Has this ever happened to any of you gentlemen/ladies...?
You've spent anywhere from a few days to a couple of years writing what you believe is the perfect story/novel. All the while your significant other is begging to read your work, the project that has become your purpose in life for however many hours a week you devote to working on it. It's a closed-door operation for most of us, I should think. Speaking for myself, I don't let mine read my work until after the first revision (jinxes and all, if you can relate).
But whatever the case, and whenever you decide to let her/him read what you've created, you soon find that you have a problem.
You're being cheated on. You're a cuckold.
No shame; I'm sure it's happened to many of you, just as it's happened to me. The question is who? Who is your significant other's other? Which big-time writer is the bully cramping your style, the guy kicking sand in your face?
For me it's John Saul. For every fifteen minutes my girlfriend spends reading my stuff she spends an hour reading The Blackstone Chronicles. F%(%*&^%*&%ING BITCH! But I don't put up with it, hell no. I've told her to take up with Saul, to move to Maui and throw herself at his feet. I don't know if he's married (probably is, but I don't have his bio handy right now, and what difference does it make for the purpose of this rambling?), but I've given them my blessing. He is, after all, the man who can support her in the manner that she deserves, i.e. Bentley, mansion, tropics, cash, etc...
Who am I to stand in the way of true love?
So what about you? Before you answer, don't bother to answer if it's no one; and don't bother to tell me that I wouldn't have this problem if my writing didn't suck so bad. I'm trying to have a little fun here and I don't need your stupid cliches cluttering the following thread. This is a serious question, and if it's ever happened to you I'd like to know. Simple enough.
You've spent anywhere from a few days to a couple of years writing what you believe is the perfect story/novel. All the while your significant other is begging to read your work, the project that has become your purpose in life for however many hours a week you devote to working on it. It's a closed-door operation for most of us, I should think. Speaking for myself, I don't let mine read my work until after the first revision (jinxes and all, if you can relate).
But whatever the case, and whenever you decide to let her/him read what you've created, you soon find that you have a problem.
You're being cheated on. You're a cuckold.
No shame; I'm sure it's happened to many of you, just as it's happened to me. The question is who? Who is your significant other's other? Which big-time writer is the bully cramping your style, the guy kicking sand in your face?
For me it's John Saul. For every fifteen minutes my girlfriend spends reading my stuff she spends an hour reading The Blackstone Chronicles. F%(%*&^%*&%ING BITCH! But I don't put up with it, hell no. I've told her to take up with Saul, to move to Maui and throw herself at his feet. I don't know if he's married (probably is, but I don't have his bio handy right now, and what difference does it make for the purpose of this rambling?), but I've given them my blessing. He is, after all, the man who can support her in the manner that she deserves, i.e. Bentley, mansion, tropics, cash, etc...
Who am I to stand in the way of true love?
So what about you? Before you answer, don't bother to answer if it's no one; and don't bother to tell me that I wouldn't have this problem if my writing didn't suck so bad. I'm trying to have a little fun here and I don't need your stupid cliches cluttering the following thread. This is a serious question, and if it's ever happened to you I'd like to know. Simple enough.