Erin O’Brien speaks for writers

I just got home from TAM 5, and exhausted is what I was hours ago. Now I’m beyond that. Perhaps I’m a zombie now (no desire for brains though).

I’ll have plenty to say about what happened over the next few days, including (hooray!) some more video blogs. So in the meantime, read what the salty and wonderful Erin O’Brien has to say about writing. She’s cool. Some of these may be NSFW. It depends on where you work, I guess.

January 21st, 2007 10:06 PM by Phil Plait in About this blog, Cool stuff, Science, Time Sink | 7 comments | RSS feed | Trackback >

7 Responses to “Erin O’Brien speaks for writers”

1. Stuart Says:
January 21st, 2007 at 11:09 pm

I haven’t had a desire for brains since 2001. They’re overrated and just get in the way of doing my job.

Oh, you meant “desire to eat brains”. My mistake…
2. Kaptain K Says:
January 22nd, 2007 at 3:57 am

Video blogs are great IF you have broadband. They are a royal pain for those of us with dial-up. And no, I do not even have the option.

1) I am so far from the nearest telco substation, that my 56k modem maxes out at 28.8k (usually 26.4k).

2) Time-Warner has been promising to get out here “any time now” for the last 6 years.
3. Erin O'Brien Says:
January 22nd, 2007 at 4:38 am

Dear Kap: Sorry about that. Lemme give you the History of Being Erin O’Brien, Girl Writer in a nutshell:

Erin O’Brien decides to write.

Erin O’Brien writes.

Erin O’Brien sends out writing and gets tons of way uncool rejections.

Erin O’Brien keeps writing anyway.

Erin O’Brien finally gets published.

Erin O’Brien becomes a columnist.

Erin O’Brien smiles.

: )
4. Gary Ansorge Says:
January 22nd, 2007 at 8:48 am

Kaptain K:

Verizon has a plug in card for your PC that allows broadband connection nearly everywhere.

Gary 7
5. Quiet_Desperation Says:
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:06 am

All I see is titles and white spaces. Firefox is not liking something.

Why would a blog on *writing* be *video* based? Or is there some ironic thingy I’m missing here because it’s a Monday?
6. Ed in PA Says:
January 22nd, 2007 at 9:30 am

Heh heh, I chuckled when I read “Some of these may be NSFW. It depends on where you work, I guess.” as I was instantly reminded of the acronym used by Humorist, Dave Barry: UFTOUYWFTO – “Unfit for the Office, Unless You Work for the Osbornes”

And now to continue reading Ms. O’Brian’s blog. Very entertaining so far.
7. Kaptain K Says:
January 23rd, 2007 at 4:41 am

Thank you Erin.

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