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newnumber6) wrote2008-01-31 03:26 pm
newnumber6) wrote2008-01-31 03:26 pm
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Line is crossed
Well, I've done it. Having abandoned a short story (in the sense of 'no work is ever finished, merely abandoned'), it was time to take the plunge, risk my fear of judgement. I sent off a short story to attempt to sell it. Because I don't have a printer, my choices were limited to places that accept online submissions (otherwise I would have had excuses to procrastinate to infinity), but it is still considered a professional market.
I'm not getting my hopes up. It sucks, and it's my second try (I did submit something when I was in my late teens, and that was also deservedly rejected), but since I'm probably always going to think my work sucks, it will at least be better practice for beating the anxiety of actually going through with it, so that if in the future my work does not suck I won't hold off on that basis, despite my fear of judgement. And anyway, I decided back in December that I would start submitting this year, and so here I am. I should hear back within 2 months.
In the meantime, (or the memetime), here's that meme that's going about:
YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I would like to know 37 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine ... You're on my list, so I want to know you better!
1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
A.
2) What was your dream growing up?
A.
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A.
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A.
5) Favorite vegetable?
A.
6) What was the last book you read?
A.
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A.
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A.
9) Worst Habit?
A.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A.
11) What is your favorite sport?
A.
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A.
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A.
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A.
16) Do you have any pets?
A.
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A.
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A.
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A.
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A.
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A.
22) What color eyes do you have?
A.
23) Ever been arrested?
A.
24) Bottle or can soda?
A.
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A.
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A.
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A.
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A.
30) Do you swear a lot?
A.
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A.
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A.
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A.
35) Do you believe in God?
A.
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A.
You'll have to guess what the 37th thing I want to know is.
I'm not getting my hopes up. It sucks, and it's my second try (I did submit something when I was in my late teens, and that was also deservedly rejected), but since I'm probably always going to think my work sucks, it will at least be better practice for beating the anxiety of actually going through with it, so that if in the future my work does not suck I won't hold off on that basis, despite my fear of judgement. And anyway, I decided back in December that I would start submitting this year, and so here I am. I should hear back within 2 months.
In the meantime, (or the memetime), here's that meme that's going about:
YOU'RE ON MY FRIENDS LIST, I would like to know 37 things about you. I don't care if we never talk, or if we already know everything about each other. Short and sweet is fine ... You're on my list, so I want to know you better!
1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
A.
2) What was your dream growing up?
A.
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A.
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A.
5) Favorite vegetable?
A.
6) What was the last book you read?
A.
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A.
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A.
9) Worst Habit?
A.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A.
11) What is your favorite sport?
A.
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A.
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A.
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A.
16) Do you have any pets?
A.
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A.
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A.
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A.
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A.
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A.
22) What color eyes do you have?
A.
23) Ever been arrested?
A.
24) Bottle or can soda?
A.
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A.
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A.
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A.
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A.
30) Do you swear a lot?
A.
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A.
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A.
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A.
35) Do you believe in God?
A.
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A.
You'll have to guess what the 37th thing I want to know is.
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A. No
2) What was your dream growing up?
A. To be a lawyer
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A. Musical talents, I suck at playing instruments even though I tried forever to learn.
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A. Water, not fizzy.
5) Favorite vegetable?
A. Corn
6) What was the last book you read?
A. Criminal Investigations….for school.
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A. Sagittarius
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A. No tattoos. I have my ears pierced. Not very exciting.
9) Worst Habit?
A. I bite my nails.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A. I doubt you’d be walking anywhere near where I live….and if you were I don’t own a car in this country.
11) What is your favorite sport?
A. to watch, basketball. To play, volleyball.
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A. realistic.
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. discuss tv shows?
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A. my grandmothers dying while I was away.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. I like to read my school books after I have finished with the class.
16) Do you have any pets?
A. I stole a cat from my sister, but I don’t get it back till I’m in the US.
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. My employers wouldn’t let you in…in the US no one would be there.
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A. I don’t really know you that well! (Will have to change that soon, non?)
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A. Neither
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A. I don’t think I would.
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. I’d be your conscience telling you how to get away with a crime
22) What color eyes do you have?
