Sunday, July 31, 2005

Yes, but...

Our group has got some work published. Yes, but none of us are actually going to get paid.

You can play this game for years.

Yes, but I didn't get paid for it. Yes, but it was only a small press journal. Yes, but I didn't get paid much. Yes, but I haven't had my own book published. Yes, but my book didn't sell that well. Yes, but I'll never be able to write another bestseller. Yes, but I got a bad review. Yes, but the critics say it isn't great literature. Yes, but J.K.Rowling is still earning more than me.

A really skilful player of this game can deny that they've achieved anything worthwhile pretty much indefinitely.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Good evening Alison Williams, I find it very refreshing to occasionally find a post such as yours with an unusual topic such as this post. It somehow ads to ones list of lifes experiences.

I have a soft spot for blogs related to story writing and /or sites that have a central theme around story writing type items.

Once again, thank you Alison Williams, keep up the unusual posts.