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[j_cheney]

My dad sent me the quote from his cryptoquote today...

Writing is an occupation in which you have to keep proving your talent to those who have none.
-- Jules Renard.

A bit harsh, but true in the context of often being asked "Are you still doing that little writing thing?" (Most of my friends only consider publication of a novel to be writing, so I'm pretty lame by their standards.)

Also, I'm going to beta the Dreamwidth thing for six months, at least. Supposedly importation and cross posting are made very easy, but I suspect it would stay secondary to the LJ. However, since I'm phone-unfriendly enough not to tweet, I have to stay current in other social venues.

Comments

Re: What fresh bigotry is this?

[jtglover.livejournal.com]

I jumped the gun a little, because you're right: non-readers can be forgiven. I just get hot when I hear people dissing short stories as "not writing" or unimportant. I'm not saying they're any route to commercial success, but many people (not talking about, I hope it's obvious) fall into talking about potential to support a career as the criteria for the success of fiction...

Re: What fresh bigotry is this?

[j-cheney.livejournal.com]

That's true...And there is a perceived level of accomplishment between the two types of publications. It seems that very few people choose to stay in the short story game in lieu of novels. Many do both, but there are few short-story-only successful authors. :o(