tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8427109816373145171.post1938757378589272424..comments2024-03-25T15:16:05.486-06:00Comments on Crazy Creatives Cheerleading Camp: the more things changeOrnery Owl of Naughty Netherworld Press and Readers Roost http://www.blogger.com/profile/07596105116325246476noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8427109816373145171.post-50687931427805358292020-04-27T09:08:54.756-06:002020-04-27T09:08:54.756-06:00Yeah, I've heard that before. I've tried w...Yeah, I've heard that before. I've tried writing light, breezy romances and such, but then my small intestine tries to crawl up my throat and strangle me. I remind myself that Lovecraft didn't achieve any degree of renown during his lifetime. Before he died of kidney cancer (Bright's disease), he was subsisting on canned vegetables.<br />Knowing that the king of weird fiction died in poverty isn't exactly a comforting thought, but it has led to the realization that it isn't the quality of my writing that's the problem. People only want to read puff pieces. I think if I started giving the people what they want, Jimi Hendrix would come back from the great beyond and start throwing things at me to get my attention. I always loved his thoughts on popularity. He said that compliments were nice, but they tended to distract him from his work. Hell, I'd be happy if no-one (aside from a select few like you, who say things that have some actual depth) ever said a word about my work, they just bought it. Or they never bought a word of what I wrote, but they bought my products or tipped me for my book reviews. Someone needs to throw me a damn crumb now and then!<br />A lot of the time I don't even care. But sometimes the lack of acknowledgement hurts, and sometimes it just pisses me off, since I know that people aren't rejecting my work, they're rejecting ME. I'm not pretty. I'm not sweet. I'm not compliant. And, therefore, my work will never be popular because I'm not the kind of person that wins popularity contests.<br />And so it goes.<br />I feel very ranty today.Ornery Owl of Naughty Netherworld Press and Readers Roost https://www.blogger.com/profile/07596105116325246476noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8427109816373145171.post-15948073014221386852020-04-26T14:02:57.162-06:002020-04-26T14:02:57.162-06:00Heartfelt hugs.
I suspect that one of the reasons ...Heartfelt hugs.<br />I suspect that one of the reasons you get few responses is that your work is rarely 'comfortable'. Which is very true of most lives (whether we like to admit it or not).Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com