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David J. Williams » Blog Archive » tick tick tick tick tick tick tick — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 16:47:01 +0000

[…] all the uproar over my cat last week, I’m only just now getting to the long-awaited report by Congress on weapons of […]

By: David Williams

David Williams — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 16:43:57 +0000

@ John: yanno, it still amazes me how many of the reviewers totally missed my attempt at humor. . . they thought some of those lines were intended to be taken 100% SERIOUS. #$# aargh!

stay tuned for even better lines in book two. . . .

By: John Carrasquillo

John Carrasquillo — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 12:58:21 +0000

hahahahaha that was funny as hell. I can’t open a box in the house without Logan, my cat making himself a home in it to see how nice it feels. At the moment his new home is under the xmass tree. As for the ending of your 2nd book, it’s going to be interesting as hell to see what you have come with, as we left the story where the world is one giant shit pile. I’m still pissed that my boy was killed. One of the things I loved most about the M.H. was that everybody was a wise ass, It kept me laughing while turning the next page. It sure would be great to see some of the high tech armor suits on the big screen.
John

By: Joni

Joni — Mon, 08 Dec 2008 08:12:09 +0000

That’s my number

By: meesh

meesh — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 18:52:01 +0000

at least the cat won’t hack up any hair balls.

By: David Williams

David Williams — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 17:50:40 +0000

@ Joni, congratulations, according to my blog dashboard you’ve just made post #666.

@World of Higlet: if it were a purity of work vs. selling out dichotomy, it would be easy. .but there’s the very good chance that their advice really *is* the right decision. We shall see. . .

@ everybody else, the Cat says aaaaaaaaack.

By: Joni

Joni — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 06:56:46 +0000

Ah, the sequel is coming As I can’t provide any helpful advice what to do, all I can say is ‘good luck’ making the decision. It is not en enviable position since once you have let the thing go, it’s gone and affects how possible sequels form.

By: Brian

Brian — Fri, 05 Dec 2008 02:02:56 +0000

How about renaming The Cat to Evil Hell-Beast with Fur? A picture can’t be far behind.

http://www.lolcats.com/

By: meesh

meesh — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:33:42 +0000

calling the cat ‘the cat’ is like me calling the baby ‘the baby’ all the time when said baby actually has a name, which incidentally is ‘cat’.

By: worldofhiglet

worldofhiglet — Thu, 04 Dec 2008 21:06:30 +0000

Oh, that’s a toughie, made all the harder because ONLY YOU CAN DECIDE! But that’s the beauty of being an author – you have absolute power.

You can reject their suggestion and maintain the purity of your work in the knowledge that while it will make your life harder in the short term while they furrow their brows and tactfully suggest that you are a damned fool, in the end you kept your story-telling true. And if it puts the skids under this or future deals then, you know, you’re an artist and thems the breaks.

Or be pragmatic and decide that when you’re counting the royalties in a few months you won’t care about that minor plot point. Or major plot point. Or the fact that it changed the whole damned thing and now it’s not even your book anymore……!

No, I know I’m not helping but I do feel your pain. As an as-yet unpublished writer I have no idea what I would do in your place. If it’s that important stick to your guns. If it’s minor let it ride and finish the thing.

Best of luck and let us know what you decided!