video game industry. As soon as I say "I make video games," it conjurs all kinds of silly assumptions. "Oh, so you just play games all day?" being the most common one. No, playing games all day would be playing games all day, not making them. It's like asking someone who works in movie production if all they do is watch movies all day. What do you think the answer to that is? ;) So I share the... distaste for public reveal? Although when it comes down to it, it doesn't really bother me that much. Just don't tell them. Thankfully the world doesn't really care what you do or don't do unless you become successful, which is part of the problem! Why not bring some copies of your book along? When people get excited to find out you're a writer, you can say "I've got the book right here for X amount." That's what I plan to do. Maybe not a plan for worldwide success, but I like the idea of converting that latent idealism in other people into a connection that might benefit both of us. Don't forget, there are probably a good many powerful and helpful people out there who would "like to write someday." Maybe it's an opportunity rather than the dull bit of social drudgery we take it for? I don’t really care what other people think about the hobby or profession of writing. I don’t often tell them that I like to write. It’s the same with my day job in the video game industry. As soon as I say “I make video games,” it conjurs all kinds of silly assumptions. “Oh, so you just play games all day?” being the most common one. No, playing games all day would be playing games all day, not making them. It’s like asking someone who works in movie production if all they do is watch movies all day. What do you think the answer to that is? ;)

So I share the… distaste for public reveal? Although when it comes down to it, it doesn’t really bother me that much. Just don’t tell them. Thankfully the world doesn’t really care what you do or don’t do unless you become successful, which is part of the problem!

Why not bring some copies of your book along? When people get excited to find out you’re a writer, you can say “I’ve got the book right here for X amount.” That’s what I plan to do. Maybe not a plan for worldwide success, but I like the idea of converting that latent idealism in other people into a connection that might benefit both of us.

Don’t forget, there are probably a good many powerful and helpful people out there who would “like to write someday.” Maybe it’s an opportunity rather than the dull bit of social drudgery we take it for?

]]> by: Marsha Moyer http://writerunboxed.com/2006/12/21/ho-ho-humpf/#comment-2304 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 19:27:23 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/12/21/ho-ho-humpf/#comment-2304 Holy moly, 8,000 words a day? I'm panicking because I've got about 5,000 words to go on my wip and I'm 4 months from my deadline! I'm with the rest of you on the scrooge thing. The extent of my holiday prep has been to buy gifts for immediate family and bake a pie. Meanwhile, I'm using blackout shades at night against the glare of my next-door neighbors' front-yard light show. I keep telling myself that in a couple of weeks this nonsense will be over and things will be back to normal . . . Holy moly, 8,000 words a day? I’m panicking because I’ve got about 5,000 words to go on my wip and I’m 4 months from my deadline!

I’m with the rest of you on the scrooge thing. The extent of my holiday prep has been to buy gifts for immediate family and bake a pie. Meanwhile, I’m using blackout shades at night against the glare of my next-door neighbors’ front-yard light show. I keep telling myself that in a couple of weeks this nonsense will be over and things will be back to normal . . .

]]> by: Therese Walsh http://writerunboxed.com/2006/12/21/ho-ho-humpf/#comment-2303 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 18:20:49 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/12/21/ho-ho-humpf/#comment-2303 I'm having a hard time with the holiday spirit this year, too. Do I really have to make cookies? Good luck with your wip; I'm sure you'll get through it. I sense you're like me: deadline pressure seems to drive me faster than anything! Happy New Year! I’m having a hard time with the holiday spirit this year, too. Do I really have to make cookies?

Good luck with your wip; I’m sure you’ll get through it. I sense you’re like me: deadline pressure seems to drive me faster than anything!

Happy New Year!

]]> by: Kathleen Bolton http://writerunboxed.com/2006/12/21/ho-ho-humpf/#comment-2301 Thu, 21 Dec 2006 17:00:33 +0000 http://writerunboxed.com/2006/12/21/ho-ho-humpf/#comment-2301 Talking the talk is easier than walking the walk, fer sure, Vicky. Good luck with your marathon session. Heh, I'm feeling a tad scroogie myself these days. The holidays always seem nicer when viewed within a misty glow of nostalgia. :) Talking the talk is easier than walking the walk, fer sure, Vicky. Good luck with your marathon session.

Heh, I’m feeling a tad scroogie myself these days. The holidays always seem nicer when viewed within a misty glow of nostalgia. :)

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