The things I hate as a writer…
Time – Never enough, and why does my body need this thing called …sleep?
Editing – I’m not used to being wrong SO many times!
Reading your work– I’m terrible at this! I really want to read your work! I will even pay for it instead of you giving it to me, but wth! I get hundreds offered to me! I can’t read everything, although I wish I could. Not to mention I love to read mommy porn (trashy sounding I know, but at least I’ll fess up to my addiction.) Anyone can tell you in any genre we read we are picky and it takes time – too much -to find just the right bad boy to read and that alone knocks out an hour or two of my day.I’m picky I won’t allow just any old woo ha to throw my inner Protagonist over any old desk. So, ‘No’ I have no time to read your stuff!
Social life- I have none. See 1. My social life is in words. It’s wherever your story takes me. My friends are made of smoke and mirrors and I remember every one of them. Ask me who I met yesterday…got no clue.
Loss of concentration in the real world– Where are my car keys? If it isn’t near my computer or book. We aren’t going anywhere for the next 30 minutes it’s gonna take time to find. Or how about? “I told you I’d meet you where? Really? I said that?” Darn writers if it isn’t written down you don’t exist.
My priorities are askew– Ask me when school break is – I got nothing. Don’t freak, I’m an awesome Mom. I’ll look it up in a minute. Ask me what page I’m on in a book…356. Or how many words I have down on my next novel 20689. Ok now ask me when my first appointment is tomorrow…again I got nadda. I’ll look it up early tomorrow.
Interruptions – I must look like a cat swaying a tail in a windowsill when I write because everyone approaches me with a million questions. Now picture that cat being thrown into water when you finally do get its attention. Not pretty, I’m not proud of who I become. Picture the creature in the movie ‘Alien’.
Time lines- When someone gives you a timeline for your writing it’s like saying. “Hey you! You need to get pregnant no later than this date so you can have the baby on this date.” No pressure JUST DO IT!
Pompous arrogant writers– Oh! You know who you are. Secretly saying you are a supporter and advocate of the new authors. Then you tell the beginner writers their work sucks so horrifically that if you read their work, word for word- out loud. It would surely cause the earth to lose its atmosphere and we’d all die. Burn it.
I will stay here for a moment- A fine line between direct help, and bloated sarcasm dripping with disdain. Be kind. Be helpful. Show, CHARACTER OUTSIDE OF YOUR OWN WORK when helping other writers.
No Sense of space- When we authors get to know other authors. Just know we all support each other however we can. For instance I would LOVE to read your work. ALL OF IT, if I could. I will rate WHAT I READ. I give honest ratings because I expect the same in return. So please, please don’t be upset if I respectfully tell you I cannot read your work. It does not mean I don’t appreciate you. It means I’m shoulder high with crap, and unless you want me to unleash my laundry list of shit I have to do in a day, just accept my kind, ‘I’m sorry, No’. In the same breath….IT never hurts to ask….Just don’t shove it down my throat and don’t disown me because I can’t. Can I get an AMEN?
I Love what I do. Sometimes I just wonder why LOL! Be kind authors it’s our job to help other authors. Just know— we each have a line and a limit for everything.
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