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lilwick86 Joined Sun 11/23/08 Posts: 544	Thu 12/04/08 10:24 PM
Excellent thread, very true. You know your a writer when you shop for the perfect tools but spend more time daydreaming about character scenes rather than writing them, oh that's just me, lol I need to get back to writing soon. giggles

Rockmybobbysocks Joined Thu 10/30/08 Posts: 3961	Thu 12/04/08 10:36 PM
i knew i was a writer when the same damned dream kept repeating over and over and over again to the point that i couldn't sleep at night. this was cute. i fought the whole writer thing for years then.. i got so obsessed with the story that i did nothing but writing for months until the novel's first draft was finished. lol

lilwick86 Joined Sun 11/23/08 Posts: 544	Thu 12/04/08 10:47 PM
i knew i was a writer when the same damned dream kept repeating over and over and over again to the point that i couldn't sleep at night. this was cute. i fought the whole writer thing for years then.. i got so obsessed with the story that i did nothing but writing for months until the novel's first draft was finished. lol That's awesome, is it published yet?

BonnyMiss Joined Thu 05/10/07 Posts: 15342	Fri 12/05/08 02:56 AM
You know you're a writer when you sleep with a note pad and pen by your bed side. You know you're a writer when you day dream as you watch the news and a news item stirs your imagination. You know you're a writer when you hit that eureka! moment and you franticly scribble it down and no one else can decipher it.

Differentkindofwench Joined Sat 04/07/07 Posts: 5960	Fri 12/05/08 05:36 AM
You know you are a writer when you are woken up at 3am hit by inspiration for a new story and forget it all by the time you turn your computer on. This is what happens to me all the time by the way. I forget what I am suppose to write and end up not being able to sleep, because I am trying to figure out what I was suppose to write. What makes it worse is that I swear that this would have been the ultimate idea to spark up a chapter This just gave me a picture cause I'm thinkin' about Jeff Foxworthy voice and "You Mi---ght Be a Wri----ter" with Writer's block with a book jacked up on cement blocks, inky blades of grass waving in the wind in front trying to weave into words to complete the trailer of thought and better "jack-up" the story...................

special_guy Joined Tue 09/30/08 Posts: 6513	Fri 12/05/08 05:38 AM
You might be a writer when... you've been published

smiless Joined Wed 09/26/07 Posts: 13765	Fri 12/05/08 05:45 AM
Excellent thread, very true. You know your a writer when you shop for the perfect tools but spend more time daydreaming about character scenes rather than writing them, oh that's just me, lol I need to get back to writing soon. giggles Yes writers are a unique race. Many believe they are always in a different world because they are never present with the group. They call us daydreamers! and we are many times. Ideas have to come from somewhere.

smiless Joined Wed 09/26/07 Posts: 13765	Fri 12/05/08 05:46 AM
i knew i was a writer when the same damned dream kept repeating over and over and over again to the point that i couldn't sleep at night. this was cute. i fought the whole writer thing for years then.. i got so obsessed with the story that i did nothing but writing for months until the novel's first draft was finished. lol Having the first draft is always a huge accomplishment in my opinion. Just to get what you have to say out on paper isn't as easy as everyone thinks it to be. I congratulate you in giving birth to a baby

smiless Joined Wed 09/26/07 Posts: 13765	Fri 12/05/08 05:46 AM
You know you're a writer when you sleep with a note pad and pen by your bed side. You know you're a writer when you day dream as you watch the news and a news item stirs your imagination. You know you're a writer when you hit that eureka! moment and you franticly scribble it down and no one else can decipher it. so true what you say

smiless Joined Wed 09/26/07 Posts: 13765	Fri 12/05/08 05:47 AM
You know you are a writer when you are woken up at 3am hit by inspiration for a new story and forget it all by the time you turn your computer on. This is what happens to me all the time by the way. I forget what I am suppose to write and end up not being able to sleep, because I am trying to figure out what I was suppose to write. What makes it worse is that I swear that this would have been the ultimate idea to spark up a chapter This just gave me a picture cause I'm thinkin' about Jeff Foxworthy voice and "You Mi---ght Be a Wri----ter" with Writer's block with a book jacked up on cement blocks, inky blades of grass waving in the wind in front trying to weave into words to complete the trailer of thought and better "jack-up" the story................... so true what you say

smiless Joined Wed 09/26/07 Posts: 13765	Fri 12/05/08 05:48 AM
You might be a writer when... you've been published I find a writer is anyone who likes to write but to be published one can be called a Author.

