POLL -- you know you've failed as a writer when...
$Zero
when?
being such a successful writer myself, i'm
utterly lost for words on this particular topic.
hence the poll.
thanks.
...
where's Mark Twain when you need him?
-$Zero...
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I.B.Larfin
>POLL -- you know you've failed as a writer when...
>
>when?
>
>being such a successful writer myself, i'm
>utterly lost for words on this particular topic.
>
>hence the poll.
>
>thanks.
When you find yourself writing things like this:
"I don't want your homage, your undying fealty, or your lips planted
on my left buttock. What I want is the fifty bucks you borrowed from
me last week."
>where's Mark Twain when you need him?
I hope he's still in Elmira, NY.
--
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-- Washington Hogwallop
PJ
> POLL -- you know you've failed as a writer when...
>
> when?
When you think you've reached the point where you have nothing left to
learn.
>
> being such a successful writer myself, i'm
> utterly lost for words on this particular topic.
>
> hence the poll.
>
> thanks.
You're welcome.
~ ~ ~
PJ
$Zero
> $Zero wrote:
>
> > POLL -- you know you've failed as a writer when...
>
> > when?
>
> When you think you've reached the point where
> you have nothing left to learn.
what a great fucking answer!
major kudos, Peej.
> > being such a successful writer myself, i'm
> > utterly lost for words on this particular topic.
>
> > hence the poll.
>
> > thanks.
>
> You're welcome.
if only i could learn to be proactively humble.
then i wouldn't piss off so many people.
but then, if i ever mastered that, i'd have nothing left to learn.
or something like that.
-$Zero... <--- humbled on a daily basis
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$Zero
> "$Zero" <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> >POLL -- you know you've failed as a writer when...
>
> >when?
>
> >being such a successful writer myself, i'm
> >utterly lost for words on this particular topic.
>
> >hence the poll.
>
> >thanks.
>
> When you find yourself writing things like this:
>
> "I don't want your homage, your undying fealty, or your lips planted
> on my left buttock. What I want is the fifty bucks you borrowed from
> me last week."
that's hilarious, dude.
who wrote that?
Twain?
> >where's Mark Twain when you need him?
>
> I hope he's still in Elmira, NY.
if that's where he was buried, i hope he's somewhere else.
-$Zero...
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I.B.Larfin
>On Mar 29, 7:42 am, I.B.Larfin <stutstutter...@theclowns.net> wrote:
>
>> "$Zero" <zeroi...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> >POLL -- you know you've failed as a writer when...
>>
>> >when?
>>
>> >being such a successful writer myself, i'm
>> >utterly lost for words on this particular topic.
>>
>> >hence the poll.
>>
>> >thanks.
>>
>> When you find yourself writing things like this:
>>
>> "I don't want your homage, your undying fealty, or your lips planted
>> on my left buttock. What I want is the fifty bucks you borrowed from
>> me last week."
>
>that's hilarious, dude.
>
>who wrote that?
I wrote that clump of verbiage.
>Twain?
His ghost will be after your ass for sure now.
>> >where's Mark Twain when you need him?
>>
>> I hope he's still in Elmira, NY.
>
>if that's where he was buried, i hope he's somewhere else.
As far as I know that's where he was last buried.
PJ
> On Mar 29, 6:49 am, PJ <authores...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> $Zero wrote:
>>
>>> POLL -- you know you've failed as a writer when...
>>> when?
>> When you think you've reached the point where you have nothing left to learn.
>
> what a great fucking answer!
>
> major kudos, Peej.
<bowing>
Tenkyou.
>>> being such a successful writer myself, i'm utterly lost for words on this particular topic. hence the poll.
>>> thanks.
>> You're welcome.
>
> if only i could learn to be proactively humble.
>
> then i wouldn't piss off so many people.
You? Piss off people?? Not a chance. <g>
>
> but then, if i ever mastered that, i'd have nothing left to learn.
>
> or something like that.
>
> -$Zero... <--- humbled on a daily basis
Being humbled daily is good.
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PJ