Snoink: "Talent Is Cheap. Dedicated Work Is Not: I saved the best tip for last. There are plenty of those with lots of talent, but they spend their days playing World of Warcraft or figuring out ways to do as little work as possible and get away with it. In no matter what you do, work hard and people will take notice. This applies to writing as well. If you dedicate yourself to your stories, people will take notice."
Mon Aug 23, 2010 9:21 pm
Firestarter: Not when I've just seen my team get slaughtered. I couldn't give a rat's arse about hard work right now.
Mon Aug 23, 2010 9:41 pm
Jiggity: That website you linked to in your blog made me chuckle a Dr. Hibbert chuckle. It was awesome
Stella Thomas: he's one of the curators at the local arts festival I'm volunteering at? Anyway, I was sitting in on this John Boyne/Andrew O'Hagan event (yeah, met them too, sort of), and there was this random guy asking them questions.... and they were calling him Colm and talking about his novels and I suddenly remembered he was involved with the festival. So I said hi on my way out and he said hello. Uh... that concludes our conversation. But still. Technically, I met him, lol.