A. green
23) Ever been arrested?
A. no
24) Bottle or can soda?
A. bottle
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A. pay off school for the next year….10,000 wouldn’t even cover a semester.
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A. Nymphenburg, a castle in Munich with an amazing garden or the bar.
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. hellz yea I do.
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. spare time! Please.
30) Do you swear a lot?
A. I do, but I swear in Italian when I am hiding it from kids or my parents, but yea I swear a lot.
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A. fake people
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. adventurous
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A. no
35) Do you believe in God?
A. maybe, I believe in things that can be proven.
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A.yea, tomorrow.
You'll have to guess what the 37th thing I want to know is.
37.) I am obsessed with watching shows that give me some clue as to what I will be doing in my career, ie NCIS, Numb3rs, Judging Amy, Law and Order, Prison Break….
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Actually, I wonder if maybe it might not be sort of a deliberate speed bump - they do it via mail because if you can do it online they'll get so many more submissions (and just by averages, most of them will be unpublishable), so they make you put a little bit of effort into the process.
In any event, I know I can always print elsewhere, but if I went that route it'd always be one more thing I put off doing. Two or more more things, technically, since I would procrastinate on going to a place to print it, on going to the post office to get stamps/envelopes, and then on the final going out to the mailbox. I procrastinated enough on the e-sub and I didn't even have to get dressed for that (though I was anyway). ;) So my plan now is to try the e-sub places first, and, if I get published, use part of it to save money towards a printer of my own to go for the other ones, and, ideally, the confidence from early sales will help me fight the procrastination urges in the other steps.
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1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
A. Yes, with
2) What was your dream growing up?
A. To be a veterinarian
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A. I would love to be able to sing, but I can't.
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A. Shiraz
5) Favorite vegetable?
A. Eggplant.
6) What was the last book you read?
A. The Other Boleyn Girl
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A. Taurus
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A. Just ears, just once.
9) Worst Habit?
A. I like my habits just fine.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A. No - I'm too chicken.
11) What is your favorite sport?
A. Soccer
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A. Pessimism all the way
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. Talk comics.
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A. I've been pretty lucky, really.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. I'm left handed.
16) Do you have any pets?
A. Three cats
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. Ooh, I'd recruit you for helping me with my librarything
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A. During NaNo 07 - you seemed very cool and collected.
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A. OMG scary
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A.I really wanted to be blonde
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. Um... I think it would depend on the caper.
22) What color eyes do you have?
A. Brown
23) Ever been arrested?
A.No! I'm such a square.
24) Bottle or can soda?
A. Anything with caffeine, I'm not fussed.
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A. I'd donate some, spend some and bank some.
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A. Home.
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. Yes! I've seen one.
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. Read
30) Do you swear a lot?
A. Bloody hell, I swear like a trooper, mate.
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A. People with loud voices and smoke on their breath.
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. Solitary
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A. Yes
35) Do you believe in God?
A. No
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A. Maybe.
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1) Are you currently in a serious relationship?
A. No, but you can find me chained to my computer.
2) What was your dream growing up?
A. I really don't remember. I like to think it involved writing.
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A. Is the ability to speak in public a talent? I think it is. I hate public speaking so it's a talent I would want.
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A. Root beer.
5) Favorite vegetable?
A. Peas.
6) What was the last book you read?
A. That wasn't for school? It was either The Tin Princess by Philip Pullman or On Her Majesty's Secret Service by Ian Flemming.
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A. Taurus.
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A. Nope.
9) Worst Habit?
A. I bite my nails.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A. I don't have a driver's license or a car, so no. Looks more likely we'd be taking public transit.
11) What is your favorite sport?
A. I don't like sports, but I can tolerate hockey if it's on and I'm forced to watch.
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A. I try to stay optimistic. Unless I really hate something, like something school-related, then I'm just negative.
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. Geek out over our common fandoms.
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A. A mild allergic reaction to peanuts while I was in Las Vegas. Besides the puking that followed, it was touchy because we were outside of Canada and in an unfamiliar city.
