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erastesI'm rather loving Windows Live Writer. I've used Semagic for years, but I do like this new thing because it means that I can crosspost to Blogspot. Aficionados of the tango and of CGI will love this En Tus Brazos. Superbly touching.
Good Lord! I've just seen a video of Alan Moore! Now that's what I call an eccentric writer! Fascinating man.
What price writing? I know the old adage of "the labourer is worthy of his hire" or however it goes but if one submits a piece of work to a publisher, shouldn't one do the very best job they can? I'm not only talking about editing here, although that's very much part of it, but one should have a certain... I don't know...pride's not the right word--arrogance? that the work is as good as one can make it. Even if the anthology or the publisher concerned is not paying much - or is not paying anything - it doesn't matter. If they don't accept your work, you can't just say "what do they expect? You pay peanuts you are going to get monkeys" because - why did you submit in the first place? I'm not aiming this at anyone in particular, but rather a lot of people - i've seen this attitude over and over and over again in the last few years. I may be bonkers for thinking it, but frankly, if you send work off to someone - whether they pay $500 or $5 then it doesn't matter. Shouldn't matter. If you don't want to sell your work for peanuts, or for nothing - then don't bloody send it to those places!!
And finally - Yahoo messenger REALLY pisses me off. When I'm busy, or go for food or whatever, I put up a busy sign and for no bloody reason without any notification it changes this to "available." No love, yahell, none at all.
Good Lord! I've just seen a video of Alan Moore! Now that's what I call an eccentric writer! Fascinating man.
What price writing? I know the old adage of "the labourer is worthy of his hire" or however it goes but if one submits a piece of work to a publisher, shouldn't one do the very best job they can? I'm not only talking about editing here, although that's very much part of it, but one should have a certain... I don't know...pride's not the right word--arrogance? that the work is as good as one can make it. Even if the anthology or the publisher concerned is not paying much - or is not paying anything - it doesn't matter. If they don't accept your work, you can't just say "what do they expect? You pay peanuts you are going to get monkeys" because - why did you submit in the first place? I'm not aiming this at anyone in particular, but rather a lot of people - i've seen this attitude over and over and over again in the last few years. I may be bonkers for thinking it, but frankly, if you send work off to someone - whether they pay $500 or $5 then it doesn't matter. Shouldn't matter. If you don't want to sell your work for peanuts, or for nothing - then don't bloody send it to those places!!
And finally - Yahoo messenger REALLY pisses me off. When I'm busy, or go for food or whatever, I put up a busy sign and for no bloody reason without any notification it changes this to "available." No love, yahell, none at all.
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Date: 2009-01-09 05:14 am (UTC)I watched the Moore video as well. At first, when he was talking about magic, I was looking under all that hair for Tom Cruise...