Desiderius Price

Given the time/effort/reward involved, few are in writing for the money. And those who do, they’re the lucky few that effectively won the lottery, are now screenwriters or best sellers.

So, if anti-Bob and Bob meet, it’s a big bang? (Thinking antimatter/matter)

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I hereby banish Bob to the other thread! Fred/George, things can be better in pairs.

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Harry Potter is what got me started back in college while waiting for OotP to be released, I wanted more, and discovered fanfiction. There was one, I wanted more of, but the author did as fanfic authors tend to do, post less and less frequently as time goes on; so, I took it upon myself to write a story, based on that fanfic (it’s *NOT* posted here, nor will be because it wasn’t authorized by the author). Realized that I enjoyed it, started a sequel, before, like fanfic authors, I got stuck and, well, that fanfic’s yet to be finished. Fast forward to a few years ago, I started a rather smutty sci-fi/original PWP that developed a crude plot, but then realized that the circumstances around creating that setting would be interesting, so we’ve now got my current series of stories. Shortly after I had started writing fanfic, I did come to realize that the creative writing assignments, I did enjoy, the others...not so much If I come across any of those assignments, I’m definitely going to type them up to save them for posterity (or, figure out how to read those discs – I think I still have them, but its a non-standard format).

Yep, that’s why I still do it, I enjoy it. It took me dabbling in fanfiction to realize that I do love it, because I had believed my mother’s discouraging words before that (don’t confuse intent with effect here, she still thinks I don’t like writing, because, I’m definitely not showing her what I’ve been writing here!). Of course, now that I’ve got the halloween story into the hands of my beta, I’m starting to work up another story

*feels*, yep, still have two, so I’m a double nutjob.

I find AFF forums/chat to be a good repellent to those demons. I’ve tried loads of garlic, but that just offends the co-workers.

Only one or two? I thought this place was filled with nutjobs! Myself included.

It's fun and inexpensive (compared to one of my other hobbies where it's easy to burn through/ruin thousands of dollars in seconds)

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Second, better, normally, to go with what you were intending. However, if stuck, or the their idea works better, sure, use it, or as clover suggested, to the opposite. In the end, it’s your story that you’re sharing with them. Paying attention to the reader can help too. For instance, toward the beginning of Dale’s Game, I wasn’t certain where the main thing near the end would occur, but Dirty Angel made a suggestion (I think she was joking), and it fit perfectly to the character, so I went with it.

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Bobbing for apples is a favourite autumn pastime in the realm of Bob. During winter, it's more commonly the bob sled.

There’s the old joke. What do you call a swimmer with no arms, no legs? “Bob”

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I tend not be as prolific with longhand on paper. Heck, might not even write like I do if I had to suffer. Paper, though, is okay at work when I need to quickly jot an idea down (and don’t, for obvious reasons, want to use my work computer). Well, welcome back from that doctor induced panic disorder

Second this, especially with the alphabet soup some of us make with the story tags, this would be useful to know for those of us looking to publish or self-publish.

No hands, no feet, a swimming? Better believe Bob’s a bobbing.

Some references, yes, as my stories occur in the future, I do toss in an odd reference or two, but I don’t make it a driving element, because that helps bind it to the present day. (ie, In one story, I mention a certain sitting president.)