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. I have a better memory for TV trivia than important things like school and life. I can usually name an episode of a TV show within a few seconds if I'm familiar with the show.
16) Do you have any pets?
A. Nope. It's an allergy thing.
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. I'd freak out because I would finally find out what you look like. ;-)
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A. You know, I can't remember. Did we meet in the Canadian Browncoats' Yahoo chat room? There was that chat room before the current one. I probably thought, "Hey, we like the same things", or something along those lines.
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A. Scary. I refused to visit Circus, Circus in Las Vegas. It's the clown themed hotel on the Strip.
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A. I'd get rid of my glasses.
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. Depends on the crime. If we were going to break into the Stargate sets, I'd be your partner. If we were robbing a bank, probably your conscience.
22) What color eyes do you have?
A. Brown.
23) Ever been arrested?
A. Nope.
24) Bottle or can soda?
A. Can. It's smaller.
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A. I'd go on vacation.
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A. My room. It's got a bed for naps.
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. Not really, but I haven't believed I've seen one yet so maybe I just need the right opportunity.
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. Sleep or write.
30) Do you swear a lot?
A. If I'm really angry or annoyed, then yes.
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A. Right now, it's being forced to do things I don't want to do.
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. Quiet.
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A. It's fine when it's not right in your face.
35) Do you believe in God?
A. Never been the religious type, so no.
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A. Already done.
And #37... Favourite colour? If you were an animal, what animal would you be?
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A.Nope!
2) What was your dream growing up?
A. I wanted to be a mom. :P Seriously that was my dream. ;)
3) What talent do you wish you had?
A. I wish I could sing really well, I'm not horrible, but it'd be so much fun if I could sing really awesome.
4) If I bought you a drink what would it be?
A. Something cool and yummy, like vodka cooler or bailey's.
5) Favorite vegetable?
A. Cucumber!
6) What was the last book you read?
A. Enslaved by Virginia Henley
7) What zodiac sign are you?
A. Taurus
8) Any Tattoos and/or Piercings? Explain where.
A. Just my ears pierced...twice in each ear.
9) Worst Habit?
A. Chewing on my nails.
10) If you saw me walking down the street would you offer me a ride?
A. Since you walk everywhere, of course. ;)
11) What is your favorite sport?
A. Soccer. I like the men...they have nice butts. ;)
12) Do you have a Negative or Optimistic attitude?
A. Optimistic! :D
13) What would you do if you were stuck in an elevator with me?
A. Hmm...I think we'd think of some fun stuff to do. Something geeky like playing cards or pretending we're ninjas. :)
14) Worst thing to ever happen to you?
A. The WORST? I don't know. Maybe not being able to keep my dog Peanut when I was younger. :(
15) Tell me one weird fact about you.
A. I'm really into the Chinese horoscope and think it's crazily accurate about people.
16) Do you have any pets?
A. I do! Two awesome kitties. :)
17) What if i showed up at your house unexpectedly?
A. I can't imagine that you'd do that, but if you did I'd be happy to see you. :D
18) What was your first impression of me? (hmmm...careful!)
A. That you were very amusing in your entries...and you still are. :P
19) Do you think clowns are cute or scary?
A. They're just ugly.
20) If you could change one thing about how you look, what would it be?
A. I'd be thinner! :D
21) Would you be my crime partner or my conscience?
A. I'd be your partner in crime! :)
22) What color eyes do you have?
A. Blue
23) Ever been arrested?
A. Nope
24) Bottle or can soda?
A. Both are good...but bottle I guess.
25) If you won $10,000 today, what would you do with it?
A. I'd go shopping!!!! :D
27) What's your favorite place to hang at?
A. My room.
28) Do you believe in ghosts?
A. I do :D
29) Favorite thing to do in your spare time?
A. Read, play the Sims 2 or read my flist
30) Do you swear a lot?
A. No
31) Biggest pet peeve?
A. Stupid customers
32) In one word, how would you describe yourself?
A. Cheerful
33) Do you believe/appreciate romance?
A.I do!!! I'm such a sucker for that. :)
35) Do you believe in God?
A. I do. :)
36) Will you repost this so I can fill it out and do the same for you?
A. Sure sounds good. :D