If I won the lottery, I would travel... and still keep writing. Because for me, that's what makes me feel alive.
Nora > -----Original Message----- > From: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of sancochojo > Sent: Thursday, March 02, 2006 10:50 AM > To: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [SciFiNoir Lit] Re: Octavia E. Butler: 1947-2006 > > I second that. Travel and live. > > > --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "ravenadal" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > > Interesting thing about the McArthur Genius awards...it does seem > to > > stifle writers. Colson Whitehead won one and hasn't published a > novel > > since. Part of this is understandable. I have been writing my > entire > > adult life and someone once asked me if I would self-publish my > novel > > if I won the lottery. I would not. If I won the lottery, I would > > travel the world and LIVE. > > > > ~rave! > > > > --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Carole McDonnell" > > <Oreoblues@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Rejections can be stressing, especially when one's purpose in > life > > > depends on one's writing. Some people have too much riding on > their > > > novel -- it'll prove their intelligence, their wisdom, their > > > sensitivity, etc. > > > > > > But, aside from rejections, the point about Octavia Butler > > > being "unable to write" is really not something we can really > > > understand. > > > > > > After all, which of us has gotten a multi-thousand > dollar "genius" > > > grant! So we really don't know what such a burden could do to a > > > person, especially to a person who may be morbidly introspective > or > > > incredibly shy. This was no other blessing, for instance. Of > course > > > there were health issues too and that also gets into the way. So > how > > > do we know how a shy person with a bad heart and high blood > pressure > > > will deal with something like that? We can muse about how we > would > > > react, but in the long run...... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --- In SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com, "Nora" <njem@> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Community email addresses: > Post message: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com > Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subscribe Digest Mode: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > Community email addresses: Post message: SciFiNoir_Lit@yahoogroups.com Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe Digest Mode: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED]: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SciFiNoir_Lit/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
