My manuscript is literally bigger than The Stand! I have proof!
But seriously, wouldn’t you love to be able to say that about your body of work and actually mean it in more than a literal sense? Even if I’m that good, which I suspect that possibly I’m not, (ahem) there’s no chance in hell, or even Castle Rock that I can catch up to the great SK. I didn’t start early enough. In fact, by my calculations I’d have to live to be a hundred and twenty five and seven-eighths years old to write as many books as Stephen King has and will. And honestly, I can’t see myself writing much past my 120th birthday anyway.
Conclusion: I’m destined to spend the rest of my existence wheezing on his literary dust. And enjoying the Castle Rock out of his books.



November 14, 2014 at 9:45 pm
I`m so impressed, Linda…mother of 2 teens!! and finding the time to squeeze in a novel or two…I admire your discipline.
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November 14, 2014 at 9:47 pm
Thank you, Oliana. They all keep me on my toes. 🙂
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November 14, 2014 at 9:50 pm
I have to do more flash fictions to push myself…after 2000 words I am bored with my thoughts. Need to set up a map. Living vicariously through you and other writers gives me hope
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November 14, 2014 at 9:54 pm
For me, anything between 500 words and 50,000 words and I’m on shaky ground. I have a hard time doing middle-sized anything. 😛
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November 14, 2014 at 9:03 am
and this one is fine again? As was one liner Wednesday – griffon. (It is there)
Hope support hurry the – up.
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November 14, 2014 at 9:07 am
I’m still not seeing the one-liner post – but then I can’t see my sidebar either.
I hope so too!
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November 14, 2014 at 9:08 am
Well it is defo out of whack somehow – even if I can see your sidebar Babe.
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November 14, 2014 at 9:09 am
Yep. Talk to you later – thanks for all your help. 🙂
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November 14, 2014 at 2:18 pm
You are most welcome…hope it is resolved by now?
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November 14, 2014 at 2:22 pm
Nope. I got the gratitude post back, but there are still 3 missing. And I can only see my sidebar when I’m looking at a specific page, but I can’t see it on my home page.
Still waiting for support…
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November 14, 2014 at 2:32 pm
OH damn. I am gonna have a look what it looks like this side..
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November 14, 2014 at 2:32 pm
Thanks 🙂
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November 14, 2014 at 2:36 pm
Side bar gone on home page… 😦 😦 – when on a post it is there! – Weird. At least it is friday – friday is not too busy is it.
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November 14, 2014 at 2:42 pm
Ha!
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November 14, 2014 at 2:48 pm
Sorry… its shitty I know 😦
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November 14, 2014 at 2:50 pm
stupid thing I thought of: have you checked the widgets to see if the setting under ‘visibility’ is still right?I wonder if your themes layout has changed for some reason??
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November 14, 2014 at 3:00 pm
I checked my widgets and they looked okay so I just got out… and now everything is back! Coincidence?
Whatever.
Thanks, Belinda!! 😀
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November 14, 2014 at 3:04 pm
YAY! AMEN HALLEfucking lujah! …how odd…
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November 14, 2014 at 3:07 pm
Hahahahaha! Oh God, Belinda, you make me laugh. 😀
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November 14, 2014 at 3:13 pm
I love it – we both did that at the same time…made each other laugh… ❤
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November 14, 2014 at 6:31 pm
😀
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November 14, 2014 at 7:58 am
If you did one a month – like we are supposed to do in November, you see…
you just are not thinking practically and realistically dear …. excuses excuses. 😀
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November 14, 2014 at 8:26 am
Hahaha! You’re right! Who needs quality when you can have QUANTITY!!
By the way, when I look at my site I can’t see my right sidebar and my November 11th posts are missing. Could you take a quick peek and let me know if it’s just me? Thanks, m’dear. 🙂
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November 14, 2014 at 8:29 am
I am there like a bear….
