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- From: miuvdd@lure.latrobe.edu.au
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- Subject: Re: "Wow! You're a writer?"
- Message-ID: <1992Aug13.084003.1@lure.latrobe.edu.au>
- Date: 12 Aug 92 22:40:03 GMT
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- In article <57680018@hpscit.sc.hp.com>, fish@hpscit.sc.hp.com (John Fisher) writes:
- >
- > The discussion about calling oneself a writer has sent my small, though
- > nimble, mind on a tangent... Do others encounter this attitude, or is it
- > simply my incredible charm? It sounds from your posts as though you do.
- > Any thoughts on the subject?
-
- A lot of non-writers do seem to think that writing is both easy and a
- quick way to make money. [If only it were so! :) ] I've had a few mixed
- reactions to the statement "I am a writer". People seemed to be either
- quite impressed, and immediately want to know what i've had published.
- Or at the other end of the scale, seem to think that I have a cushy
- life.
-
- However what I find interesting among a few writer friends, is the
- reluctance to reveal what it is that they actually write. While I
- write crime/horror/thriller, I started out writing murdery & mystery
- drama games. [Which considering the publication of a book on the subject,
- has been quite successful). But all too often I'm told that while what I
- do is all very good, when am I going to do some "serious writing"?
- [Grrrrrrrrrrr...] I take my writing quite seriously, no matter what it
- is that I am working on at the time. It seems whatever the case,
- a writer's lot is not a happy one! :)
-
- Morgana
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- Reality is for people who can't handle decent fiction...
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