H.J. Bender ([info]hjbender) wrote,
@ 2009-05-21 17:51:00
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Current mood:ambitious
Current music:Eisbrecher - Herz Steht Still
Entry tags:books, school, writing

Stop being so technical.
Thinking about changing my major. Again. Schools, too. My potential occupation field doesn't seem very promising. I just need something I can do until I publish my first book and garner the hatred of the world like my hero, Stephenie Meyer. In any case, graduating from tech school sounds so much more badass than a state college.

Started reading another Clive Cussler novel, Plague Ship. I inherited it from a cock-up of duplicate birthday gifts. As formulaic and predictable as they are, the dude knows how cultivate suspense and action. The sheer volume of his work is pretty admirable, too. And at least I can understand what the hell is going on, unlike my last experience with a Cormac McArrghy novella. Won't go down that Road again.

Ahh. Dinnertime. Everything is well.




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[info]kazokuhouou
2009-05-21 10:29 pm UTC (link)
Yeah, but the difference between you and her is you actually write well.

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[info]hjbender
2009-05-22 02:38 am UTC (link)
Stephen King said that about Rowling vs. Meyer, too. Heh heh, Meyer got burned.

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[info]meewunk
2009-05-22 01:11 pm UTC (link)
What are you thinking about changing your major to? Also you are not Stephenie Meyer so shush your face >:|

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[info]hjbender
2009-05-22 04:15 pm UTC (link)
Healthcare Management/Coding Technician. Basically it's bookkeeping for patients instead of accounts, which is what I've been doing for the past ten years (accounts, that is). People don't stop getting old and sick, so the field's expected to grow very well.

...But if I could do what Meyer did, I wouldn't have to work a job that makes me even more OCD than I already am. Ngk.

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[info]dannath
2009-05-22 05:53 pm UTC (link)
Oh, pfff, I have the same problem. Like, what can I do BEFORE writing.
I'm starting to believe that thing I heard about Writing ruining you for any other kind of work.
Stephenie Meyer? God, Hatred <-> Money, it's hard, but I just don't think anyone can manage such a level of suckage, really.

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[info]hjbender
2009-05-22 06:44 pm UTC (link)
Jeez, don't tell me that. I want to at least be able to hope I'm good for some kind of real job. Heh.

I heard something about Meyer writing the Twilight series just so she could pay off her car. Looks like she accomplished that, but did she have to destroy the validity of popular literature in the process?

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