tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post7798706647827330330..comments2024-03-25T02:15:02.505-07:00Comments on Nancy's Blog: Theme Anthologiesadminhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11442349453021015062noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1695280310697378421.post-26048790213060272632008-02-18T11:30:00.000-08:002008-02-18T11:30:00.000-08:00"So why do I do it?" Aw, c'mon, Nancy! Why does =..."So why do I do it?" Aw, c'mon, Nancy! Why does =anyone= write, or compose, or paint, or...<BR/><BR/>WE HAVE TO! There's a nice aside in Heinlein's EXPANDED UNIVERSE. The Old Man (Young Man then) tells a veteran writer, "Well, Campbell bounced one, that's all for me. Got what I wanted: a little money in the bank. I never liked writing anyway." And the seasoned pro said, "Robert, you're hooked. Listen. You know retired military men, right?" "Sure." "Retired teachers? Retired cops?" "Yeah..." "You know any retired writers? No. You don't. THERE ARE NO RETIRED WRITERS, Robert! Writers who've stopped selling, sure. But they haven't stopped writing. Listen to me. Take another look at that yarn Campbell bounced. I know him. He wants some half-assed changes. Him or Kay. Do it. There are other markets." And RAH recollected, "I took that advice. Put a sheet in the typewriter. And I felt finer than I had in months!"<BR/><BR/>You start, get going, you can't stop, Nancy. Creative inertia, yez moight even say. (But I wouldn't blame yez if yez didn't!)bluesman miike Lindnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00730308789066832084noreply@blogger.com