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| Posted By : Rob Santa - 6/16/2005 6:15 AM | Ten Reasons to Love Being a Speculative Fiction Writer...
10. Nobody thinks you're wasting your time.
9. We can ask a group of peers what a one-handed Norman axe would do to a bare thigh, and none of them think it's a strange question.
8. We're able to spend an hour on the computer and the family leaves us alone.
7. The mail's arrival is cause for excitement.
6. Regardless of what else we do in life, we all know how long it would take to reach Alpha Centauri at .89 the speed of light.
5. The use of commas can spark an hour long debate among peers.
4. We can spend an afternoon in the book store and not once set foot in the Self Help section.
3. If the postal worker doesn't know what to do when we request an IRC, we can give them step-by-step instructions.
2. Members of the opposite sex think it's cool (okay, maybe that's a stretch).
and the best reason of all...
1. Every now and then, dinner is on an editor.
Rob
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| Posted By : Daniel - 6/16/2005 8:17 AM | LOL, someone needs to write a "top ten reasons to be an editor!"
Very nice, Rob.
Daniel
www.pitchblackbooks.com |
| Posted By : Jeff Stehman - 6/16/2005 10:13 PM | quote:
8. We're able to spend an hour on the computer and the family leaves us alone.
You lost me here. I mean, I understand all the words individually, but when you put them together...
--Jeff Stehman |
| Posted By : Rob Santa - 6/17/2005 5:13 AM | Yeah, I thought that might be a bit of a stretch, too. That's why I do the majority of my writing after midnight.
Rob
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| Posted By : Supr - 6/17/2005 5:52 AM | quote:
Originally posted by Rob Santa
2. Members of the opposite sex think it's cool
I can only agree [8D] |
| Posted By : erazmus - 7/18/2005 8:02 PM | I know number eight and two just aren't true![;)]
Mike
Michael D. Turner
"Psyched Up" in _Turn the other Chick_-ed. E. Friesner-Baen books
www.baen.com |
| Posted By : erazmus - 7/18/2005 8:14 PM | I stand corrected on number two.
Mike
Michael D. Turner
"Psyched Up" in _Turn the other Chick_-ed. E. Friesner-Baen books
www.baen.com |
| Posted By : Third Axe Publishing - 7/26/2005 7:58 PM | I think number 10 might be a bit off as well. [:)]
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