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Yesterday, I spontaneously created a catchy book title that was so good - in my opinion(!) - that I had to write it down: My Father was a Silicon Chip Snowman! It is about a biological lifeform (me) being created by an AI super-intelligence, who designed my DNA from scratch. I added the snowman...

What do you see as the distinction between writing and [story/subject]?

You are worrying about your second being worse than your first. But you are arguing with me that the second is better than the first, since the craft is iterative.

Forums back up. :cautious:

Have you answered your own question then?

Doc, do you have any idea on when it went down? Yesterday lunchtime or whatever?

So those who write a best seller afterwards get an even bigger best seller and forever upwards? Same for movies?

Oh crap, not again!

Yes, congrats on the weight loss. I found it incredibly hard to lose 5lbs recently.

Yes Bee, I agree not all women love it. That is why I said it's audience.

Ok Bee, if you have dipped out, let me dip in! My perspective on the chances of you creating something that is better than Liminal... You have 3 possible outcomes: better than, equal to, or less than. The chances of your next book being equal to Liminal is highly unlikely. With hundreds of...

What about Fifty Shades of Grey, one of the best selling books in history. The audience is for women, yet it plays into every sexist connotation out there. Billionaire hero, who oppresses women, yet they love it! Hmmm, perhaps its own hypocritical audience is tapping into an evolutionary truth...

I wish Ray stopped wearing his toupee. It looks stupid! Uncle, what are your thoughts of the accuracy of what he is saying? For example, he believes we will reach longevity escape velocity in 10 years or so. By that, I mean we will live forever, baring accident.

So "out of luck" is not creating something as good as Liminal? What if it is better but you can't get it published?

Define for me what you consider "out of luck"?

It's because you said this today: And this on a previous occasion: Consequently, it appears this has happened: Mixed or negative reviews > sensitivity > crisis of confidence > want to stop writing. That is why I am referring to what your expectations are. If you don't want negative...

The point I am trying to make is if it is perfectly normal for someones debut novel to not be a best seller, why are you comparing yourself to outliers?

How often do the top writers have a hit book on their first time out?

There's nothing better that watching logic trump irrationality. Something of a Roman gladiator battle about it.

Don't worry about repeating yourself. That's all in the past. This section is about the future!