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November 14, 2014 at 8:30 am
Ahh! A bear! *runs away*
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November 14, 2014 at 8:33 am
CHILL chick…just a teddy bear 😛
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November 14, 2014 at 8:35 am
Phew! *shuffles back*
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November 14, 2014 at 8:48 am
🙂
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November 14, 2014 at 8:31 am
I can see the bar – poblano 12 and 13 – underneath is one liner Wednesday. I see no dated 11
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November 14, 2014 at 8:33 am
I posted three things on the 11th. One of them was the gratitude thing.
But you can see the sidebar? And the Friday prompt at the top of the page?
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November 14, 2014 at 8:47 am
You got -‘visit fiction blog; then ‘you are following’; then ‘copyright’, then recent posts – and there are five: SOcs is top and clever math 5th
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November 14, 2014 at 8:52 am
Thanks very much for this. 🙂
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November 14, 2014 at 8:53 am
😀 YW
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November 14, 2014 at 1:04 am
Congratulations. How exciting. I would be happy if I wrote one book to start. No good comparing yourself to another writer.
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November 13, 2014 at 11:18 pm
I love the smell of paper in the morning! You rock, Linda G. 🙂
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November 13, 2014 at 8:32 pm
Are the font size, spacing, and paper weight identical?
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November 13, 2014 at 8:57 pm
Errr… no.
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November 13, 2014 at 7:13 pm
My pile of printed pages doesn’t look so large anymore~! Well done
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November 13, 2014 at 7:24 pm
Thanks, Rose! 😀
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November 13, 2014 at 6:32 pm
That’s some impressive math! Go for it!
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November 13, 2014 at 6:46 pm
My only consolation is that when I’m 120, Stephen King will be 136… well past the age of writing books. I hope.
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November 13, 2014 at 5:37 pm
You know, writing it is enough work, but you printed it out, too? It’s incredible! 😀
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November 13, 2014 at 6:27 pm
To be completely honest, the printer did most of the work. 😛 Now I’ve gotta read it!
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November 13, 2014 at 8:42 pm
Isn’t that terrible? Sometimes I get sick of reading my stuff. 😦
But still, YAY MANUSCRIPT! 😀
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November 13, 2014 at 8:58 pm
I haven’t gotten sick of this yet – I’m thinking that may be a good sign. 😀 Yay indeed!
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November 14, 2014 at 7:54 am
LMAO!!! – Hey – how’s Nano going Joey?
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November 14, 2014 at 2:32 pm
Oh it’s swell. Only been behind since day 3! Yay!
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November 14, 2014 at 2:42 pm
LOL. Um sorry – OH dear 😉 Hey – you are doing it!! That is what matters!! 😀
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November 14, 2014 at 2:46 pm
Thanks, yeah. I have a strong editorial sense and it fights me for time. But I AM DOING IT 😀
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November 14, 2014 at 2:52 pm
Oooh – yeah – THAT could really make it tricky hey. LEAVE that delete button ALONE Jen 😛
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November 13, 2014 at 5:27 pm
Wow, your book is at least 5 times bigger than King’s. You are my new hero Linda.
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November 13, 2014 at 6:27 pm
Thank you. Thank you very much. 😉
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November 13, 2014 at 5:06 pm
Bless you, your creativity and ability to endure such a task!!!!!! Wow! The tack alone is mighty impressive! Congrats, Linda!!
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November 13, 2014 at 5:08 pm
Thank you, Heather. 😀
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November 13, 2014 at 5:10 pm
I wrote three very lame chaptures once….just once. It is another world to poetry, I never knew just how hard it was. Really, hats off to you ❤
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November 13, 2014 at 6:23 pm
I suppose, like anything, some things come easier to some people than others, ya know?
It’s very different than poetry, which is an art mastered by very few.
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November 13, 2014 at 6:29 pm
🙂 True. I thought that as I started my “novel”, then understood people better when the say they could never write a poem. That is, was, very hard for me to comprehend. So now I just have to think novel, and I get it.
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November 13, 2014 at 6:31 pm
Yep, that’s about the size of it. 🙂
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