Comments on: Answer?

By: Greg - Cowboy in the Jungle

Greg - Cowboy in the Jungle — Wed, 06 Jul 2005 23:30:00 +0000

Horror writers have goofy eyes. Look at Stephen King. It helps if you have one that constantly looks off to the side and huge glasses to draw attention to them.

An "interesting" scar is always a plus and horror/thriller/pshychological authors are notoriously bad dressers with no sense of fashion. If you get closer you may catch the faint whiff of Mountain Dew and Cheeze Poofs. Even closer and you can see the orange residue from the poofs in the crevices of their teeth when they smile big.

What? You've never seen the stereotypical horror writer smile? Mention a hot looking Klingon or a Romulan in a regulation leotard. You'll see them pearly oranges glaring back at you like highway cones.

I'd take it as an EXTREME compliment that you don't look like a horror writer. It means you are a sharp dresser, have good social skills and are on top of your personal hygene. You are probably also athletic and have a reasonably healthy diet.

By: Penelope Marzec

Penelope Marzec — Sat, 02 Jul 2005 01:09:00 +0000

I'm a romance writer. You can probably imagine the strange questions I've gotten from people.

As far as we know, Agatha Christie didn't murder anyone even though she wrote a lot about the topic.

Writers have imaginations and use them. Evidently, non-writers don't.

By: Rio

Rio — Fri, 01 Jul 2005 02:57:00 +0000

I hate it when people say “You don’t look like a minister to me!” – usually their surprise is due to my gender or the fact that I like updated clothes and make-up And, EM, I think you do look like a writer, and you are a very good one, and there are a lot of clueless people in the world.

By: Amstaff Mom

Amstaff Mom — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 21:18:00 +0000

AWWWWW EM! Your Enviro-spouse is so sweet. Very touching.

By: Eddo

Eddo — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:28:00 +0000

EM! Your comment just popped in my inbox while I was reading your site! Are we of one mind, one consciousness, one thought process? I think maybe.

Great post. I hate when people interrogate me about my book – mostly because I don’t want them to steal my brilliant plot.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:25:00 +0000

“What does your husband do?”…

Repeat after me: “He loves me and believes in my writing career.”

- Envirospouse

By: Edgy Mama

Edgy Mama — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:16:00 +0000

Thanks, Vicki, Lia and Karen, for the support.

OMG, The Zero Boss left a comment on my blog! The Hound of the Baskervilles, Jay?

Actually, I don't know the Trekkie hand signal, Ben. But I'm sure E-spouse does--he went to MIT.

Chad, you haven't mentioned your excess skin before. Gross, but brilliant image. And you, of all people, should write a novel.

By: Karen

Karen — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 12:48:00 +0000

Too many questions!! GAH! You handled it beautifully

By: Lia

Lia — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 10:37:00 +0000

Horror and SF writers are NOT nerds! They are awesome people who do the name of “writer” proud and make a lot of people really happy and save some people from killing themselves by providing an escape from depressing real life.

By: Chad

Chad — Thu, 30 Jun 2005 02:15:00 +0000

I suggest a non-Trekkie hand signal . . .

Wow. Makes me want to finish my novel and publish. Or maybe I’ll learn to make leather shoes from my excess skin. That sounds like more fun.