Author | Joseph L. Selby

Tag: journaling

  • The Satisfaction of Success

    I am a success! What? Did I get an agent? No. Did I get an offer of publication from a major publishing house? No. Did I get a date with Rosario Dawson? No. Yet I am still a success. I have not accomplished any of the above professional goals (and if I never accomplish that…

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  • Stuff Stolen from Other People

    Eric at Pimp My Novel retweeted this blog post that has a great quote: “An absolutely necessary part of a writer’s equipment, almost as necessary as talent, is the ability to stand up under punishment, both the punishment the world hands out and the punishment he inflicts on himself.” – Irwin Shaw I’ll try to…

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  • Redux: There is No Such Thing as Writer’s Block

    Not quite sure why people are so much more willing to read blogger than live journal as one is just as easy as the other (other than displaying in reader, but we won’t get into an RSS feed discussion). Anyway, because it has reared its ugly head again, I feel inclined to repost one of…

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  • But this is what I do!

    I went to lunch across the street, diligently working on the revision of TTS (Otwald is about to meet Crown Princess Klara, which will require some serious scrubbing). The owner’s wife brings out my food and sees me tapping away on my laptop. “No more work,” she says. “It’s time to enjoy ourselves!” I smiled…

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  • Querying is Scary Shit

    I like writing fast. I like producing a lot of stories in a short amount of time. I have a lot of stories crammed into this brain, and I’m starting later than I should have in my life (whole different therapy session about why that is). Regardless, I have somewhere between 10 and 30 years…

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  • Another Transition

    What? What? What? What is this guy doing on Blogger? He’s been on LiveJournal since 2003? What does he think he’s doing here? To be honest, I’m not sure whether I’m staying. The last time I fiddled with Blogger was for work three years ago. Things have certainly changed since then. A lot. Things have…

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