Just for kicks and giggles...
TOP TEN SIGNS YOU'RE A FAMOUS AUTHOR
10. Your relatives stop referring to you as the hippie, and slightly off, creative one in the family.
9. Random House lifts the restraining order.
8. People stop asking why did you major in English, if you weren't going to be an English teacher.
7. You stop "volunteering" to autograph books on the sidewalk outside of Barnes & Noble.
6. Editors and agents start leaving you voicemails peppered with the words, "Darling," "Sweetie Pie," and "Lovely."
5. Your spouse stops using your manuscript to line the birdcage.
4. You don't have to buy your friends dinner to show up at your book signing.
3. You give away your lifetime supply of Ramen noodles.
2. The writers in your critique group stop falling asleep while you're reading.
1. Your mother stops asking you when you're going to get a real job.
9. Random House lifts the restraining order.
8. People stop asking why did you major in English, if you weren't going to be an English teacher.
7. You stop "volunteering" to autograph books on the sidewalk outside of Barnes & Noble.
6. Editors and agents start leaving you voicemails peppered with the words, "Darling," "Sweetie Pie," and "Lovely."
5. Your spouse stops using your manuscript to line the birdcage.
4. You don't have to buy your friends dinner to show up at your book signing.
3. You give away your lifetime supply of Ramen noodles.
2. The writers in your critique group stop falling asleep while you're reading.
1. Your mother stops asking you when you're going to get a real job.
posted by Jia Gayles at 2:39 PM
4 Comments:
Very funny. :)
And I dream that someday I'll have those top ten items to deal with!
I liked number 9--too funny!
Thanks!
10,8,7 and 4. *lol* So I apparently have six to go and I'll be set! Very funny, thanks for putting this up here.
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