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fairly_bookish2223 karma

I also have a comment-not-a-question, so I'll just piggyback yours:

OP's headline makes it sound like being featured by Google and Apple is what led to his company's bankruptcy.

fairly_bookish589 karma

I love the quote by Nora Roberts, something about “You can fix a bad page, but you can’t fix a blank page.”

This has been my biggest hurdle. I have a bad habit of going back and revising what I've already written instead of just pushing ahead until the entire draft is finished.

fairly_bookish188 karma

It was worse than that, though. A lot of people have commented on how we have a celebration of ignorance in this country, and that interview was a prime example of it.

I understand Larry's hesitance to throw his colleagues under the bus, but dismissing it as just a difference of opinion is like saying that evolution and creationism are both equally valid opinions. The truth is, some opinions are just really stupid.

fairly_bookish96 karma

I really become my characters. Scary but necessary.

Stephen King once said that all writers are natural role-players.

fairly_bookish26 karma

I figured that out after reading the article, but the title itself gave me a different impression.