i enjoyed reading this piece of writing by bradley sands.  i also enjoyed the tips for a sexier stomach on the side of the page.  reading the piece of writing by bradley sands and then learning how to get a sexier stomach, really, felt like two consecutive wins.

chris higgs’ latest post produced a discussion about audience.  i have thought about this before.  my question is: can you ever have an audience (outside of yourself) in mind while you are writing?  if you have an audience in mind before writing, doesn’t that mean that you are dealing with something that is already common?  and doesn’t that mean that you are offering something that is not truly unique?  the discussion branched off into the classic “indie small audience” versus the “mainstream big audience” talk.  i don’t understand anyone wanting either in advance.  audience seems to be something that happens afterward, long after anything the writer does.  i understand eventually feeling good about a large group of people reading something you are pleased with, but i don’t understand wanting this in advance of pleasing yourself.  again, i am not suggesting that only small audiences are good (good meaning representative of quality) and big audiences are always bad.  what i mean is, can you imagine how drained a book that appeals to the whole world would be?  i don’t think it’s even possible to imagine a book the entire u.s. would like, or an entire state.  which to me, seems to mean that the audience you don’t have is also important.  i’m just thinking.

there’s this.

what do you think of htmlgiant up until this point.  what is your perception of this website.

i think this is a good post about publishing.

i am assuming that a lot of people who read this site do not write their own work for a living, meaning, their income is predominantly the result of another job.  what have other jobs taught you about writing?  i worked at a daycare and i learned that even a book someone may want to hear read to them day after day is still not as important as juicey juice and graham crackers and a table full of your friends.  i worked as a house painter and i learned that thinking long term is depressing and to focus on just doing small things right.  i have learned working with customers at other jobs that each individual’s problem is almost always him or herself, but his or her life manifests as a series of outward aggressions.  working at a pizza place i learned my boss was a dick and that some people hate you so much they don’t even need a two week notice.   these are pretty cliched lessons but i am posting this because i like to know what other writers (not necessarily famous) do or did for work.  also, since there are more writing programs at colleges, (maybe) it has become easier to do something related to writing for a living.  how does this type of job impact writing?  i can’t tell if this is a good or interesting article.  the school across the street from my apartment just had a three hour recess beginning early in the morning so i feel demented.