tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17827759.post3747648610383190237..comments2024-01-09T11:35:14.194-05:00Comments on The One-Thousand: It Was Twenty Years Ago TodayMatthew Sanborn Smithhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14602360310073783377noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17827759.post-36113947228561544002011-05-10T23:52:31.841-04:002011-05-10T23:52:31.841-04:00Oh my, we're moving into role playing territor...Oh my, we're moving into role playing territory . . .<br /><br />Actually I had a teacher who probably asked herself things like that a lot. I remember that she held up my paper on Macbeth and told me academic papers weren't supposed to be entertaining, that my college professors wouldn't take kindly to it (I disagree. I think all writing should be entertaining.). Then she gave me an "A."Matthew Sanborn Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14602360310073783377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17827759.post-72222431387748303642011-05-10T20:51:00.193-04:002011-05-10T20:51:00.193-04:00They have no card? They need a card! Who do we k...They have no card? They need a card! Who do we know who's good with graphics? Sure, it's the internet age, blah blah blah, but you join a group, you get a wallet card. Doesn't anything work like it's supposed to anymore?<br /><br />Now I'm imagining being a high school teacher with you in my class. It seems like that could have been a challenge. I can hear a standard English teacher saying "how do I grade this bit of wildness? It's powerful, it's effective, but if I give it the A, I'm rewarding this behavior."Elkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17827759.post-23476022007692241962011-05-09T19:58:53.060-04:002011-05-09T19:58:53.060-04:00You're wonderful, as always, Elke. Believe it ...You're wonderful, as always, Elke. Believe it or not, I have a hell of a lot of trouble playing games and have had for years, because I always think I'm wasting time. It's easier if there are other people involved, because I can then call it a social occasion.<br /><br />Because of all the build-up I got from my high school teachers, I actually thought success in literature was going to be easy for me. Turns out, they weren't professional fiction writers, so they couldn't really tell me how much hard work would be required or how much rejection there would be.<br /><br />But enough of the past. Let's look forward, shall we? :) And, okay, I do work harder now than I used to.<br /><br />Also, there doesn't seem to be a SFWA card. But that's all right.Matthew Sanborn Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14602360310073783377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17827759.post-32246539317345566102011-05-09T19:24:11.846-04:002011-05-09T19:24:11.846-04:00That's marvelous! Do you get a card for joini...That's marvelous! Do you get a card for joining the SFWA? Are you officially a card-carrying pro writer?<br /><br />You didn't know it would be 20 years to get to this spot, but it must have looked daunting from there and you went for it anyway. <br /><br />Allow me to give you a little grief for down-playing your work ethic. Who is it who is putting fabulousness into the world every day this month? A lazy person? Does a slacker do that? Sitting on the sofa, for instance, playing let's say stealth action games is important recharging time for anyone. And if you're reading another writer's work, that counts as craft-building time!Elkenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17827759.post-37715965445789902352011-05-08T16:03:19.963-04:002011-05-08T16:03:19.963-04:00Thanks, Church!Thanks, Church!Matthew Sanborn Smithhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14602360310073783377noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-17827759.post-11284555773580854442011-05-08T15:51:12.844-04:002011-05-08T15:51:12.844-04:00Happy Anniversary!Happy Anniversary!Churchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12793960528548962421noreply@blogger.com