tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post8312559901266408486..comments2024-03-14T18:09:09.667-05:00Comments on Do Some Damage: Hey, I Hear You Wrote a BookUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-36043573158997677232009-10-20T15:14:26.744-05:002009-10-20T15:14:26.744-05:00Actually had one of your conversations today.
&qu...Actually had one of your conversations today.<br /><br />"You wrote a book, right?"<br />"Yup."<br />"So, have you, you know, designed the covers and stuff?"Jay Stringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08764183157841848163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-37539725742938040282009-10-18T11:52:26.396-05:002009-10-18T11:52:26.396-05:00I'm amazed that it's the same everywhere. ...I'm amazed that it's the same everywhere. I meant, I get this all the time too. Also, I always get "Do you need any ideas for books?" <br /><br />"Nope, I have lots of ideas."<br /><br />Person walks away silently.Dave Whitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10185814518997114591noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-36490576757918636382009-10-18T10:21:55.394-05:002009-10-18T10:21:55.394-05:00Mike, I'm shocked! You mean to say that no on...Mike, I'm shocked! You mean to say that no one asks you, "Where do you get your ideas?"Mike Dennishttp://mikedennisnoir.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-54914847010687078452009-10-18T10:11:17.377-05:002009-10-18T10:11:17.377-05:00I just read a lot, so I get this:
"Good book...I just read a lot, so I get this:<br /><br />"Good book?"<br /><br />"Mmm-hmm." <turn page><br /><br />"What's it about?"<br /><br />"It's a trenchant exploration of the human condition." <turn page><br /><br />And then I can read uninterrupted...Evil Rayhttp://www.malafide.com/blog/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7119990365479009764.post-14647406423099494312009-10-18T06:56:51.468-05:002009-10-18T06:56:51.468-05:00I know what you mean, but for me its from the unpu...I know what you mean, but for me its from the unpublished-as-yet side of things.<br /><br />People get all excited at the prospect that they have someone who's written a book, but then i totally fail at explaining to them the complex cold war level political machinations of having an agent who submits the book to publishers.<br /><br />The other thing is that they all then regard me with a strange look, like i'm clearly some kind of high level boffin and quite likely to build computers in my spare time. If i try and tell them that it doesn't take a super genius to write a book, just lots of time and hard work, they just assume i'm being modest. And hell, i'm happy enough with that.<br /><br />There is occasionally the other kind of responce, the one Dave has written about on here before, where people feel the need to explain at great length how their unwritten masterpiece is probably a better book than the one you've completed.<br /><br />That's all me just picking fun bits though. Where i REALLY SUCK is in explaining my work to people, just as you've said.<br /><br />At work, at parties, amongst friends, on the bus, doesn't matter.<br /><br />"You've written a book?"<br /><br />"Yes."<br /><br />"Wow! Whats it about, like?"<br /><br />"Um, crime, really."<br /><br />"Like true crime? I like those."<br /><br />"No, i make stuff up. I do put some real stuff in too."<br /><br />And they shuffle away, totally unengaged and not likely to rush out and buy it.<br /><br />I suck at the sell. I'm not a salesman, i'm a writer.Jay Stringerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08764183157841848163noreply@blogger.com