Comments on: Can I tell you a secret? http://www.giro.org/2009/05/10/can-i-tell-you-a-secret/ Making Digital Compost Since 1996 Sat, 15 May 2010 19:07:34 -0700 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: Marc Marasco http://www.giro.org/2009/05/10/can-i-tell-you-a-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-39340 Marc Marasco Tue, 12 May 2009 16:26:18 +0000 http://www.giro.org/?p=623#comment-39340 What I learned from Stephen King was that writers have to: (a) Read a lot (b) Sit down and write... in a room... by themselves. I don't read that much and I hate sitting at a computer alone to write. I'm more social. I want to live like a writer, grilling up street pigeons in paris, but I really don't have what it takes to be a writer. What I learned from Stephen King was that writers have to:
(a) Read a lot
(b) Sit down and write… in a room… by themselves.

I don’t read that much and I hate sitting at a computer alone to write. I’m more social. I want to live like a writer, grilling up street pigeons in paris, but I really don’t have what it takes to be a writer.

]]> By: Adam Rakunas http://www.giro.org/2009/05/10/can-i-tell-you-a-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-39338 Adam Rakunas Tue, 12 May 2009 05:29:28 +0000 http://www.giro.org/?p=623#comment-39338 That's been on the shelf for a long time. Plums deify! That’s been on the shelf for a long time. Plums deify!

]]> By: Marc http://www.giro.org/2009/05/10/can-i-tell-you-a-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-39337 Marc Tue, 12 May 2009 04:07:29 +0000 http://www.giro.org/?p=623#comment-39337 You should read "on writing" by stephen king... or better yet, check out the audio book from the library and let king read it to you. good inspiration and practical advice. Listening to this book convinced me that I should never be a writer. You should read “on writing” by stephen king… or better yet, check out the audio book from the library and let king read it to you. good inspiration and practical advice. Listening to this book convinced me that I should never be a writer.

]]> By: Adam Rakunas http://www.giro.org/2009/05/10/can-i-tell-you-a-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-39333 Adam Rakunas Mon, 11 May 2009 15:53:48 +0000 http://www.giro.org/?p=623#comment-39333 I think a cherry-strawberry pie will do the trick, seeing how both are in season right now. But it'll probably wind up becoming a slice of <a href="http://whatever.scalzi.com/2006/09/26/how-to-make-a-schadenfreude-pie/" rel="nofollow">Shadenfreude pie</a>. I think a cherry-strawberry pie will do the trick, seeing how both are in season right now.

But it’ll probably wind up becoming a slice of Shadenfreude pie.

]]> By: Jenna http://www.giro.org/2009/05/10/can-i-tell-you-a-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-39329 Jenna Mon, 11 May 2009 03:44:44 +0000 http://www.giro.org/?p=623#comment-39329 Congratulations! I think I might celebrate by rereading my So New Media copy of "Greaseguns and Feathers", which I just located on the shelf above my desk. What kind of pie will you be eating to sooth your self doubt? Just out of curiosity. :) Congratulations!

I think I might celebrate by rereading my So New Media copy of “Greaseguns and Feathers”, which I just located on the shelf above my desk.

What kind of pie will you be eating to sooth your self doubt? Just out of curiosity. :)

]]> By: Shauna http://www.giro.org/2009/05/10/can-i-tell-you-a-secret/comment-page-1/#comment-39328 Shauna Mon, 11 May 2009 03:35:53 +0000 http://www.giro.org/?p=623#comment-39328 "The only saving grace is that I’m pretty sure everyone who’s ever written anything has felt the same way." This. Hellz yes. I write for a living and my moments of “wow, that’s awesome” are few and far between. Learn to live with it, author boy. :) “The only saving grace is that I’m pretty sure everyone who’s ever written anything has felt the same way.”

This. Hellz yes. I write for a living and my moments of “wow, that’s awesome” are few and far between. Learn to live with it, author boy. :)

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