Comments on: nobody suddenly discovers anything

By: john

john — Tue, 31 Aug 2004 23:08:20 +0000

nice job! http://www.mylinea.com/photo-gratuit/

By: Jimmie R. Vestal

Jimmie R. Vestal — Mon, 30 Aug 2004 02:23:52 +0000

I like your encouraging comments that we should proceed with ideas regardless of the “experts”.
I wrote an original song and decided to manufacture an actual product, gourmet steak sauce, based on the song title and the character of the song.
I’d like to have one of my songs used in a movie, so I decide to write my own screenplays and insert my songs in the scripts. The “experts” say don’t do it this way. Use the usual proven methods and write it out the way we say it should be done.
Jimmie R. Vestal
Pinellas Park, Florida

By: Beth

Beth — Sat, 07 Aug 2004 08:29:42 +0000

Nerdstar and I were talking about how she wished she had some t-shirts of your stuff to wear while she’s in Iraq. So you’ve definitely got two customers here!

By: nick

nick — Thu, 05 Aug 2004 13:41:17 +0000

My roomate turns people into noodles and flings them against the wall for a living. It's irritating at times to see people let him do this, but hey, it could be their big shot right? He knows I write and has asked if he can read something of mine. I tell him sure, but have never handed anything over. Figure I reverse the roles a little. Yeah right. Still, if you never get flung against a wall how do you know if you're sticky? To me what's important about the whole "sex and cash theory" is that the "cash" pads the fall if you decide to get flung and don't stick. I figure if you got a thick enough pad, go for it. Course that's easy for me to say, I'm young and near padless. Oh and BTW Gapingvoid rules.

By: Erin

Erin — Thu, 05 Aug 2004 11:07:57 +0000

Been enjoying gapingvoid, a new discovery for me.
Just wanted to say “hear hear” about walking away from publishers. I have, and have always been glad I did.
I eventually landed with a tiny but respected house. Neither of us have made money from my book (since it’s poetry, this is not surprising) but they’ve worked hard and hand-and-hand with me to put together a book I’m thrilled with, and they’ve bent over backwards to get good placement in good stores, to land reviews, and to send me out on tour. They’re investing time and energy in me, and I trust them. Another book coming out in the spring — this time with a modest advance. That’s how it’s supposed to work.

By: Nia

Nia — Thu, 05 Aug 2004 06:41:48 +0000

Fine. So, when you’re disgustingly rich and famous, we’ll feel cool because we knew you back then :p
by the way, a week or two and I’ll get myself blogcards. I’m running out of excuses.

By: r@d@r

r@d@r — Thu, 05 Aug 2004 06:18:44 +0000

i have had the EXACT same experience as you, only in the recording industry, and instead of “never hearing back” i heard a voice screaming me at the other end of the phone, “HOW DARE YOU question how i do business!” this was after he heartily encouraged me to “have my lawyer look at it”…
yeah. like i’m going to turn around and say, “oh dear, i stand corrected. sure i’ll sign that contract now!“
one can only hope that karma meets out its pure vengeance of mutability on these specimens.