I’ll never, EVER mention a date again…
From this morning’s mail bag:
Well it’s already been 6 weeks now since you said you were gonna start writing Book 4, so have you started yet or are you being lazy again?
It was anonymous, of course, and from AOL, natch.
My imagined response?
Yes, you fucking nitwit, I’ve been flogging my fingers to the bone for your fucking entertainment, and I decided to write something else in the meantime. I’m sorry, you unappreciative piece of shit. I’ll try to write your free fucking erotica on a more timely basis.
Ugh and fucking double ugh!
I’m tempted to change the SC-B4 page to read: “When? When I’m good and goddamned ready, that’s when!”
But on a more realistic note, I think this last Anonymous Fuckwit Feedback will break me of the habit of ever mentioning a date, tentative or otherwise. Too many dipshits in the world, and they drown out the nice people.
Fucking morons.
[venting complete]
- Nick
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Easy there Nick. Don’t go and have a heart attack just because a few Anonymous Fuckwits can’t entertain themselves. Some lesser author would have to finish the series and we’d all end up dissapointed. Your real fans will wait patiently until you’re good and goddamned ready.
1% of nitwits, 100% pain in the ass. Screw them Nick, your loyal fan base is willing to wait.
I’ll third Daniel’s and Sailor’s sentiments. When you’re paid to do a job, deadlines are a part of life and something that you need to make. When you’re working on a hobby, deadlines just aren’t a life or death issue. I’d rather see B4 come out once you’ve had plenty of time to work your magic than to see a story that’s been rushed.
No worries, Daniel.
One of the reasons I started the blog was to vent. I know how I work, and when I can’t respond to the anonymous fuckwits, I keep the anger inside. It boils over eventually, and usually at something that doesn’t warrant the ensuing mushroom cloud.
So I vent my spleen in the blog and then move on. I’m a much nicer guy when I have a chance to blow off steam. That’s just how I work.
- Nick
Nick,
Just wanted to chime in with another example of patient support. I discovered SC-B1 a little late, and my reading pace for the first 2 books was harrowing enough. I can’t imagine having to write it.
If you ever get a list, I’m sure some of your loyal readers would go around dispensing justice like Jay & Silent Bob at the end of J&SB Strike Back.
You write well, that covers a wealth of sins.
How far ahead did you project plot development when you first started the series? Was it a complete concept and you fleshed it out? Or more of a run and gun experience creatively?
Mark
Mark,
I had the entire story in my head (three books originally, now four) when I began writing B1. Now, the twists and turns along the way have been more up for grabs, but the overall plot hasn’t changed since the beginning.
Having the overall plot in my head has allowed me to foreshadow things well in advance, as well as to weave a complex tapestry of characters, personalities, and interactions.
So it’s been more “complete concept” and less “run and gun.”
- Nick
Nick,
If you had stuck with your original plan to write only three books, what would the titles have been?
Bruce
Nick,
Relax about the idiots of the world, take a break and enjoy playing with your new mac-top.
Nick,
I fully appreciate your anger dealing with idiots. Hell, I quit going to the forum just because I couldn’t read the BS. I may go back when B4 gets started, I may not. RL is much busier than it used to be, and quite frankly I just don’t have the time to sort through everything. I also feel the need to comment on far too much, so that takes even more time.
I cannot imagine how you find the time to write. I cannot write anything without sitting down for a long uninterrupted period, and being in the right mood. I just don’t have the long time blocks anymore, and I cannot get into the right mood. I have several stories swimming about, but they just ain’t gonna happen.
Part of it is being a recovering perfectionist. MOST of the time, I don’t reread my posts to anything anymore. This post is being done as fast as I can type, so it won’t take me long. If I re-read it, I will spend 20 minutes getting the wording to where I like it, and I don’t have that long, so I will just hit cancel.
Anyway, as I have said before and been crucified for it - post when you are ready. We’ll wait. And I would rather you are writing WAY ahead of your posting schedule so that there aren’t any pauses. I would like that I had enough self control to wait until you were done to read any of it, but I don’t.
Well, I wasted the 20 minutes I had today to look for something to read. Good luck with the fuckwits.
Bill
Hey Nick, I’ve written a special book 4 for all the people who can’t wait… feel free to use it:
“Paul walked out of the dorm, waved to Gina and then died of a brain aneurysm. His friends and family died in a car crash on the way to the funeral. THE END”
But seriousley: I’d just like to thank you for having a life. If you’d actualy started posting in June I would have failed my exams. That would probably have been the end of my academic career, and possibly I would have developed a serious drug habit because of the ensuing depression. Then I might have robbed a 711 store, and maybe killed someone.
You see Nick, by not posting till you’re ready you’ve hypotheticly saved a life. More importantly: SC4 would have sucked if you had written it in the month some people seem to expect.
Nick,
I’m releved to see you are able to vent your anger instead of bottling it up. If you did that, you might have a stroke caused by a brain anurism. That could have led to memory loss and lack of motor function.
If that happened, there wouldn’t be a timeline anymore and all the rest of us who aren’t complete asshats would never find out what happened. It would be like an unfinished symphony…nice, but not as good.
We’ll wait Nick. Oh and for any asshats reading this. Nick will write it when he goddamn gets around to writing it, so while you are waiting, you can pass the time. Go for a walk. In fact go for a walk to your nearest tall bridge. The view is very nice. While you are there, jump. We’ll all feel better.
Wolffe
damn!!!!! Way to go !!
So does that mean you still haven’t started B4? Don’t you think its time to get a move on? I mean, why do you think we are paying you the big bucks, to sit around on your ass?
Oh wait, we’re not paying you.
Never mind.
Oh! No! You set a firm date. You will just start the idiots with their 2007 New Years mean mail. Look, I like the characters in SC. I also have a life, so I made it through baseball season without SC-4. I’m sure that I can do the same for football and basketball also, however I would really like to start reading it again before the Summer Olympics.
When ever you get around to it, I will enjoy it. Thanks.
As a silent but loyal reader since SC started, I can tell you that I anxiously await every word. But it’s *your* writing and if it takes a little longer for the next episode, so? I just keep checking back, grab some glances at the PotD, and enjoy. When you get the next chapter out, I grab a hold and enjoy the ride. Highly anticipating the next book, but willing to go at *your* pace.
Besides…. I get this for the perfect price so I can’t really complain much now, can I?
Keep up the good work and know that us in the Silent Majority are willing to stick it out for you since your writing proves it’s worth it.
If I got the type of emails that Nick has gotten when I did not fulfil promissed dates I might post part of the first paragraph a few days before the next dealine I set. Them I would promisse an update every month or so
Rob