tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post3451556903834868492..comments2024-01-06T05:08:42.295-10:00Comments on PATRICIA WOOD ABOARD SV ORION: I HAVE DEFINED NITWITTERY AND IT IS US.ORIONhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01534064935115027523noreply@blogger.comBlogger34125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-89165605980993163702007-02-28T01:43:00.000-10:002007-02-28T01:43:00.000-10:00Mine isn't too bad. I entered my first writing co...Mine isn't too bad. I entered my first writing contest. I sent them my first 25 pages. I neglected to notice the genre.<BR/>At least I hit the general area, but I certainly didn't read the big, bold letters on the contest info. <BR/>I expected it to be bounced back with a polite "Enter when you know what you're doing" note. <BR/>Nope. Five judges faithfully critiqued and slaughtered my first manuscript. LOL.<BR/>That wasn't exactly how I wanted to get my name out there.Jennifer McKenziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03613714863799177911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-78059388801017343902007-02-27T16:42:00.000-10:002007-02-27T16:42:00.000-10:00Pat, I love the shirt. Pretty much anybody who tel...Pat, I love the shirt. Pretty much anybody who tells me not to write about them gets a guaranteed slot in my next book. So nice to put a face to the name ...<BR/><BR/>And what would life be like without nitwittery? Great post!Mia Kinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17336557186169100337noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-75080966054911226682007-02-27T12:51:00.000-10:002007-02-27T12:51:00.000-10:00Hey Tish!Thanks for stopping by!Everybody make sur...Hey Tish!<BR/>Thanks for stopping by!<BR/>Everybody make sure you buy Tish's book<BR/> TOWN HOUSEORIONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534064935115027523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-68893593893434214282007-02-27T12:47:00.000-10:002007-02-27T12:47:00.000-10:00Thanks guys. I have been busy being a nitwit by ma...Thanks guys. I have been busy being a nitwit by making stupid comments on other blogs.<BR/>Today was respite -- now I'm back to work.ORIONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534064935115027523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-19268168760508706062007-02-27T10:16:00.000-10:002007-02-27T10:16:00.000-10:00I just stopped by to say I adore your cover, and t...I just stopped by to say I adore your cover, and that your book sounds wonderful. I can't wait to read it - congratulations on your success!<BR/><BR/>Tish Cohen (who is too lazy to get a blogger identity)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-82299612532555471992007-02-27T08:38:00.000-10:002007-02-27T08:38:00.000-10:00I love this story!! The upside, is that when someo...I love this story!! The upside, is that when someone asks you what your most embarrassing moment is, you've got one handy. ;)<BR/><BR/>BTW - thank you for the post on my blog! I've been following yours for a little while now. ;) Grammar girl (a favorite podcast of mine) just covered the lie/lay issue and has a handy dandy table to sort it all out. I'll link you in case you want to check it out: http://grammar.qdnow.com/2007/01/18/lay-versus-lie.aspxRobin L.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00801990168336545886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-9493450444768297332007-02-27T04:37:00.000-10:002007-02-27T04:37:00.000-10:00"And nitwittery is the gift that keeps on giving."..."And nitwittery is the gift that keeps on giving."<BR/><BR/>Now THAT would make a great t-shirt LOL!Wendy Robertshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02619336710125018971noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-53496538718198085232007-02-27T03:29:00.000-10:002007-02-27T03:29:00.000-10:00Oh, I have to get me one of those shirts! (Thanks...Oh, I have to get me one of those shirts! (Thanks, Kim, for the order info!)Theresehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01915740239016736614noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-306724530394229102007-02-27T02:35:00.000-10:002007-02-27T02:35:00.000-10:00Nit Wits 'R Us.I once got a request for a full fro...Nit Wits 'R Us.<BR/><BR/>I once got a request for a full from an agent. I was so excited, I didn't stop to ask her if it was just for the first book, or the whole series. Since I'd mentioned the series in the query, I just assumed it was for the whole shebang. (Never Assume, lol)<BR/>Well, I printed it up and sent off a refrigerator sized box (I can't even tell you how many pages it was - SO embarassing to think of it...) <BR/>The agent never wrote me back. She probably fainted when the box arrived and left it in the middle of her office to use as an extra table. I was too embarrassed to ask for news after the first three months went by and I realized the extent of my gaff. <BR/>(Hiding under the rug and whimpering, lol)Samhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05943062466398436785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-2381798590375965202007-02-26T16:26:00.000-10:002007-02-26T16:26:00.000-10:00Very glad to have found your blog through Miss Sna...Very glad to have found your blog through Miss Snark. I had read about your novel in PM and am very excited to read it when it debuts!<BR/><BR/>Congrats!<BR/><BR/>Love your Maui agent story!MaNiC MoMMy™https://www.blogger.com/profile/14038801888210803955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-6367502725156929142007-02-26T12:15:00.001-10:002007-02-26T12:15:00.001-10:00And nitwittery is the gift that keeps on giving.And nitwittery is the gift that keeps on giving.ORIONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534064935115027523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-86657149868164588992007-02-26T12:15:00.000-10:002007-02-26T12:15:00.000-10:00Yeah I am kind of tempted to drop a note to her so...Yeah I am kind of tempted to drop a note to her some time but Yanno Karma is Karma.<BR/>What goes around comes around.ORIONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534064935115027523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-19878792877246059332007-02-26T11:13:00.000-10:002007-02-26T11:13:00.000-10:00Hee-larious!But the best part is the part where yo...Hee-larious!<BR/><BR/>But the best part is the part where you get a kick-ass agent and sell your book for gobs of money!