BonnyMiss Joined Thu 05/10/07 Posts: 15342	Fri 12/05/08 06:08 AM
You might be a writer when... you've been published "What makes a writer is simple: The act of writing. How the writing happens (via madness or exhibitionism or the desire to be paid) is to a great extent immaterial; writers are judged by their output, not their process. If you're entirely "normal" and yet write sparkling prose (which can happen), you're a writer. If you're nuts and you do the same, then you get to be a writer, too"................... I do not claim ownership of these words.

smiless Joined Wed 09/26/07 Posts: 13765	Fri 12/05/08 06:15 AM
You might be a writer when... you've been published "What makes a writer is simple: The act of writing. How the writing happens (via madness or exhibitionism or the desire to be paid) is to a great extent immaterial; writers are judged by their output, not their process. If you're entirely "normal" and yet write sparkling prose (which can happen), you're a writer. If you're nuts and you do the same, then you get to be a writer, too"................... I do not claim ownership of these words. I think I have the nuts part well under control. The rest, well let us just say I am working on it

LexFonteyne Joined Thu 12/07/06 Posts: 32131	Fri 12/05/08 07:05 AM
You might be a writer when... you've been published I find a writer is anyone who likes to write but to be published one can be called a Author. I still have that little glitchy moment when someone refers to me that way.... "Me? An author?"

BonnyMiss Joined Thu 05/10/07 Posts: 15342	Fri 12/05/08 07:36 AM
You might be a writer when... you've been published I find a writer is anyone who likes to write but to be published one can be called a Author. I still have that little glitchy moment when someone refers to me that way.... "Me? An author?" I could have sworn you were Arthur

smiless Joined Wed 09/26/07 Posts: 13765	Fri 12/05/08 07:43 AM
You might be a writer when... you've been published I find a writer is anyone who likes to write but to be published one can be called a Author. I still have that little glitchy moment when someone refers to me that way.... "Me? An author?" A author of more then one book at that! Good work

LexFonteyne Joined Thu 12/07/06 Posts: 32131	Fri 12/05/08 02:24 PM
A author of more then one book at that! Good work Thank you! Speaking of writing, is anyone familiar with a site called bookrenter.com? The reason I'm asking is because I just found out both of my books are available through them, and I never heard of the site before....!

smiless Joined Wed 09/26/07 Posts: 13765	Fri 12/05/08 06:23 PM
A author of more then one book at that! Good work Thank you! Speaking of writing, is anyone familiar with a site called bookrenter.com? The reason I'm asking is because I just found out both of my books are available through them, and I never heard of the site before....! Wow your book is really coming around. I never heard of that site, but trust me you want your book on as many sites as possible. The more the better! It must be a good read or it wouldn't be going to other sites this quickly. Good Work!

LexFonteyne Joined Thu 12/07/06 Posts: 32131	Fri 12/05/08 07:26 PM
Wow your book is really coming around. I never heard of that site, but trust me you want your book on as many sites as possible. The more the better! It must be a good read or it wouldn't be going to other sites this quickly. Good Work! Just been informed that they are also now available on abebooks.com and alibris.com. Apparently there are a lot of websites I've never heard of before!

smiless Joined Wed 09/26/07 Posts: 13765	Fri 12/05/08 10:05 PM
Wow your book is really coming around. I never heard of that site, but trust me you want your book on as many sites as possible. The more the better! It must be a good read or it wouldn't be going to other sites this quickly. Good Work! Just been informed that they are also now available on abebooks.com and alibris.com. Apparently there are a lot of websites I've never heard of before! I have heard of those two book websites. Those are big ones also. Not bad