Comments for Christine Merrill

Comment on AAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!! by joseph smariela

joseph smariela — Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:27:34 +0000

A great dentist is hard to come by these days.

Comment on Drip Dry Diva by Christine Merrill

Christine Merrill — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 16:22:47 +0000

Odd jobs pretty wll sums up everything I did before writing. Even as a librarian, I was kind of a slacker. It wasn’t until the last 9 months of my working life that I had a job that was full time with decent pay and benefits. I finally had the chance to grow up. And promptly turned and ran in the opposite direction. I couldn’t hack it, and had quit in less than a year.

Except for motherhood. I managed to keep up with that, all right. The pay is lousy, but you work from home.

My advice to writers is, have some combination of these 3 things: an indulgent spouse with good health care, an inattentive boss who doesn’t care that you are putting your energy into writing, or comfort with a low standard of living.

Also, nerves of steel.

And here is the best advice ever, from Patrick Rothfuss. Who strangely enough, also lives in Wisconsin.

http://blog.patrickrothfuss.com/2010/02/fanmail-q-a-advice-for-new-writers/

Comment on Drip Dry Diva by tv guy

tv guy — Thu, 22 Jul 2010 05:49:31 +0000

I wish I could write like you as Margaret Laurence once said “When I say “work” I only mean writing. Everything else is just odd jobs.”

Comment on Another one bites the dust by Victoria Janssen

Victoria Janssen — Mon, 19 Jul 2010 12:43:19 +0000

Yay for a done draft!!!

Comment on Miss Winthorpe’s Elopement by The Good, The Bad and The Unread » REVIEW: Miss Winthrope’s Elopement by Christine Merrill

Sat, 10 Jul 2010 06:03:18 +0000

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Comment on Guestbook by Mark Vice

Mark Vice — Sat, 12 Jun 2010 19:54:55 +0000

I love it!

Comment on Bratwurst with Mr. Romance by Emily

Emily — Wed, 02 Jun 2010 09:47:08 +0000

To paraphrase Freud, sometimes a bratwurst is just a bratwurst.

Comment on Bratwurst with Mr. Romance by Steve

Steve — Fri, 28 May 2010 20:28:49 +0000

Andrew, you gave the mangeant humor and class (except for that offset wifebeater moment. Had to restrain myself from coming up on stage and fixing that for you).

And half a bratwurst is still a tasty sausage.

Comment on damn you, Jamie Lee by Barbara Monajem

Barbara Monajem — Tue, 18 May 2010 14:31:04 +0000

Our Aldi’s has great grapes, and grapes in whatever language are just as sweet.

Comment on Bratwurst with Mr. Romance by Christine Merrill

Christine Merrill — Wed, 12 May 2010 13:08:18 +0000

I was on the end of a table and there was actually an empty space between me and her. But it didn’t take very long for her line to grow past the empty space, then past me and down the major aisle. They moved her to you when it blocked enough traffic.

In the meantime, I was swamped by vampire loving teens. I got a lot of sympathy, from the people who did see me. I wanted to tell them not to worry. Because seriously, I am used to people being more famous than me. It happens pretty often.

But when you go to visit the therapist, and say you sat next to Richelle Mead, and the therapist says, “I know who she is!”…

Sometimes fate just rubs your nose in it.