Comments on: 13 Things For Which I Should Get MY Ass Kicked http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/ it's not chick porn Sun, 12 Feb 2012 15:18:33 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: HelenKay http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/#comment-10188 Wed, 16 May 2007 18:06:51 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/#comment-10188 Always nice to know I'm not the only one who does these things. Really, I should be locked up for my own safety. Wait until you're talking with someone about what you do, you mention the author thing and the person asks you <i>where</i> your books are sold or if "other" people can buy them. As if I'm published in the sense that I write limmericks on bubblegum wrapers or something. I turn into psycho chick. You'll see me on the news one of these days. The headline: Bubblegum Wrapper Writer Beats Fellow Starbucks Patron To Death With Plastic Spoon. The day is coming... Always nice to know I’m not the only one who does these things. Really, I should be locked up for my own safety. Wait until you’re talking with someone about what you do, you mention the author thing and the person asks you where your books are sold or if “other” people can buy them. As if I’m published in the sense that I write limmericks on bubblegum wrapers or something. I turn into psycho chick. You’ll see me on the news one of these days. The headline: Bubblegum Wrapper Writer Beats Fellow Starbucks Patron To Death With Plastic Spoon. The day is coming…

]]> by: BernardL http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/#comment-10139 Mon, 14 May 2007 13:34:31 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/#comment-10139 You can't write without an ego. The editing alone would drive you insane, and the rejection notices would leave you whimpering in a corner. You can’t write without an ego. The editing alone would drive you insane, and the rejection notices would leave you whimpering in a corner.

]]> by: Chris Sims http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/#comment-10112 Sun, 13 May 2007 02:58:45 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/#comment-10112 <i>In my head author = published. Writer = unpublished. So by saying, “I’m an author,” in Annie-speak, this covers the published part, without making you sound like a dipshit.</i> But "author" tends to imply "novelist"--at least to me--whereas there are plenty of professional writers who don't fit that definition, like humorists or comics writers. In my head author = published. Writer = unpublished. So by saying, “I’m an author,” in Annie-speak, this covers the published part, without making you sound like a dipshit.

But “author” tends to imply “novelist”–at least to me–whereas there are plenty of professional writers who don’t fit that definition, like humorists or comics writers.

]]> by: gena showalter http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/#comment-10110 Sat, 12 May 2007 22:39:59 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/#comment-10110 Meljean, Why am I all the more excited to meet you in person now? Seriously. :) Kate R, you made me spew my drink. I love how you can work the book into a conversation like that. Meljean,
Why am I all the more excited to meet you in person now? Seriously. :)

Kate R, you made me spew my drink. I love how you can work the book into a conversation like that.

]]> by: May http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/#comment-10108 Sat, 12 May 2007 21:41:10 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/#comment-10108 At least for me, writer means unpubbed and author means pubbed. So for now I say writer. I don't think I'm ever going to meet Meljean. I adore her and her books and stuff, but toe-licking...Uh, no. Sorry, but just no. At least for me, writer means unpubbed and author means pubbed. So for now I say writer.

I don’t think I’m ever going to meet Meljean. I adore her and her books and stuff, but toe-licking…Uh, no. Sorry, but just no.

]]> by: zad http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/#comment-10096 Fri, 11 May 2007 22:56:26 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/#comment-10096 maybe instead of introducing yourself as a published author (or indeed, "auteur") you could describe yourself as "someone who is able to correctly use 'schadenfreude' in a sentence". my favorite word, btw. maybe instead of introducing yourself as a published author (or indeed, “auteur”) you could describe yourself as “someone who is able to correctly use ’schadenfreude’ in a sentence”. my favorite word, btw.

]]> by: Jackie http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/#comment-10093 Fri, 11 May 2007 17:46:24 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/#comment-10093 GROAN (Hey, how to I get the spiffy quote boxes? Huh? Hah?) Oooh -- A Spell for Chameleon. The one that got me into Xanth for, like, ten books. GROAN

(Hey, how to I get the spiffy quote boxes? Huh? Hah?)

Oooh — A Spell for Chameleon. The one that got me into Xanth for, like, ten books.

]]> by: bam http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/#comment-10089 Fri, 11 May 2007 15:23:26 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/#comment-10089 <blockquote>No, this is not a Ben Jelen plug, I swear.</blockquote> Aw, Jackie, why you gotta put "Ben Jelen" and "plug" in one sentence? Now I'm gonna obsess about that all day! Mmm... Ben Jelen plug... <blockquote>*Hyena laughter*</blockquote> *eye roll* bitch! <blockquote>Hey! I think Karen just offered to be your rabid fangirl. How cool is that?</blockquote> I just got tears in my eyes, that's how cool it is. <blockquote>Also, if you do get a bad review, IM me, and I’ll go trolling on your behalf.</blockquote> And if you ever want someone to run up to Posh Becks and throw acid in her face, you let me know.

No, this is not a Ben Jelen plug, I swear.

Aw, Jackie, why you gotta put “Ben Jelen” and “plug” in one sentence? Now I’m gonna obsess about that all day! Mmm… Ben Jelen plug…

*Hyena laughter*

*eye roll* bitch!

Hey! I think Karen just offered to be your rabid fangirl. How cool is that?

I just got tears in my eyes, that’s how cool it is.

Also, if you do get a bad review, IM me, and I’ll go trolling on your behalf.

And if you ever want someone to run up to Posh Becks and throw acid in her face, you let me know.

]]> by: Jackie http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/#comment-10088 Fri, 11 May 2007 14:28:27 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/#comment-10088 "Jackie, why do I have the feeling you would know. *grin*" I would, Bam. I would. Remind me to tell you about the time I accidentally tried to sell some bondage magazines to a fellow who liked to dress up like a baby girl.* * No, this is not a Ben Jelen plug, I swear. “Jackie, why do I have the feeling you would know. *grin*”

I would, Bam. I would. Remind me to tell you about the time I accidentally tried to sell some bondage magazines to a fellow who liked to dress up like a baby girl.*

* No, this is not a Ben Jelen plug, I swear.

]]> by: shuzluva http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/#comment-10086 Fri, 11 May 2007 13:47:43 +0000 http://dionnegalace.com/wordpress/2007/05/10/thirteen-things-for-which-i-should-get-my-ass-kicked/#comment-10086 <blockquote>Lauren, I have some friends who don’t tell me until later. Then they laugh like hyenas. Dicks.</blockquote> *Hyena laughter*

Lauren, I have some friends who don’t tell me until later. Then they laugh like hyenas. Dicks.

*Hyena laughter*

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