Oh wait, it's coming back to me...

[catherineldf]

the reason I don't apply for more grants, apart from lack of opportunity and the whole "writers who write erotica aren't real writers, not like writers who blather on for book after book of what is essentially a glorified diary" thing. I bloody well HATE writing the project proposals. I can do the budgets, the writing samples, the cv and all the other miscellaneous stuff but for some reason, wandering through the thickets of "fund me because I'll put it to good use" is just painful, painful, painful.
Back to staring at clunky words for a while before bed now. Sigh.

Comments

[jean-roberta.livejournal.com]

Pretend you're begging for funds for someone else (poor, talented & deserving). :)

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

Now there's a thought. :-) Thanks!

[gavinatlas.livejournal.com]

I'm feeling extremely clunky at the moment. :( My writing is just awful. But I guess I'll keep going.

Hey, I just sent Linda a copy of Night's Kiss along with another friend's book. When I talk to her I'll hint she should carry it in her Waldenbooks. :-)

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

You rock utterly - thank you so much! :-D

[lynnejamneck.livejournal.com]

Bloody stupid, innit? Good luck!

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

And painful. One more page. Then the budget. Sigh.

[thaedeus.livejournal.com]

Interesting what other people consider "real," isn't it?

Personally I would rather read you--well I mean your writing,
not your mind--than Robert Jordan (or many other prolific
hacks). At least you have a point, and you get to it. And
I don't find your writing to be "formula" at all.

Maybe you need to subcontract the proposals part?

Z

[catherineldf.livejournal.com]

There's a thought. I've been threatening Bryan Worra of late since he's the most successful grant writer I know.