Comments on: Should I Write a Book? http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/ It's like reality TV. Except it's real. And there's no TV. Fri, 04 Mar 2022 03:21:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: sharon http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/comment-page-3/#comment-409086 sharon Fri, 26 Sep 2008 00:09:40 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/#comment-409086 I enjoyed your story very good and I wish that I could get someone to publish my book even though I have heard from alot of companies that said that my book was very interesting to publish but I need to get paid now because I have a special needs daughter and right now I need things for her and her two special needs brothers. I enjoyed your story very good and I wish that I could get someone to publish my book even though I have heard from alot of companies that said that my book was very interesting to publish but I need to get paid now because I have a special needs daughter and right now I need things for her and her two special needs brothers.

]]> By: Drew http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/comment-page-3/#comment-255227 Drew Thu, 05 Jun 2008 02:04:25 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/#comment-255227 Fatty, I think you know your answer already. As you've posted before, your time with Susan is precious, though that time won't be spent dwelling over the future, but of what is happening now. Start the book, include Susan's opinion as if this were a time like any other. I'm sure Susan's most important concern is you and your family's happiness. Best of luck and WIN SUSAN! Fatty, I think you know your answer already. As you’ve posted before, your time with Susan is precious, though that time won’t be spent dwelling over the future, but of what is happening now. Start the book, include Susan’s opinion as if this were a time like any other. I’m sure Susan’s most important concern is you and your family’s happiness. Best of luck and WIN SUSAN!

]]> By: Donald http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/comment-page-3/#comment-251117 Donald Tue, 03 Jun 2008 11:45:37 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/#comment-251117 Write it... and we will read. Just do it when the time feels right. There will of course be those times when it doesn't feel right because of what you're going through but then again that's how the blog has helped you, your family and all of us. We will all connect in some way with your message. Write it… and we will read. Just do it when the time feels right. There will of course be those times when it doesn’t feel right because of what you’re going through but then again that’s how the blog has helped you, your family and all of us.
We will all connect in some way with your message.

]]> By: Nina in Ohio http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/comment-page-3/#comment-240085 Nina in Ohio Thu, 29 May 2008 20:25:54 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/#comment-240085 Fatty - Write the book - for yourself and for those who are and will be going thru what you are - when you finally have some time to get to it. In the meantime, keep up the blog and then use it to write your book. But keep the flexibility of no deadlines right now - no one hovering over you expecting something - so you can concentrate on your family. You definitely have the voice for a book. Fatty –

Write the book – for yourself and for those who are and will be going thru what you are – when you finally have some time to get to it.

In the meantime, keep up the blog and then use it to write your book. But keep the flexibility of no deadlines right now – no one hovering over you expecting something – so you can concentrate on your family. You definitely have the voice for a book.

]]> By: sasquatch http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/comment-page-3/#comment-239453 sasquatch Thu, 29 May 2008 14:17:45 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/#comment-239453 Though I appreciate several things about your writing, the thing I think you do best is capture internal, often status-conscious rumination and translate it to the absurd action it inspires. Nobody I've read does that quite as well as you do. It rings so true, and there's something about the way you finesse your punchlines that turns flat-out hilarious to extra flat-out hilarious. That quality alone should sell some books, and it's true that there is no deeper material than what you're working with under your own roof. Though I appreciate several things about your writing, the thing I think you do best is capture internal, often status-conscious rumination and translate it to the absurd action it inspires. Nobody I’ve read does that quite as well as you do. It rings so true, and there’s something about the way you finesse your punchlines that turns flat-out hilarious to extra flat-out hilarious. That quality alone should sell some books, and it’s true that there is no deeper material than what you’re working with under your own roof.

]]> By: DL Byron http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/comment-page-3/#comment-238675 DL Byron Thu, 29 May 2008 05:39:47 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/#comment-238675 Hardest thing I've ever done was write a book (about blogging) and despite that working now on a book about bikes and other media titles. Hardest thing I’ve ever done was write a book (about blogging) and despite that working now on a book about bikes and other media titles.

