Comments on The News From Constantinople: Crack for writers, part 2

So are you joining the Tea Party Steve? I doubt i...

2010-02-02T10:21:40.540-06:00

So are you joining the Tea Party Steve?

I doubt it, somehow.

Hmmm, Charlie D story. Sounds good.

The old boss isn't Obama, it's our allowing our Co...

2010-02-01T12:20:04.017-06:00

The old boss isn't Obama, it's our allowing our Congressional reps (both reds and blues) to keep doing the same old things while the CIC tries to weave a tapestry of cooperation among greedy blame-mongers. I think.

And I talked to Charlie D today; good story to tell you.

Okay, so I fell for the hope and change thing. I'...

2010-01-28T10:29:42.241-06:00

Okay, so I fell for the hope and change thing. I'm disappointed, but I don't regret my vote. I take heart in the immortal words of Pete Townsend in his song "Don't Get Fooled Again".

"There's nothing in the street looks any different to me."

Townshend had this to say about his song: "It is not precisely a song that decries revolution - it suggests that we will indeed fight in the streets - but that revolution, like all action can have results we cannot predict. Don't expect to see what you expect to see. Expect nothing and you might gain everything. The song was meant to let politicians and revolutionaries alike know that what lay in the centre of my life was not for sale, and could not be co-opted into any obvious cause."

I was fooled, but I don't regret my vote. Like Townshend, I believe the ultimate results of the Obama presidency may ultimately work for good in ways none of us can predict right now.

"Meet the new boss, same as the old boss."

But I won't get fooled again.

How's that Obama thing working out for ya?

2010-01-27T22:01:23.598-06:00

How's that Obama thing working out for ya?

Hi Bugtaster. Haven't seen you around these parts...

2010-01-26T20:49:00.230-06:00

Hi Bugtaster. Haven't seen you around these parts in a while, and when you show up in the comments section, your words tend to have the ring of truth.

You are absolutely correct--the submitted to accepted ratio for both fiction and nonfiction titles factored in with a units per published work in each category would be a valid measure of how easy and profitable each is.

As for the democrat shot, them's fighting words. I'm fiercely independant but lean right. Last time I voted for Obama, but only because I was furious with W over his handling of Katrina, the wars and his failure to show leadership by letting the financial markets run wild.

I beg to differ, but I'll bet the farm that your o...

2010-01-26T20:17:26.105-06:00

I beg to differ, but I'll bet the farm that your odds aren't 5 times better at getting non-fiction published. You are showing your journalistic roots as you take a random number and present to the public all sorts of misinformation gleaned from the number. You must be a democrat. First, I doubt nearly as many novels are submitted for publicaion as nonifiction works. Let's face it, it's a heck of a lot harder to write a work of fiction than "The Loser's Guide to Gilligan's Island" or "Chicken Soup for the Patsy's Soul". And of those non-fiction books, how many are coffee table books or tourist guides to Helena. Most probably have printings in the hundreds. Also how many are self-published? Anyway, if you don't know how many of each are submitted, we really don't know what the odds of publication are. I say indulge yourself with non-fiction if you want but keep cranking out the novels. That's where the bucks be.