What kinds of setbacks have you had in your career as a writer? Do you ever find that sometimes fear holds you back, or has it held you back in the past? What's your muse for creative projects, past and present?
I'm a writer myself, and often find that I'm consumed with self-doubt more than ever in my own outings. I wanted to ask.
I had set backs earlier in my career; and there are more than a few projects that I simply have loved, but others have received imperturbably. I have suffered more from a fear of success than failure. That held me back more than anything.
No, TV, you don't get away that easy. You flaunt who you are and your connections and yet you won't tell us who.
Who are you?
Flaunt? Hardly. Through the years I shared various things from time to time on this board about my life and lifestyle. On rare occassion, it was because I was excited about something that had happened or was happening in my personal life, just as EVERYONE else on this board has. Be it a new house, car, job, girlfriend. promotion at work, concert, meal, personal experience, new music, shoes, pet...whatever. Other times I tried to participate by adding to the discourse of a thread my own personal experiences. Granted I tried to do so while maintaining anonymity, but I have been raked over the coals countless times because of it. Can you imagine what would happen to me here if I announced I was Stephen King? "Oh, he thinks he's better than everybody because he fucking wrote The Stand...Well let me tell you something Mister Fancy Horror Writer, you're not all that special, so your opinion of death metal is shit; and another thing Pay Day candy bars aren't covered in chocolate asshole, so Harold couldn't have left a thumbprint in Stu's journal, so as The Trashcan Man would say, go "bumpty, bumpty, bump" yourself!"
No thanks!
Lately, I hardly share anything at all that could be taken as me trying to seem uppity. God forbid.
So flaunt? No, I don't think so.
I have damn good reasons for not telling you my name that I think most everyone can appreciate. BTW- I'm not Stephen King.
But I only know the names of about three people on this board, so does it really matter?
One more thing...if it were that important to me, I'd send everyone over to my fan site. I come here to avoid that shit.
What is your favorite book, and who is your favorite author?
Tough question. I guess if I have to pick one book it would be "I Had Trouble In Getting To Solla- Sollew" by Dr. Suess. No kidding. THAT book more than any other had a profound impact on my life. When I was really little I read that book over and over again. I read it so many times then and to my son after he was born that I can recite it without needing to read it. The last stanza is "But I've bought a big bat...I'm all ready, you see; now my troubles are going to have troubles with me!" That book I think defined my ability to perservere more than any other influence. It crafted in me an ability to think how I can overcome whatever obstacles are presented before me. I know, weird huh?
As for authors there are a bunch. I'd say at the top would probably be Stephen King (in my lifetime). For one thing, he's a wonderful writer, with a natural ability to create believable sympathetic characters and an unparalleled talent for evoking serious scares (aspiring horror writers should read his description of a creepy fire extinguisher in an empty hallway in The Shining. That is how it's done). I'd also add Ira Levin, Peter Straub, William Peter Blatty, Bradbury, Clarke, Asimov, Tolkien, Rand, Lovecraft, Poe, Huxley, Orwell, Crichton, Frederick Forsyth, Harper Lee, A.C. Doyle, and of course my dear friend Cormac McCarthy.
Best meal ever at a restaurant, what was it?
Another tough question. Wow, let me think about this. Can't choose just one. Here are a few.
Fish Taco's at the Sunnyside Resort in S. Lake Tahoe
Seared Beef Tenderloin at the Evening Star Cafe in Alexandria, Va. (we still own a house there about three blocks away, but when we lived there full-time I ate here every week.)
The Red Trout at Southridge Seafood in Breckenridge, Colorado
Roast Pork at the Dorchester in London
Fried Chicken, red beans and rice, and bread pudding with praline sauce at the Praline Connection in NOLA.
Pan roasted Filet at Emeril's Delmonico in NOLA.
65 Day Dry Aged NY Strip at the Precinct in Cincinnati- best steak anywhere, ever. (Okay early man may have accidentally had a better one after he first cooked with fire).
Ribs- Montgomery Inn Cincinnati- Best Ribs Anywhere. Ever. (better than early man, he didn't have bbq sauce).
Brunch- The Golden Lamb- Lebanon, Ohio, or the Grand Finale- Cincinnati, Ohio (famous for their awesome crepes)
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