Callico wrote on Oct 5^th, 2013 at 2:36am:


Tom Clancy didn't get published too quickly either. He had at least one book "finished" before he got "The Hunt for Red October" published by a non-mainstream publisher. It was only when Ronald Reagen was given a copy of the book as an xmas gift and he commented how good it was did his writing career take off.

And RIP Tom too. He was an early internet user and used to frequently interact with people in the mid-90s via the Usenet newsgroup alt.books.tom-clancy, posting mainly under his own name. He'd write about anything from explaining details in his books to current affairs often with information directly from the people involved. It used to be quite an insight to have him email you with information. And at the time it was incredibly rare to have authors interact like that being a decade or more before social media took off.

Similarly plenty of other great writers like Asimov and Heinlein (both masters in science fiction) had plenty of rejections early in their careers.

I have always said reading was the best thing I ever learned to do. I am never without a book. And none of these electronic thingies - I like to do it the old fashioned way.
My husband on the other hand, has never read a book except for the ones he was FORCED to read at school. I loved any lessons which included literature and reading and couldn't wait for my library time.

I'm always with my Kindle (I love those things and can go from one book to another). But I do love to read and always have. I actually ready "Gone With the Wind" when I was about 11 just because it had a "dirty" word in it. The Librarian even called my parents when I checked it out thinking it was too "old" for me. But I ready every word till I got down to the "damn" and really thought I was grown up then.

We had a librarian who always made us give reports on anything we checked out of the library and she was surprised when I told her the whole story of "Gone with the Wind". She never questioned what I checked out after that.

Priceless !!!    

Today was yet another day without a hint of a CH. I was chronic starting back in 90's until recently, so this is a whole new world for me. 

I don't know if this pain free wonderland is from vitamin D, RC seeds, vitamin M or all of them. Each was savagely branded as Heresy by the screaming hoards back in the day........

Maybe it’s just old age and the chemistry isn’t real – or maybe I just “didn’t do it right.” 

I clearly know that it is indeed good, to go from curled up in a writhing ball of agony exploring the dark and scary parts of my mind - to exclaiming out loud: "Life is Good!", every day.

From my limited (and obviously narrow) perspective, each and every day is indeed good news…... YMMV

Marc

JustNotRight

My kids are going grey. THAT makes you feel old.

Maz.

Marc wrote on Oct 8^th, 2013 at 8:02pm:


THAT IS WONDERFUL!!!!!   

Jackie and Jerry,

As both of you know, I've been here since '99, so there just aren't too many "new" things to try beyond BOL. Like so many of us, I have spent hours in agony and holding an O2 mask on the face of another CH sufferer - and watching them cry in the "let down" relief phase of a bad hit.

It's just plain WEIRD to have mine stop like this.......I mean, just plain STOP! Very little "ramp down", no warning. Sort of like when I had my first hit in '78 - but in reverse: Instant and immediate.

I'm not dumb enough to believe that it's really over, but this is the absolute longest break since the high stress period when my house burned down 15 years ago. I got a month break in 2011 when a monster forest fire of burned down everyone else's (1,700 homes) house except mine. Stress (adrenaline) is GOOD! 

Once more - I repeat:
- I don't know why they have stopped
- My treatment plan has been Vitamin D, Vitamin "M" and RC seeds
- I have heard that CH's stop when you get really, really old like Bob P and and I aspire to reach that goal......

Life is WAAAAAAAY beyond good now. For those of you born in the right era: It's just plain Bitch'n!

LYG,
Marc

I've just become a grandad, for the first time. My son and
his partner are the proud parents of a baby girl 6 pounds
2 ounces. They have named her Matilda. That makes her
famous here down under already. 

Hoppy.

Congrats Hoppy.

When does she start waltzing?

Congrats, Hoppy!

My good news :

My month long retirement trip has come around at last,    and I'll be off at 5am tomorrow morning.    We've been saving up for 5 years, so it's been a long time coming.

I may not be able to post here for a while, but I'll be back. Don't know what I'd do without you all now.
Maz

Make it a hoot Maz!   

Joe