Weak. I almost started crying yesterday

ccarver30 · Aug 16, 2007

upon seeing all the books on the tables at freakin' Costco.

I want that to be mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmme.

One day, dang it all!!!

Anya Smith · Aug 16, 2007

Oh, it happened to me at Barnes and Nobles, especially when I spotted some crappy books.

It'll happen, keep writing and submitting.

Andre_Laurent · Aug 16, 2007

It's worse when you read a crappy book.

JoNightshade · Aug 16, 2007

You want to be on the COSTCO tables? I thought all of those books got there because they were so overstocked and nobody bought them so they got shipped over to Costco where they could be sold cheap to people who don't actually go to bookstores to get their books.

I will take the Barnes and Noble front table, thankyouverymuch.

Azraelsbane · Aug 16, 2007

I love bookstores. I'll spend hours in B&N, but some days I do feel like crying as I run my hand down the book spines while rolling down the aisle.

My husband never knew what the hell was wrong with me, but he finally figured it out. Smart guy. He hugs me when he sees "the look" coming.

JoNightshade · Aug 16, 2007

Hmm, interesting. Costco aside, this doesn't happen to me. I hang out at book stores all the time, and it's always happy. I just think, "Some day, my name is going to be here on this shelf!"

Azraelsbane · Aug 16, 2007

Andre_Laurent said:
It's worse when you read a crappy book.

And even worse when you read a crappy book that's a NYT Bestseller.

KTC · Aug 16, 2007

ccarver30 said:
upon seeing all the books on the tables at freakin' Costco.

I want that to be mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmme.

One day, dang it all!!!

quite frankly, I've always been afraid of it being me.

ccarver30 · Aug 16, 2007

JoNightshade said:
You want to be on the COSTCO tables? I thought all of those books got there because they were so overstocked and nobody bought them so they got shipped over to Costco where they could be sold cheap to people who don't actually go to bookstores to get their books.

I will take the Barnes and Noble front table, thankyouverymuch.

It being on the Costco table wasn't the point, dorkasaurus! LOL
It happens in ANY book setting, really.

maestrowork · Aug 16, 2007

Costco doesn't impress me. But seeing my book in a library gave me chills.

ccarver30 · Aug 16, 2007

maestrowork said:
Costco doesn't impress me. But seeing my book in a library gave me chills.

Oh shut up. :tongue

Sunnyside · Aug 16, 2007

Mine isn't published yet (it comes out around Thanksgiving) but I found myself oddly thrilled at just seeing it listed in freakin' amazon.com! Wondering how I might cope when I actually see it on shelves -- I got my galley sheets for review today and nearly cried as it was....

Simon Woodhouse · Aug 16, 2007

Andre_Laurent said:
It's worse when you read a crappy book.

I find crappy books sort of inspirational – if they can end up on bookshop shelves, there's hope for all of us.

maestrowork · Aug 16, 2007

Simon Woodhouse said:
I find crappy books sort of inspirational – if they can end up on bookshop shelves, there's hope for all of us.

That was what inspired me to get my novel done -- the sour-grape-slash-grass-next-door-is-greener-slash-i-can-do-better-than-this-crap angst.

CaroGirl · Aug 16, 2007

I'm abivalent about seeing rows upon rows of published books (which, of course, are not mine). I love having so many books to choose from, and am happy for those authors, but I yearn so much for mine to be among them.

I'm messed up, man.

JoNightshade · Aug 16, 2007

ccarver30 said:
It being on the Costco table wasn't the point, dorkasaurus! LOL
It happens in ANY book setting, really.

Did you just call me dorkasaurus? :roll:

Birol · Aug 16, 2007

Yes, I believe he did. :popcorn:

davids · Aug 16, 2007

Azraelsbane said:
And even worse when you read a crappy book that's a NYT Bestseller.

Stop being nasty-it aint nice to those shitty writers who got rich being silly and shitty!!!

Azraelsbane · Aug 16, 2007

davids said:
Stop being nasty-it aint nice to those shitty writers who got rich being silly and shitty!!!

Davids, c'mon, don't you know me by now? I'm 104% nasty.

Petroglyph · Aug 16, 2007

Happens to me at the grocery store. The books are right by the dairy section and I feel...wistful.

ccarver30 · Aug 16, 2007

Birol said:
Yes, I believe he did.

*looks down and chest*

Um, I'm a female, dude.

*****

Ha ha, Jo! Yes, straight from In Living Color!!

Birol · Aug 16, 2007

Oops. Sorry. I knew that. It can be so hard to keep track of these minor little details, especially in cyberspace.

zahra · Aug 16, 2007

I get that feeling about new screenwriters who've just broken through or won a screenplay contest, but funnily enough, not about established ones. When i see that grinning 25-year-old, whomever he may be, in a beenie hat and chin-fluff and a cloud of smugness, I feel a wee twinge.

ccarver30 · Aug 16, 2007

zahra said:
I get that feeling about new screenwriters who've just broken through or won a screenplay contest, but funnily enough, not about established ones. When i see that grinning 25-year-old, whomever he may be, in a beenie hat and chin-fluff and a cloud of smugness, I feel a wee twinge.

Here's what I feel:

But I'm not jealous of them... hee hee

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