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As I lay here resting and nursing whatever this malady is, I have been answering comments and thinking. One thing my mind wandered off to was the various stereotypes about authors. We drink, we’re eccentric, we’re sensitive, we’re aloof, etc. Then my mind wandered to humor and that April 1st is a month away. I’m not a prankster though, so I have to make people laugh differently.
This is going to be simple. List an author stereotype in the comments and I’ll use it to make a fun, cheeky post on April 1st. Honestly, the two have very little to do with each other, but that’s the first open day I have on my schedule.
So, what strange things have you heard people say about authors?
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That authors make a lot of money
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Oh yeah. That’s a weird one to hear.
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And then there is the related and contradictory stereotype that authors make virtually nothing at all. 🙂
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Just can’t win. Those are both great to add into the fun. 🙂
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The can’t win part seems to be dead-on; it’s just not one of the stereotypes (as far as I know). 🙂
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Maybe for some it is. 😛
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Coffee… we live on coffee…
Hope you’re feeling better Charles.
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Doing better. Snow day has the kid at some, so I’m not getting the amount of work done that I’d have liked.
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Maybe not such a bad thing if you aren’t well.
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Yes and no. It isn’t like I get to relax. He’s all energy.
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Swap you for Ani 😉
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This one eats Mac & Cheese and pizza sticks. Enjoy. 😛
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You think Ani is any different? 😉
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One could always hope for a different menu. Though it means we don’t have to go shopping.
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Ani doesn’t care… food is food 🙂
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A writer is making everyone they know/meet/love/pisses them off be a character in their books.
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That’s an interesting one. I’ve met a lot that actually do that, so I guess there’s more truth to it than people realize. Thanks.
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Writers are wasting their time.
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That’s always a cruel one.
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I got told that recently by a fella who spends 12 hours a day on an online video game … while he is very proud of his glowy sword it took him six months to make I told him I’ll keep wasting my time on something a bit more tangible.
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Wow. I’d not be able to keep a straight face there.
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That we’re all alcoholics, of course! 😀
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That’s the one that came to my mind first.
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I was stunned that no one else mentioned it!
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I was going to in the post, but wanted to see if it came up.
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Writers brains are wired differently otherwise how can they dream up what they write without actually experiencing it. i.e., they’re all nuts 😀
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Hmmm . . . I’ve actually wondered if my brain is wired differently. Though one could say that about anyone. It’s an interesting stereotype because it can be connected to anyone who excels in a field.
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Indeed Charles but at least your brain IS wired, unlike those who have no wiring and excel at being Trolls, etc 😀
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Good point. Though one could hope such a person would use their powers for good some day.
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I can only imagine they might make good draft excluders at the bottom of doors lol 😀
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Writers are lonely introverts.
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We aren’t? *words echo throughout empty house* 😛
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Writers publish a book and then sit back and enjoy the glory.
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Yup. I know a few people who think that’s what I do all day.
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Authors can’t write unless in an ivory tower, i.e. alone – no people around.
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If only that were true. 😀
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Authors are master procrastinators. 😉
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Interesting. I’ll respond tomorrow.
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Of course, our hair is disheveled, we haven’t showered in a week, our eyes are red from lack of sleep, we’re wearing dirty, wrinkled clothes… I guess you get the picture. 🙂
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So we’re disheveled and messy. 🙂
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So is an author a successful writer? You might play off the shades of meaning between the two. I tend to see authors as published and successful whereas a writer is still trying. I also think of writers as shy and reserved fitting the introvert stereotype mentioned in earlier comments.
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Thanks. I might write about that at some point. This is more for information to use in a rather comedic post. At least I hope it’s comedic. I’m really hit or miss with those things. I think I have a post from when I started this blog about being an author, a writer, and a storyteller. I’ll have to hunt that one down.
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Anti-social, rude when interrupted, stare piercingly a lot, ask deeply personal questions without blinking an eye, and know a lot about disturbing and weird things that would never occur to non-writers to ever consider. 😀
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You know, I don’t really hear the last one. A lot of ‘daydreamers’, but not much along the ‘disturbing thinker’ thing.
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From all the researching things for our books to get it all right. Granted – I do write some weird stuff, and now I know quite a lot about how to biologically delete mankind, with a bit of access to a darkened lab somewhere and a couple of diseases.
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I just know dragons, elves, and magic. None of that seems useful or interesting in this place people call reality. 😀
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