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Sep. 23rd, 2004 12:44 pmBy now pretty much everyone has heard about the Anne Rice likeohmigod how can you not like my stuff response to negative reviews she gets on Amazon.
Wow, to have one's own head stuck so far up their ass. It's impressive. It's nice to know that once you reach a certain level of fame in publishing the general rules don't apply to you and crap is allowed. It explains so much.
I've read Anne Rice too. I've enjoyed some of the stories, but I've always had a problem with her overuse of prose/description for things like stone tables and then BAM dialogue for a page that its jarring and never explained. Now it makes sense.
That's all I'll say though because many people have already said it better than I could. But it does make me think of certain "I write for myself and don't care what other people think and don't need betas because I'm prolific and magnificent" writers in fandoms.
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I'm once again procrastinating on two ficathon pieces that need completion. Ficathons will be the death of me, but it's like I can't stop myself. Some of them are interesting ideas and I think, "Just this last one...it won't hurt anyone." Until I'm ripping out my hair by its roots on the due date wondering why I didn't pay attention to the deadline sooner.
In fairness though, I'm like that with any and all deadlines I ever get.
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So much writing to do, so little time...and here I am, updating livejournal. I guess I should get to work. Evil muses might hurt me otherwise.
But first,
[Poll #354784]
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Okay for real. Going. Writing. Or pretending to write while I ponder my own lack of discipline. Maybe I'll do one of the prompts from![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-community.gif)
quillandink.
Wow, to have one's own head stuck so far up their ass. It's impressive. It's nice to know that once you reach a certain level of fame in publishing the general rules don't apply to you and crap is allowed. It explains so much.
I've read Anne Rice too. I've enjoyed some of the stories, but I've always had a problem with her overuse of prose/description for things like stone tables and then BAM dialogue for a page that its jarring and never explained. Now it makes sense.
That's all I'll say though because many people have already said it better than I could. But it does make me think of certain "I write for myself and don't care what other people think and don't need betas because I'm prolific and magnificent" writers in fandoms.
**
I'm once again procrastinating on two ficathon pieces that need completion. Ficathons will be the death of me, but it's like I can't stop myself. Some of them are interesting ideas and I think, "Just this last one...it won't hurt anyone." Until I'm ripping out my hair by its roots on the due date wondering why I didn't pay attention to the deadline sooner.
In fairness though, I'm like that with any and all deadlines I ever get.
**
So much writing to do, so little time...and here I am, updating livejournal. I guess I should get to work. Evil muses might hurt me otherwise.
But first,
[Poll #354784]
**
Okay for real. Going. Writing. Or pretending to write while I ponder my own lack of discipline. Maybe I'll do one of the prompts from
quillandink.
