Mix Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 (edited) fuckers love to say that shit like they're taunting you christ sake, for once I'd like to hear, "hey, no worries, your dreams are going to come true over night" Edited August 5, 2019 by Mix Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Toulon Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 I still have the slight hope that one day I'll just be walking in a parking lot or something and someone would just randomly pull up in a lambo and say "hey, you want this" 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mix Posted August 5, 2019 Author Share Posted August 5, 2019 6 hours ago, Sho Minamimoto said: I still have the slight hope that one day I'll just be walking in a parking lot or something and someone would just randomly pull up in a lambo and say "hey, you want this" The thing is you'd never take it....you'd be suspicious of anything that's too good to be true 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
André Toulon Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 1 hour ago, Mix said: The thing is you'd never take it....you'd be suspicious of anything that's too good to be true Way to play on my paranoia and distrust....Now I'll never have nice things. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bouvre Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 I can personally attest to many things happening overnight. I got accepted into grad school overnight. I got a Pushcart prize nomination overnight. I flew to live overseas overnight. Obviously these things all took work and effort, but at the same time, a lot of attempts at all these things were no, no, no, no, no, and then, one morning: yes. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonSinger Posted August 5, 2019 Share Posted August 5, 2019 10 hours ago, Mix said: fuckers love to say that shit like they're taunting you christ sake, for once I'd like to hear, "hey, no worries, your dreams are going to come true over night" Because it's the truth(unless you're born rich), and people do stupid shit when they think like that. They risk their homes, empty their bank accounts, etc. because someone offered them a get rich quick scheme. There are conversations about this happening in the writing community right now because more of them are self-publishing, and some receive bad advice to spend like 10 grand to put a book together and they'll be the next E.L. James. Which is funny because James wasn't an overnight success either. She made a name for herself in the fanfiction community first, and when she got 50 Shades of Grey published, her thousands of rabid fans gave her all the free marketing an author can dream of. And since it was Twilight fanfiction with the names changed, its original clout was based off of Twilight's fame. Twilight might count more as an overnight success though. The writer had a dream about the book, wrote it, sent it to the publisher, and then it blew up months after its release. Twilight also met all of that former bestselling genre's market demands at the time that had gone ignored for years. I had some sort of talking point to wrap this all up, but I made myself tired. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nameraka Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 (edited) 21 hours ago, SorceressPol said: Because it's the truth(unless you're born rich), and people do stupid shit when they think like that. They risk their homes, empty their bank accounts, etc. because someone offered them a get rich quick scheme. There are conversations about this happening in the writing community right now because more of them are self-publishing, and some receive bad advice to spend like 10 grand to put a book together and they'll be the next E.L. James. Which is funny because James wasn't an overnight success either. She made a name for herself in the fanfiction community first, and when she got 50 Shades of Grey published, her thousands of rabid fans gave her all the free marketing an author can dream of. And since it was Twilight fanfiction with the names changed, its original clout was based off of Twilight's fame. Twilight might count more as an overnight success though. The writer had a dream about the book, wrote it, sent it to the publisher, and then it blew up months after its release. Twilight also met all of that former bestselling genre's market demands at the time that had gone ignored for years. I had some sort of talking point to wrap this all up, but I made myself tired. yeah, you're more likely to end up like the poor sot who wrote "Confederacy of Dunces." even if it is good, no one's going to read it until after you're dead. Edited August 6, 2019 by nameraka 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
molarbear Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 16 hours ago, Mix said: fuckers love to say that shit like they're taunting you christ sake, for once I'd like to hear, "hey, no worries, your dreams are going to come true over night" Two words Overnight Shipping Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonSinger Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 4 hours ago, nameraka said: yeah, your more likely to end up like the poor sot who wrote "Confederacy of Dunces." even if it is good, no one's going to read it until after your dead. It's not as dire as it used to be, but it does still happen sometimes like with Stieg Larson. I had no idea he was dead until The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest came out. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupin_bebop Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 (edited) They won't come true at all. 😐 Edited August 6, 2019 by lupin_bebop 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KimopoBotar Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 I got laid off over night. One day there was a company, the next it ceased to be. Good things take years to arrive but all kinds of bad stuff can happen over night. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mix Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 13 hours ago, molarbear said: Two words Overnight Shipping three words low hanging fruit Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mix Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 10 hours ago, SorceressPol said: It's not as dire as it used to be, but it does still happen sometimes like with Stieg Larson. I had no idea he was dead until The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest came out. I did not know those books got published after he died....that's sad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mix Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 8 hours ago, lupin_bebop said: They won't come true at all. 😐 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mix Posted August 6, 2019 Author Share Posted August 6, 2019 7 hours ago, KimopoBotar said: I got laid off over night. One day there was a company, the next it ceased to be. Good things take years to arrive but all kinds of bad stuff can happen over night. That's a saying right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DragonSinger Posted August 6, 2019 Share Posted August 6, 2019 32 minutes ago, Mix said: I did not know those books got published after he died....that's sad Yeah, it seemed strange that I'd never heard anything about him personally after seeing so many books sold by him and a series of movies being made. So I googled him and bam, he been dead. Stuff like that is why I don't put things off for later in life, especially with more resources available to me now. 2019 is a shitshow, but current technology makes things so much easier if you've got time, patience to learn, and a little change in your pockets. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lupin_bebop Posted August 7, 2019 Share Posted August 7, 2019 On 8/6/2019 at 10:12 AM, Mix said: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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