From: mumble@nomail.invalid   
      
   On 06/11/2014 05:18 AM, Sea Wasp (Ryk E. Spoor) wrote:   
   > On 6/11/14 4:32 AM, mumble wrote:   
   >> On 06/09/2014 10:17 PM, Bill Swears wrote:   
   >>> On 6/3/2014 5:47 PM, Carl Dershem wrote:   
   >>>> For a current WIP:   
   >>>>   
   >>>> You are given one wish (with the usual caveats - no wishing for more   
   >>>> wishes, no breaking the wall between life and death, no interfering   
   >>>> with   
   >>>> someone else's Free Will).  What do you wish for?   
   >>>>   
   >>>> cd   
   >>>>   
   >>>   
   >>> A three book contract.   
   >>   
   >> Contracts are muse-death.   
   >   
   >      Oh, not at all. They're things that give me the ability to spend   
   > more time writing. Contracts justify the time I spend writing to my   
   > family. Taking days out of my very limited spare time to sit by myself   
   > typing stories is hard to justify without a contract showing that not   
   > only have I been paid to do this, but I'll be paid MORE when I finish it.   
   >   
   >      This also takes some stress OFF of me, by paying for stuff that I   
   > need done and can't otherwise afford. Less stress = better writing.   
   >   
   >   
      
   I think you're doing it the hard way, but if that's how you do it and it   
   works for you, fine.  I kept a family flying in formation for long   
   enough to get it flying on its own, so I certainly understand the   
   must-deal aspect.  If I'd known then what I know now, I'd have done it   
   differently, but I didn't.   
      
   --- SoupGate-Win32 v1.05   
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