]]> By: Jot http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/comment-page-3/#comment-238550 Jot Thu, 29 May 2008 04:38:28 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/#comment-238550 I thought about what you should write. How you could do it. Then I thought of what you really needed to hear: Yes. Seriously. I can write stuff that is as funny as yours. A single article takes me weeks of revision and consideration. Then, it is as good a read as what you can crank out daily. My neighbors actually ANTICIPATE my Christmas letter every year. It is not as good as yours. Write a book. Fiction. Non-fiction. Cookbook. I don't care. (Ok, maybe I do look forward to a cookbook...but I can tell you those things are hard to write!) Let us know. We'll buy it. -Jot I thought about what you should write. How you could do it. Then I thought of what you really needed to hear:

Yes.

Seriously. I can write stuff that is as funny as yours. A single article takes me weeks of revision and consideration. Then, it is as good a read as what you can crank out daily.

My neighbors actually ANTICIPATE my Christmas letter every year. It is not as good as yours.

Write a book. Fiction. Non-fiction. Cookbook. I don’t care. (Ok, maybe I do look forward to a cookbook…but I can tell you those things are hard to write!) Let us know. We’ll buy it.

-Jot

]]> By: chutneyboy http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/comment-page-3/#comment-238402 chutneyboy Thu, 29 May 2008 03:11:58 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/#comment-238402 Fatty, I'm a long time lurker on your blog. I cannot answer whether you should write a book. I can say that in the last few weeks, you have produced what may be your best writing ever. Bittersweet. Peace and victory to you and Susan. -m. Fatty,

I’m a long time lurker on your blog. I cannot answer whether you should write a book. I can say that in the last few weeks, you have produced what may be your best writing ever. Bittersweet.

Peace and victory to you and Susan.

-m.

]]> By: Cheryl http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/comment-page-3/#comment-238149 Cheryl Thu, 29 May 2008 00:53:14 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/#comment-238149 Yes! Written in a Journal type format would be wonderful. I don't think there is one person that I know that has not had their life touched by cancer. Most have so many questions...and look for someone that has gone through the same emotions...I was a young child when I lost my last living parent to cancer. I knew that I had accepted that my Mother would die....when I began to pray for Heavenly Father to take her with him...to ease her pain. From reading your blog,..you would keep it real. Stay strong and I pray for you and yours daily! Yes! Written in a Journal type format would be wonderful. I don’t think there is one person that I know that has not had their life touched by cancer. Most have so many questions…and look for someone that has gone through the same emotions…I was a young child when I lost my last living parent to cancer. I knew that I had accepted that my Mother would die….when I began to pray for Heavenly Father to take her with him…to ease her pain. From reading your blog,..you would keep it real. Stay strong and I pray for you and yours daily!

]]> By: mgr http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/comment-page-3/#comment-238093 mgr Thu, 29 May 2008 00:24:27 +0000 http://www.fatcyclist.com/2008/05/27/should-i-write-a-book/#comment-238093 Sorry, late response. Now that the Harry Potter series is over, there's a void in the coming-of-age market. You could fill it by writing something for the twins to grow up with, something full of sadness and love and pain and joy and about being part of a family facing difficult challenges, watching the people around you fight the good fight with hope and love and courage. You know, like, in the real world magic doesn't come from sorcery and spells, it comes from friends and family and well-wishers you might never even meet. But I kind of think you might want to write it symbolically, by which I mean, honestly and meaningfully but not necessarily in an autobiographical or journalistic style. More like a novel, you know? Just for the sake of not having to live through it twice, if that makes any sense. Sorry, late response.

Now that the Harry Potter series is over, there’s a void in the coming-of-age market. You could fill it by writing something for the twins to grow up with, something full of sadness and love and pain and joy and about being part of a family facing difficult challenges, watching the people around you fight the good fight with hope and love and courage. You know, like, in the real world magic doesn’t come from sorcery and spells, it comes from friends and family and well-wishers you might never even meet.

But I kind of think you might want to write it symbolically, by which I mean, honestly and meaningfully but not necessarily in an autobiographical or journalistic style. More like a novel, you know? Just for the sake of not having to live through it twice, if that makes any sense.

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