Nice people thread part 5 - nicely does it

GDB2222

tomterm8 wrote: »

To an extent: it would slow down a lot. The nature of erotica is that you get collectors. So you write a short story and it appears on the new releases section. If they like it they will buy more of less everything you've written that is similar.

Say you have a back catalogue of 100 stories that adds up to a lot of money.

If you stop writing there is much less chance of getting those initial views.

BUT, once the back catalogue is finished you are looking at maybe 8 hours a week to slowly grow your income.

Very tempting at £100k a year for life as a spare-time occupation.

misskool

I'm tempted to apply for another job that's been advertised. It's not in my current area but a sidestep (analyst for a consulting firm). Permanent job, great benefits. I think it's the permanent that really makes it attractive, as I'm currently unemployed as of 31 Dec 2013.

michaels

I'd be very careful before ending up in a job you don't really enjoy because the money is good...

misskool wrote: »

I'm tempted to apply for another job that's been advertised. It's not in my current area but a sidestep (analyst for a consulting firm). Permanent job, great benefits. I think it's the permanent that really makes it attractive, as I'm currently unemployed as of 31 Dec 2013.

tomterm8

GDB2222 wrote: »

Very tempting at £100k a year for life as a spare-time occupation.

I don't trust internet income, I've seen too many great businesses just explode because of a single algorithm change.

chewmylegoff

michaels wrote: »

I'd be very careful before ending up in a job you don't really enjoy because the money is good...

my view is that all desk jobs are by and large the same, so if someone wants to pay me more money to do a different one then i'm game! i think the only things i would actually genuinely enjoy are professional sandwich eater and test cricketer.

silvercar

lostinrates wrote: »

Hanging out here? Has anyone here read it? After viva mentioned it i looked for reviews. The sex aspect is neither here nor there to me, i would not buy it for the thrill nor avoid reading a good book about sex, nor the attack on womens lib some reviewers are hot under the collar about. The reason i won't be buying it is it appears from reviews to be poorly written. So why bother?

Me and most of my friends have read it. Even some of my friends who don't read generally enjoyed it.

That could be a reflection on me and my friends, rather than the book.

zagubov

vivatifosi wrote: »

You would probably need DS to be a bit older, but you could have a great time. Visiting the national parks would be amazing as a kid and there must be suitable activities at them. You could start off in Seattle, drive down to San Fran and take the kids on a streetcar, over to Alcatraz, see the seals at the pier, go inland to Yosemite, across to Utah, down to Las Vegas and stay at something kid friendly like the MGM Grand, doing a side trip to the Grand Canyon; across to Monument Valley (get them to watch some Westerns before you go) and Sedona, back to LA for a trip to Disneyland. Lovely...

And to the south to visit my favourite US city New Orleans.

Well San Francisco comes a close second tbh.

Don't play westerns, just play music to them!

And btw, a welcome back to tomterm8.

lostinrates

vivatifosi wrote: »

. I can't read more than one "heavy" book in a row because my brain falls over.

Also, if one rushes in to something heavy again the chance for concious and sub conscious digestion and assimilation of the ideas is hindered. Thats where i read children's literature. Something that is marketed at the you can be digestibly beautiful, sometimes even profound, without sitting heavily on the brain. To be the childrens literature is like a dessert or a beautiful coffee and french cigarette....something to enjoy before next sitting down to a main course....:o

lostinrates

silvercar wrote: »

Me and most of my friends have read it. Even some of my friends who don't read generally enjoyed it.

That could be a reflection on me and my friends, rather than the book.

So you would recommend it? I wonder if the key there is that people who don't read enjoyed it, and if its less appealing to people who do read?

As far as erotic content, as i say, it would neither tempt me to read for that nor put be off a book that ha other stuff worth reading. Some of the very most beautiful pieces of literatur have intensely erotic moments in them.

I have a soft spot for jilly cooper, though, :okind of book i would never waste time on now but which demanded nothing from me in artistic appreciating or intelectual understanding.

silvercar

So you would recommend it? I wonder if the key there is that people who don't read enjoyed it, and if its less appealing to people who do read?

I read and enjoyed it.:o as a light read.