<BR/><BR/>Heh.<BR/><BR/>Long live Nitwittery!Michelle Zinkhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08127978024081928639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-22277704092300026132007-02-26T09:41:00.000-10:002007-02-26T09:41:00.000-10:00Oh man Pat, that's too funny! And so darn predict...Oh man Pat, that's too funny! And so darn predictable in a sadistic sort of way. I don't actually have any such stories within the writing profession, yet, but there have been a few times when as an actor I have met someone and thought I am just all that, expressing some strong opinions I have on theatre as an art form et etc, and it turns out that the person I am talking to is someone way important in the business.Adriennehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01607530400279311428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-9856658473777557012007-02-26T07:19:00.000-10:002007-02-26T07:19:00.000-10:00You can go to www.signals.com and search "novel" y...You can go to www.signals.com and search "novel" you'll find it Pat's t-shirt. Happy Shopping!Kim Rossi Staglianohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17687828526726281119noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-50701041590916870252007-02-26T07:17:00.000-10:002007-02-26T07:17:00.000-10:00As someone who feels like I have daily slap-myself...As someone who feels like I have daily slap-myself-upside-the-head Doh! moments, I should have something to add. Unfortunately my brain is unfunctioning this morning. Illness reigns in my home at present and sleep appears to be a pipedream. Maybe in a couple hours I'll remember...Anissahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02773384041569563564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-23893587828602621012007-02-26T06:29:00.000-10:002007-02-26T06:29:00.000-10:00Nice tee shirt!!!Nice tee shirt!!!Kate Thorntonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16449435177807306686noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-6086044549945434672007-02-26T06:03:00.000-10:002007-02-26T06:03:00.000-10:00Pat--Love the T-shirt, love the kitty, love your e...Pat--<BR/>Love the T-shirt, love the kitty, love your embarrassing moment. I've had many (one involving posting something on a forum instead of private e-mailing it to a friend--ouch.) But my most recent was when I decided to introduce myself to BIG NAME AGENT when I saw him standing around in a hotel lobby. He had read a couple of submissions from me and was very kind and encouraging in his rejections. I was just going to thank him for the encouragement, and all the sudden I just started babbling like a crazed stalker. I don't even remember what I said, just that he started backing away from me and did everything but hold his fingers up in a cross to ward himself. Two witnesses told me I was both frightening and pathetic.Kara Lennoxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00591261513713375369noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-9756013240055781252007-02-26T05:50:00.000-10:002007-02-26T05:50:00.000-10:00I am not worthy! Linked! Miss Snark! Words almost ...I am not worthy! Linked! Miss Snark! Words almost fail me. Almost.<BR/>Kim S is responsible for sending me the wonderful T shirt! Thanks again Kim!<BR/>Sean I sputtered coffee out on that one. So did my husband reading over my shoulder!ORIONhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01534064935115027523noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-87156665554592759702007-02-26T05:48:00.000-10:002007-02-26T05:48:00.000-10:00Great story, Pat!btw, I have that same t-shirt.Great story, Pat!<BR/><BR/>btw, I have that same t-shirt.Joyce Tremelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00498392016497131719noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-2386058397494265362007-02-26T05:42:00.000-10:002007-02-26T05:42:00.000-10:00Pat, As you read on my blog previsously, this is h...Pat, <BR/>As you read on my blog previsously, this is how I partook in nitwittery: <BR/>My main beta reader read a "final" version of my manuscript and pointed something out to me that I hadn't noticed. I mentioned that one of my character's was deceased in one chapter, but in the very next chapter, he was eating dinner with someone. Needless to say, I could explain this (ahem). I told my beta reader that maybe he was very, VERY, hungry, and that he came back for dinner?? In any case, of course that had to be changed immediately. I was ecstatic that this was pointed out to me before I sent my baby out into the world!Tyhitia Greenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14070000168178880911noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-42954032088137112482007-02-26T05:29:00.000-10:002007-02-26T05:29:00.000-10:00Pat! Miss Snark linked to this today! LOL!word v...Pat! Miss Snark linked to this today! LOL!<BR/><BR/>word veri: login. No kidding.writtenwyrddhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02280711822302493122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-82743266976013731342007-02-26T05:01:00.000-10:002007-02-26T05:01:00.000-10:00No nitwit stories in regards to writing... yet.I r...No nitwit stories in regards to writing... yet.<BR/>I received an annoying email from my boss and I attached a scathing message intending to forward it to a friend. Instead I hit reply and sent the message (smite and all) back to my boss. Strangley enough, I didn't get fired and he was nicer to me after that. Weird...Christina Acker https://www.blogger.com/profile/00956789120847101216noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-88227493592794869002007-02-26T04:34:00.000-10:002007-02-26T04:34:00.000-10:00The one that stands out for me is the time I found...The one that stands out for me is the time I found a stain on the countertop at work. I licked my thumb and rubbed it, but it wouldn't disappear. So I re-licked, and re-rubbed. Re-re-licked. Re-re-rubbed. Still not disappearing. Then I realized I was licking my left thumb, and rubbing with my right. And my coworker was watching me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-35256059.post-85857011530743728002007-02-26T04:33:00.000-10:002007-02-26T04:33:00.000-10:00I love that T shirt!I love that T shirt!Heidi the Hickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00639479864903922047noreply@blogger.com